THE TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR AND INTERNAL SUPERVISION IN SCHOOL UNDER THE SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE NAKHON PATHOM

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to examine; 1) transformational leadership of school administrator under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Nakhon Pathom 2) internal supervision in school under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Nakhon Pathom and            3) the relationship between transformational leadership of school administrator and internal supervision in school under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Nakhon Pathom. The samples were 28 schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Nakhon Pathom. The respondents consisted of one school director, the head of supervision and one teacher, with a total of 84. The research instrument was an opinionnaire about transformational leadership of school administrator based on Fullan’s concept and internal supervision in school based on the CAPES framework of Tracey Harris’s Supervision. The statistics were frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, and Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient.

The results revealed that: 1) The transformational leadership of school administrator under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Nakhon Pathom as a whole was at high level. The arithmetic mean ranking from the highest to the lowest were as follows; making coherence, moral purpose, relationship building, knowledge, and understanding change. 2) The internal supervision in school under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Nakhon Pathom as a whole was at high level. The arithmetic mean ranking from the highest to the lowest were as follows; excellence in practice, partnerships & relationships, communication & language, skills & competencies, and attitudinal positioning. 3) The relationship between transformational leadership of school administrator and internal supervision in school under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Nakhon Pathom was high correlation, with significantly at .01