Strengthening the leadership of the school administrators to support the development of special economic zones in border offices. Chiangrai Educational Area 3

Abstract

The objectives of this study were: to examine the leadership of change state for school administrators; to investigate the factors affecting the leadership of change for school administrators; and to develop the guidelines empowering leadership of change for school administrators. The research instruments were questionnaire and focus group

discussion. The data analysis employed mean, standard deviation, and content analysis. The results showed that: 1. The leadership of change state for school administrators, in overall, was found at the high level as well as those of the individual aspects. 2. The factors affecting the leadership of change for school administrators were building inspiration for colleagues in teamworking, transmission of the school administrators into practice, motivation for colleagues in working for achievement, power distribution to subordinating staff based on their capabality, teamworking, change perception, innovation, networking, expectation in embracing the changes. 3. The guidelines empowering the leadership of change for school administrators embracing special economic zone were the following. 1) Creating participatory administration by building inspiration for teachers to be aware of partcipation and development for the school, building shared vision and clear goals, encouraging the colleagues to share their idea, participating in solving problems, implementing the policy into practice regarding curriculum, learning management, and evaluation of the learning outcome focusing on building skills coresponding to the special economic zone framework. 2)Empowering effective communication within the organization whereby the administrators must be visionary and able to communicate their vision for colleagues in working for goal achievement, building motivation in working, creating trust for subordinates and priasing their achievement. 3) Creating decentralization of power and promoting teamworking by dividing administration streamline, developing colleagues as teamwork, distribute leadership of the team, building understanding for team members in holding the same target, exchanging knowledge within the team to promote professional learning community, and promoting consistent evaluation and feedback on job performance. 4) Using proactive approach by the administrators having self-confidence, courage, dedication, active and chance seeking especially building working network, able to foresee future changes occuring in the special economic zone in order to welcome the impact, promoting and seeking innovation in solving problems and developing the schools to meet the goals and policy in education administration in the special economic zone.