A Model for Developing Skills of School Administrations in the 21st Century under Primary Education Service Area Office in Lower North-Eastern Region 1

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to study skills and guidelines to develop the 21^st century administrative skill for school administrators, 2) to develop the 21^st century administrative skill development model for school administrators, 3) to evaluate the feasibility and usefulness of the 21^st century administrative skill development model for school administrators. The research was conducted in three phases. Phase 1) The researcher studied skills and guidelines to develop the 21^st century administrative skill for school administrators. The samples were 314 school administrations. The research instrument was 5 level rating-scale questionnaires with the index of objective congruence between 0.60-1.00 and reliability of 0.943. The statistics used in data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The researcher studied guidelines to develop the 21^st century administrative skill for school administrations who had best practices. There were 3 respondents which were selected by purposive sampling. The instruments were semi-structured interviews.  Phase 2) The researcher developed the 21^st century administrative skill development model for school administrators under Primary Education Service Area Office in Lower North-Eastern Region 1 by implementing the results from phase 1 to develop the model and conducted a focus group with 7 qualified people to examine the appropriateness of the drafted model. Phase 3) The researcher assessed the feasibility and usefulness of the 21^st century administrative skill development model for school administrators under Primary Education Service Area Office in Lower North-Eastern Region 1. The respondents were 50 school administrators under Primary Education Service Area Office in Lower North-Eastern Region 1 selected by purposive sampling. The instruments were a feasibility and usefulness assessment forms                                                               

The results showed were as follows: 1) Skills and guidelines to develop the 21^st century  administrative skill for school administrators under Primary Education Service Area Office in Lower North-Eastern Region 1 in overall were at a high level. When individual aspects were examined, it is found that the human relations skills were at the highest level followed by the technical skills and the lowest were the conceptual thinking skills, use of technology and digital, and the lowest average was decision-making skills. The suggested development guidelines were group development by the relevant organizations and departments namely the Primary Education Service Area Office. 2) The 21^st century administrative skill development model for school administrators consisted of 5 components: (1) Principles and rationale, (2) Objectives, (3) Essence and development process, 4) Guidelines for implementation and (5) Conditions for the success of the model. The evaluation of the appropriateness of the model was at the highest level. 3) The assessment of the feasibility and usefulness of the 21^st century administrative skill development model for school administrators was at the highest level.