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March 2006 Profess1

The Relationship Between

Professional Learning

Communities and StudentAchievement in High Schools

A Proposal Defenseby

Teresa A. Hughes



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Defense Format

I. Purpose of Study

II. Research Questions

III. Significance of the Study

IV. Review of Literature

V. Research Design



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I. Purpose of the Study

The purpose is threefold:

1. Identify school leaders who are

implementing professional learning

communities.



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Purpose of the Study

2. Identify the level that each school is

functioning as a professional learningcommunity.



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Purpose of the Study

3. Identify whether student achievement in

mathematics and reading/English languagearts Texas Assessment of Knowledge and

Skills (TAKS) scores has occurred as a

result of professional learning communities.



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II. Research Questions

1. To what degree does a principal rate

their school as functioning as a

professional learning community?



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Research Questions

2. Is there a relationship between student

achievement, based on mathematics2 and

reading/English language arts3 TAKSscores, and the degree the school is

functioning as a professional learning

community?



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Key Terms

Effective Leaders

Learning Organizations

Professional Learning Communities

Reculturing



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III. Significance of the Study

Knowledge gained from the study will

provide educational leaders information

about student achievement as it relates tolearning communities.



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Significance of the Study

The principal’s processes for effecting

change, when creating professional

learning communities, could impacteducational leader preparatory programs

and principal expectations.



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Significance of the Study

As schools are recultured and the teacher

role changes within a professional learning

organization, teacher preparatoryprograms might be influenced.



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IV. Review of Literature

A Historical Perspective of Reform

The Learning Organization

Professional Learning Communities

The Role of the Teacher in a

Professional Learning Community

The Role of the Principal in a

Professional Learning Community Conclusion



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Review of Literature

A Historical Perspective of ReformFrederick Taylor

The Excellence Movement

A Nation at Risk

Goals 2000 – Educate America Act

No Child Left Behind



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The Effects of Reform Efforts

In the United States, the education reform

movement has focused increasingly on the

development of new standards for students(Darling-Hammond, 2004).



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“More and more educators are understanding

that piecemeal reform too often produces a

confusing and inefficient proliferation of programsthat generate resource battles, reinforce inequity,

and ultimately help only a few students” (Legter,

1999).



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The problem with reform is not the lack of

innovation or creativity, but the massive overload of

fragmented, uncoordinated, and ephemeralattempts at change (Fullan & Miles, 1992).



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“…that forming a community of learners for

teachers is a powerful strategy for enhancing

teacher commitment” (Hausman & Goldring, 2001).



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The Learning Organization

Peter Senge, The Fifth DisciplinePersonal Mastery

Mental Models

Shared Vision

Team Learning

Systems Thinking



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Professional Learning CommunitiesShared Mission, Vision, and Values

Collective Inquiry

Collaborative Teams

Action Orientation and Experimentation

Continuous ImprovementResults of Orientation



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The Role of the Teacher in a

Professional Learning Community

Communicator Collaborator

Change Agent

Life-Long Learner

Leader



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The Role of the Principal in a

Professional Learning CommunitySelf-Efficacy

Results

Sustaining Leader



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Conclusion

“The current factory-model school, while seemingly

efficient, is, in fact, grossly inefficient,inappropriate and ultimately inequitable, as itrequires that all children adapt to the mean…Individualizing instruction for each learner is nolonger a dream – it is an educational birthrightfor all children” (Fulton, 2003).



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IV. Research Design

Research MethodologyCorrelational Research

Descriptive Statistics



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Research Design

Correlational Research Independent Variable – principal score on

surveyDependent Variable(s) – mathematics and

reading/English language arts TAKS scores



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Research Design

Subjects of the StudyPrincipals at regular instruction public high

schools, in Texas, that are functioning asprofessional learning communities.



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Research Design

InstrumentationSchool Professional Staff as Learning

Community Pilot Test and Field Test



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Research Design

Instrumentation – Reliability and ValidityDescriptive Statistics

Internal Consistency Reliability Coefficient

Stability (test-retest) Reliability CoefficientContent Validity

Concurrent Validity

Construct Validity

Factor Analysis



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Research Design

Analysis of Data

Quantitative data will be derived from the

survey.



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Research Design

Analysis of Data

Quantitative data will be collected on

student achievement in mathematics andreading/English language arts.



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Research Design

Analysis of Data

A Pearson r correlation coefficient will be

calculated to determine if a relationshipexists.



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Research Design

Analysis of Data

Multiple regression analysis will be used and

a Pearson r correlation coefficient will becalculated.



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The Relationship Between

Professional Learning

Communities and StudentAchievement in High Schools

A Proposal Defense

by

Teresa A. Hughes

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