New School Principals in Thailand: Influences on their Leadership and Professional Development

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Wirot Santrattana
Associate Professor, Ed.D. Program in Educational Administration, Mahamakut Buddhist University, Isan Campus.
Prachoom Rodprasert
Senior lecturer, Center of Innovative Administration and Educational Leadership, Faculty of Education, Burapha University.
Suthee Jariyawat
Lecturer, Ed.D. Program in Educational Administration, Mahamakut Buddhist University, Isan Campus
Samai Phasugo
Lecturer, Ed.D. Program in Educational Administration, Mahamakut Buddhist University, Isan Campus.
Prayuth Chusorn
Lecturer, Ph.D. Program in Educational Administration, Khon Kaen University.
Kaisit Plarin
Senior Lecturer, M.Ed. Program in Educational Administration, Mahamakut Buddhist University, Isan Campus.

Abstract

This study addressed the following: 1) What factors influence new school principals in Thailand? 2) How do they plan for their professional development? 3) What do they learn from being a new school principal? A questionnaire was mailed to 355 new school principals. Two-hundred-seventy subjects returned the questionnaire, for a response rate of 76 percent. It was found that 1) factors affecting work included the community, parents, and supervisors; 2) principals promoted their professional development by self-learning, training, studying for higher degrees; and 3) most principals thought that they could not achieve their goals as expected because there were many on-the-job problems, the job was not easy, they lacked necessary facilities, and they felt they needed additional knowledge and skills. 

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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2015): มกราคม-มิถุนายน 2558
Section
บทความวิจัย
Author Biographies

Wirot Santrattana, Associate Professor, Ed.D. Program in Educational Administration, Mahamakut Buddhist University, Isan Campus.

Associate Professor, Ed.D. Program in Educational Administration, Mahamakut Buddhist University, Isan Campus.

Prachoom Rodprasert, Senior lecturer, Center of Innovative Administration and Educational Leadership, Faculty of Education, Burapha University.

Senior lecturer, Center of Innovative Administration and Educational Leadership, Faculty of Education, Burapha University.

Suthee Jariyawat, Lecturer, Ed.D. Program in Educational Administration, Mahamakut Buddhist University, Isan Campus

Lecturer, Ed.D. Program in Educational Administration, Mahamakut Buddhist University, Isan Campus

Samai Phasugo, Lecturer, Ed.D. Program in Educational Administration, Mahamakut Buddhist University, Isan Campus.

Lecturer, Ed.D. Program in Educational Administration, Mahamakut Buddhist University, Isan Campus.

Prayuth Chusorn, Lecturer, Ph.D. Program in Educational Administration, Khon Kaen University.

Lecturer, Ph.D. Program in Educational Administration, Khon Kaen University.

Kaisit Plarin, Senior Lecturer, M.Ed. Program in Educational Administration, Mahamakut Buddhist University, Isan Campus.

Senior Lecturer, M.Ed. Program in Educational Administration, Mahamakut Buddhist University, Isan Campus.