COMPETENT MODEL OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE ADMINISTRATORS IN THE 21ST CENTURY THAT INFLUENCES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PRIVATE VOCATIONAL COLLEGE IN THAILAND

Abstract

The objective of this research was to develop a causal relationship of the competent model of educational institute administrators in the 21st century that influences the effectiveness of the private vocational college in Thailand in order to verify the correspondence of the developed model with the empirical data. The research results revealed that the competent model of educational institute administrators in the 21st century that influences the effectiveness of the private vocational college consisted of competency of administrators, corporate culture, and organizational climate. The developed competent model of educational institute administrators that influences the effectiveness of the private vocational college in Thailand was correspondent with the empirical data. The effectiveness of private vocational college consisted of 9 components, namely organizational health, professional development and teacher quality, ability to acquire resources, being an open system and relationship with the community, educational development of learners, job satisfaction of teachers and administrators, student’s satisfaction in education, professional development of learners, and personal development of learners. The qualitative findings were consistent with the quantitative ones to gain new knowledge from qualitative research results. There were two components of effectiveness; operator’s satisfaction and parental satisfaction. There were two components of the competency of educational institute administrators; technology acceptance and effective communication.