FACTORS TO CREATE A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY OF NURSING INSTRUCTORS

Abstract

A professional learning community (PLC) that is a core of learning model is a process of change according to the practice of teachers who work together and support each other. The objective is to present the concept of a professional learning community and ways of self-development through the learning community in order to develop nursing instructors to be able to manage learning efficiently. This project had presented the changing of PLC in nursing instructors following the literature and synthetic reviews into three factors: 1) a supportive by the administrator; 2) positive communication of members, and 3) knowledge management by the meeting. Meanwhile, a learning management model to create the professional learning community included 1) coaching & mentoring 2) reflecting, 3) collaborative learning, 4) resulted of practice evaluating, and 5) technology for educational quality development of learning by distance learning.