A STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING OF FACTORS INFLUENCING SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR’S COACHING SKILLS IN REGIONAL EDUCATION OFFICE 10

Abstract

This study aims to: 1) explore the components of coaching skills among school administrators under Regional Education Office 10, and 2) examine the structural relationship model of causal factors influencing to coaching skills of school administrators. The samples included with 600 school administrators under Regional Education Office 10, which were derived from multi - stage random sampling. The research tool was a questionnaire based on a structural equation model to assess the causal factors influencing to coaching skills of school’s administrators with a reliability at 0.972. The statistics used for analyzing the data included with mean, standard deviation and the structural equation model analysis.

The research findings indicated that:

1. The confirmed components of causal factors influencing to coaching skills of school administrators under Regional Education Office 10 consisted of Active Listening (ALN), Powerful Questioning (PWQ), Goal Setting and Planning (PLG), and Feedback (FDB).

2. Examining the congruence of the structural equation model with causal factors influencing to coaching skills of school administrators with the empirical data revealed that it was in ‘much’ level, the chi-square statistic (²) with a value as 140 at 129 degrees of freedom, a probability value (P) as .232, a RMR as 0.014, GFI as .976, AGFI as .965, RMSEA as .012. It indicated that this model had congruence with the empirical data.