The Study of School Administrators’ Skills in the Digital Era of the Educational Opportunity Extension Schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission, Chachoengsao Province

Abstract

This research aimed to study the skills of school administrators in the digital era at the educational opportunity expansion schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission, Chachoengsao Province.  The sample group consisted of administrators and teachers in the Educational Opportunity Expansion School under the Office of the Basic Education Commission, Chachoengsao Province, academic year 2024, totaling 302 people.  The instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire. The reliability of the questionnaire was measured using the Cronbach's alpha coefficient method, which was equal to .87.   The statistics used to analyze the data included the mean and standard deviation.

            The research results found that the skills of school administrators in the digital era, according to the opinions of school administrators and teachers in the educational opportunity expansion schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission, Chachoengsao Province, were overall at a high level (x̄ = 4.15). When ranked from the highest to lowest average, they were digital citizenship skills and social intelligence (x̄ = 4.20), followed by innovative leadership skills and innovative thinking (x̄ = 4.15), digital skills in managing the entire organization (x̄ = 4.14), and technological leadership skills (x̄ = 4.12), respectively.