Guidelines for Development of Teachers’ Information Technology Competency of The Wat Mae Keat Noi School, Sansai District, Chiang Mai Province under The Office of Chiang Mai Primary Education Service Area 2

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to study teacher’s problems in information technology competency for learning and teaching process of Wat Mae Keat Noi School, Sansai District, Chiang Mai Province, 2) to study guidelines for developing teachers’ information technology competency of the   Wat Mae Keat Noi School, Sansai District, Chiang Mai Province. The study data were collected from documents, observation, in-depth interview, SWOT analysis, and focus group discussion. 

The research findings were as follows: 1) The problems for developing teachers were found that, over the past 3 years, the principal had recognized the importance of developing teachers. So the budget was allocated for installing TVs and computer facilities to help teachers in teaching. But those personnel lacked a systematic workshop and supervision about the skills to use them. So time was required to manage the transition to information technology teaching 2) Guidelines for developing teachers’ information technology competency are developing knowledge and competency of technology application, which can be classified into three steps. 1) The administrator should set clear policy and scope of work to promote and support the development of teachers in the use of information technology in order to create a systemically teaching process and teamwork. 2) The administrator should promote, encourage, motivate and facilitate teachers in developing their skills in the use of information technology continuously and consistently.  The Development of teachers’ technology competency must match the needs of the teachers and the current situation suitable with the school context. 3) Teachers should recognize and appreciate the importance of teacher development in the use of information technology based on Competency-Based Learning: CBL framework. Then they should strive and intend to develop self-capacity fully and consistently.