The Development of Administrative Models for Schools Under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Nakhon Si Thammarat Based on the Concept of World-Class Standard Schools

Abstract

          This research aimed to study the current and desired conditions of school administration in order to develop a model and examine the model that is appropriate for school administration under the Office of the Secondary Education Area of Nakhon Si Thammarat according to the concept of international standard schools. It is a development research. The sample group is school administrators and teachers from 63 schools, 9 people per school, totaling 567 people, by sampling Krejcie & Morgan (1970: 607-610). The tools for data collection include interview forms and questionnaires. The statistics used for data analysis are percentage, mean, standard deviation, and by the Priority Needs Index: PNI Modified method.
          The results revealed as follows.
          1. The actual condition of school administration according to the concept of world-class standard schools was cultural administration with 5 components, i.e., academic excellence, bilinguality, thinker, creativity, and responsibility to global society; and also 8 sub-components. For desirable conditions, it was found that the need to improve administrative models in term of goal setting with the highest score was for formal model. When considering the total PNI, it was found that the needs according to the concept of world-class standard schools based on the collegial model included co-worker model, political and formal model, subjective model, and cultural administrative model.
          2. For the development of school administrative models according to the concept of world-class standard schools, 3 models were integrated, i.e., 2.1) co-worker model, integrated with 2.2) formal model and 2.3) political model.
          3. The developed administrative models were very suitable and very feasible in all aspects, some of which were rated highest. The key issues of the administrative models for schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Nakhon Si Thammarat based on the concept of world-class standard school were maintained.