THE GUIDELINES TO DEVELOP COMPETENCY OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATORS IN THE 21ST CENTURY ON THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION NONGKHAI PROVINCE

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to study the need for competency development of the educational administrators in the 21^st century under the local administrative organizations of Nongkhai province and 2) to study a guideline for developing the competency of the educational administrators in the 21^st century under the local administrative organizations of Nongkhai province. This research was descriptive research and the samples were administrators and teachers, consisted of 173 people by simple random sampling. The data were collected in this research as a questionnaire and the Individual Interview.

         The results of the research were as follows: 1) the competency of the educational administrators, the real situation in the 21^st century, under the local administrative organizations of Nongkhai province, in general, the average of performance level of according to the actual situation level was at a high level ( = 3.78). The mean of performance condition level according to desired condition was at the highest level ( = 4.95) and 2) the development of competency of the educational administrators in 21^st century school administrators under the local administrative organizations of Nongkhai province. In the overall the PNI_Modified value was between 0.280 and 0.335. The essential requirement found that the top three highest PNI_Modified were the achievement-oriented firstly, the change management secondly, and digital technology and innovation thirdly.

Considering each item, the top 3 needed items that had the highest needs were the administrators who had unity in the management of the organization and not under the authority of local politicians, the administrators who had the ability to monitor implementation of the plan, and the administrators who had given the opportunity or use the community participation process to recognize the importance of educational administration and play a role in the improvement of educational quality.