EXPLORATORY AND CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS ON VALUES OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY OF TEACHERS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF OFFICE OF THE BASIC EDUCATION COMMISSION IN THREE SOUTHERN BORDER PROVINCES

Abstract

          The Objectives of this research article were to 1) analyze exploratory factors on values of Professional Learning Community of teachers under the jurisdiction of the Office of the Basic Education Commission in three southern border provinces, and 2) analyze confirmatory factors on values of Professional Learning Community of teachers under the Jurisdiction of Office of the Basic Education Commission in three southern border provinces. The sample contained 855 respondents: school administrators, heads of the academic department, and teachers coping with the Professional Learning Community approach. The research instrument was conducted via a five - point rating scale questionnaire for the values of Professional Learning Community of teachers under the Jurisdiction of Office of the Basic Education Commission in three southern border provinces, with the reliability of 0.993. The findings of this study indicated that Exploratory Factor Analysis on the values of Professional Learning Community of teachers under the Jurisdiction of Office of the Basic Education Commission in three southern border provinces comprised four factors: 1) leaded integrity, 2) work compassion, 3) empower belief sharing, and 4) work place accountability. In addition to the confirmatory factor analysis on Professional Learning Community of teachers under the jurisdiction of Office of the Basic Education Commission in three southern border provinces, the results supported by fit indices testing of the structural model were fit with the empirical data. When considering Chi - square value, there was no statistically significant difference ( x² = 0.06, df = 1, p = 0.000), GFI and AGU greater than .90, and SRMR less than .05.