Approaches to Promote the School Administrators’ Roles in School Safety Managementunder the Sukhothai Primary Educational Service Area Office 1

Abstract

          This research aims to 1) study the level of the school administrators’ roles in school safety management 2) propose approaches to promote the school administrators’ roles in school safety management and 3) evaluate the appropriateness and feasibility of approaches to promote the school administrator’s roles in school safety management under the Sukhothai Primary Educational Service Area Office 1. The sample consisted of 124 school administrators and 292 teachers, selected using the Krejcie and Morgan formula. Research instruments included questionnaires, structured interviews, and appropriateness and feasibility evaluation. Data were analyzed using mean and standard deviation.
            The research findings revealed the following:
          1. The school administrators’ roles in school safety management: Five key roles were identified: 1) Role of a leader 2) Role of planning 3) Role in promoting and supporting the development of students and staff 4) Role of monitoring and evaluation and 5) Role of communication, collaboration, and networking. The highest-rated role was role of communication, coordination, and networking., followed by role of a leader. The lowest-rated role was roles of monitoring and evaluation.
          2. Approaches to promote administrators' roles: Six approaches were proposed for each of the five roles: leadership, planning, promoting and developing learners and personnel, monitoring, evaluation, and communication, collaboration, and networking.
          3. Appropriateness and feasibility evaluation of approaches to promote administrators' roles were found to be high feasible and appropriate. The individual components of these approaches were rated as high to the highest level.