PARENTS’ PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF HUAHIN WITTAYAKOM SCHOOL

Abstract

       The purposes of this independent study were to know 1) Parents’ participation in educational management of Huahin Wittayakom School 2) The developmental guidelines for parents’ participation in educational management of Huahin Wittayakom School. The samples consisted of Parents of students in years 1–6, totally 256 samples. The instruments used for this study were 1) an opinionnaire on Parents’ participation in educational management of Huahin Wittayakom School and 2) Semi-structured Interview for developmental guideline for parents’ participation in educational management of Huahin Wittayakom School. The statistics used to analyze the data were frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation and content analysis.
The findings of this study were as follows:
1. Parents’ participation in educational management of Huahin Wittayakom School in overall was at high level, when considered each aspects found that there was at high levels, ranking by arithmetic mean from high to low: 1) Participating in decision-making about children's education 2) Common aspects in the teaching and learning atmosphere of educational institutions 3) Participating in expressing opinions about the curriculum 4) Participating in creating the curriculum and 5) following up on results and jointly supporting educational affairs.
2 The developmental guidelines for Parents’ participation in educational management of Huahin Wittayakom School have 6 items in total. There were 12 developmental guidelines. 1) The school should issue an official letter inviting parents to contribute or donate funds to help procure books that meet students’ needs. 2) Homeroom teachers should address the topic of book procurement during parent meetings to encourage more parental involvement. 3) The school should publicize information through its various communication channels. 4) Once the school has developed a local curriculum, it should be publicized through the school’s channels so that parents are informed. 5) The school should appoint a committee to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the local curriculum. 6) The school should send an invitation letter to parents informing them of its plan to develop a local curriculum, so they can prepare and make time to attend the meeting. 7) After the school has developed the local curriculum, it should be presented during the parent meeting, and parents’ feedback should be gathered to further improve it in alignment with community needs. 8) Meetings should be held exclusively between homeroom teachers and parents to facilitate open feedback from parents. 9) If the school wishes to invite parents to serve as guest speakers or share their expertise with students, it must promote this through various channels or have homeroom or advisory teachers directly coordinate with parents. 10) The school should organize parent meetings (involving only homeroom or advisory teachers and parents). 11) The school should open registration for parents who are willing to volunteer and help manage various school activities. 12) Parents wish to establish a Parent Association and hold meetings within that association.