Guidelines for the Development of Competencies in Information Technology in the Digital age of School Administrators to Expand Opportunities Phitsanulok Primary Educational Service Area Office 1

Abstract

          The Objective of this research were: 1) to study the level of competence in information technology in the digital era of school administrators, expanding opportunities. 2) to find ways to develop competence in information technology in the digital era. There was total 48 sampling informants in the research, selected by a specific type. The research was divided into 2 phrases, phase 1: studies the level of competence in information technology in the digital age of expanding opportunities school administrators, phase 2: approaches for developing competency in information technology in the digital age. The statistics used in the data analysis were percentage, mean, and standard deviation.
          The result of this study was found in the following as aspects.
          Competencies in information technology in the digital era of the expand opportunities school administrators, overall, all aspects were at the highest level.
          Guidelines for the development of competence in information technology in the digital era can be summarized as follows:
          1) Vision aspect: the school administrators should be knowledgeable, dare to think outside the box, able to apply administrative information technology to cover all aspects of educational institutions and set direction in accordance with the goals set.
          2) Strategic aspect: the school administrators able to analyze and compare the cost effectiveness of the investment in technology information, allocate personnel, encourage participation, build a learning network through information technology systems, appoint a committee to perform a monitor and evaluation.
          3) Potential to bring change aspect: the school administrators should be a good role model in the use of information technology, development of internal supervision through online supervision, facilitate education personnel to bring the results of supervision to improvement for quality management.
          4) Teaching tasks and assignments aspect: the school administrators should provide advice, promote and organize activities to develop skills motivate, enable students to create works and innovations, and all sectors able to access to technology information and provide a platform to compete.