The New Normal of Early Childhood Education Management In Primary School

Abstract

                    The purpose of this research was to discover new normal of early childhood education management of primary school by applying the Ethnographic Delphi Future Research (EDFR) technique. The research used purposive sampling for selecting 21 experts. The instruments for collecting the data were Unstructured interviews and questionnaires. The statistics used for data analyzed were median, mode and interquartile range and content analysis.
                     The results revealed that: The new normal of early childhood education management in primary school consisted of  6 aspects as follows :
                    1) Policy formulation and planning : The schools must have flexible management that can be adjusted according to problems and contexts. There is unity and uniform measures. There is a systematic work placement and creates awareness for all stakeholders to understand and supervise. Follow up and evaluate the results to improve continuously.
                    2) Personnel management : The schools must develop personnel to have the potential to work according to their roles and responsibilities. Teachers have developed themselves to have expertise in producing media various forms of technology are ready to work anytime, anywhere. Build morale in work under safety measures, ready to provide experiences for children and create understanding for students, parents, families, communities, society in an appropriate way
                    3) Organize the environment to ensure the safety of hygiene : The schools should provide an environment learning resources taking into account safety and contributing to the development of children An incident response plan is prepared and forwarded. Supporting or provisioning materials and providing or creating innovation or a platform to create an environment conducive to learn.
                    4) Participation of family and community :  The schools should invite officials, parents, and communities to participate in networking to help schools and participate in developing children's potential in learning at home. Be a teacher to help organize experiences for children at home to participate in tracking progress, exchanging ideas on child development with teachers.
                    5) Curriculum design and experience management : Optimize the course with the situation based on principles and designing the experience according to the curriculum standards and arranging a schedule suitable for the situation according to the availability and differences of each family. Communicate with parents using the form of PLC process through an online channel system to exchange knowledge and find solutions to improve and develop.
                    6) Promoting all-round development : The teachers must analyze the development of the child if there is any deficiency or completeness before completing the child. Analyze developmental assessment forms and design experiences for children to develop in all aspects. Providing/producing video clips or set boxes with easy-to-use descriptions to send to parents to study for activities. Teachers  create activities to promote development in a variety of formats.