TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF ADMINISTRATORS IN THE PHATPHANA SRI PRACHAN SCHOOL GROUP UNDER SUPHANBURI PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE 1

Abstract

The research aimed to know 1) the transformational leadership of school administrators in the Phatthana Sri Prachan school group under the Suphanburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 1 and 2) the guidelines for developing transformational leadership of school administrators in the Phatthana Sri Prachan school group under the Suphanburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 1. The population was 9 schools in the Phatthana Sri Prachan school group. There were 4 respondents per school, consisting of 1 school director, a head of academic administration, and 2 teachers, totaling 36 people. The research instruments were an opinionnaire and a structured interview. The statistics used in the research were frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, and content analysis.

          The results of this research were as follows:

1. Transformational leadership of school administrators in the Phatthana Sri Prachan school group under the Suphanburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 1 was at the highest level overall and in each aspect by ordering the arithmetic mean values from highest to lowest as follows: enable others to act, inspire a shared vision, encourage the heart, model the way, and challenge the process.
2. The Guidelines for developing transformational leadership of school administrators in the Phatthana Sri Prachan school group under the Suphanburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 1 consisted of many approaches, namely administrators should be good role models, be knowledgeable and able to give advice to teachers, create a good working atmosphere, open to listening to opinions, use participatory processes in work performance, choose new and appropriate ways of operating while accepting mistakes that may occur, encourage teachers to have self-discipline, be responsible for their duties, promote teachers in all areas according to their interests, inspire, reinforce and build morale in working by publishing teachers' work and awards through various school channels and congratulating teachers on appropriate occasions.