Development of Academic Administration Competency Indicators of Schools Administrators under the Sakon Nakhon Primary Educational Service Area Office 2

Abstract

          Education is necessary for human resource development. The results of development include of morality, ability, happiness, academic knowledge and career performance. Academic administration plays an important role which the administrators must pay attention and understand the scope of the task to be able to achieve the goal. School administrators need to have knowledge and experience: professional development, instructional leadership, school administration, program, teaching, Measurement and assessment of learning skills, quality assurance and many more.
          This research aimed to 1) study the factors of academic administration competency of school administrators 2) develop the indicators 3) examine the model and 4) improve the manual. The operation comprised of 4 stages: 1 studying on factors of academic administration competency of school administrators, 2 developing the indicators 3 examining the model based on Empirical Research from 400 participants using multi-stage sampling, employing rating scale with the accuracy of   0.60 – 1.00, power of discrimination of 0.30 - 0.78, Cronbach alpha coefficients reliability of  0.97 ,and 4 the improvement of manual which was examined by school administrators and 5 instructors. Data were analyzed by SPSS program.
          The research revealed that;
          1.The factors of academic administration competency of school administrators of Sakon Nakhon Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 included of 5 major factors: 1) learning management, 2) development of school curriculum, 3) educational supervision of learning management, 4) Research for learning management quality development, and 5) employing instructional media, innovation, and information technology for learning management.
          2. The development of indicators comprised of 5 major factors, 19 minor factors, and 65 indicators. The major factors were : 1) 12 indicators on learning management, 2) 19 indicators on development of school curriculum ,3) 14 indicators on educational supervision on learning management , 4) 12 indicators on research for learning management quality development and 5) 8 indicators on employing instructional media , innovation, and information technology for learning management. 
          3.The model agreed with empirical research (Chi-square = 81.08, af =67, p-value = 0.11566, GFI =0.96, AGFI = 0.94, RMSEA= 0.023, CN= 460.60). The factor loading of 65 indicators was in the range of 0.34-0.51.
          4.The indicators manual is in the highest level of applicability.