The Guidelines for School Curriculum Administration of Chiang Saen Academy School

Abstract

The objectives of this study were: 1) to examine the circumstance of school curriculum administration of Chiang Saen Academy School. The research instrument was questionnaire and the population was 30 participants including 1 school administrator and 29 teachers. 2) to review the best practice of school curriculum administration. The research instrument was structured interview and the specialist informants on the best practice school curriculum administration were school administrators and head of academic affairs. 3) to propose the guidelines for school curriculum administration of Chiang Saen Academy School. The research instrument was structured interview and the specialist informants were 1 school administrator, 1 educational supervisor, 1 head of academic affairs, and 1 school committee member. The results showed that:1. The circumstance of school curriculum administration of Chiang Saen Academy School was rated at the high level. The individual aspects analysis showed that the aspect holding the highest mean was curriculum implementation planning, followed by supervision, monitoring and tracking the curriculum implementation which were rated at the high level, while the aspect holding the lowest mean was curriculum evaluation rated at the high level. 2. The best practice school curriculum administration showed appropriate curriculum administration consistent with the school context, improving and revising unsuccessful curriculum, concentrating on assigning Thai teachers to teach 8 key content areas, gathering and analyzing data to examine pros and cons for improvement of the curriculum systematically, developing report on curriculum implementation, using questionnaire for curriculum implementation evaluation every year by teachers teaching each content area performing this evaluation and parents participating in the overall evaluation. 3. The guidelines for school curriculum administration of Chiang Saen Academy School were proposed into 4 aspects: 1) Curriculum Implementation Planning: Offer curriculum consistent to the school context, use new technology to keep information updated, design long-term plan on curriculum implementation, curriculum must be flexible and practical for real implementation. 2) Curriculum Implementation: Organize meeting for orientation about school curriculum, building comprehension on contents of the curriculum, implement the curriculum to learn about good and weak points for systematic revision and communicative to the learners. 3) Supervision, Monitoring, Tracking Curriculum Implementation: Supervise, monitor, track to evaluate and followup the curriculum implementation, receive advice or supervision from specialists. 4) Curriculum Implementation Evaluation: Conduct research relating to the curriculum in order to revis e and improve the curriculum to meet with the changes, perform curriculum evaluation every year, evaluate curriculum at the end of every academic year by participation of teachers, parents and students in order to use evaluation results for reporting the outcome of curriculum implementation, curriculum evaluation must be consistent with the curriculum used with the students, curriculum evaluation must consider authentic situation of curriculum design from implementation planning to supervision, monitoring, tracking and evaluating the curriculum.