The Needs Assessment and Teacher’s Empowerment Guideline of Teacher in Secondary School Amnatcharoen Province

Abstract

The objectives of the present study were: 1) to investigate the actual situation and analyze the needs for teacher empowerment in educational institutions within the Secondary School in Amnat Charoen Province; and 2) to develop a guideline for teacher’s empowerment in educational institutions within Secondary School in Amnat Charoen Province. The samples of this study were 260 teachers in educational institutions under Secondary School in Amnat Charoen Province. The sample size of this study was determined from the comparison of the number of the entire group of population with Krejcie and Morgan Table (1970: 607-610). Stratified Random Sampling was used to estimate the proportion of the teachers from each school as compared to the entire group of sample. The research instrument was a 5-level rating scale questionnaire with a 0.82 confidence value. The interview was conducted to collect data from five experts to study the teacher’s empowerment guideline. The statistics used to analyze the data were percentage, mean, and standard deviation.

The research results were as follows: 1) overall, the current state of teacher empowerment was high. When evaluating each aspect, it was determined that they were all a high level, ranking from high to low averages with motivation promotion, internal organization communication, teamwork and participation, and the work environment rating the lowest. As for the expectation of teacher empowerment on overall was at the highest level. When classify by aspect, it was discovered that all aspects were at the highest level, ranking from high to low averages; these included delegation of responsibility and internal organization communication, teamwork and participation, motivation promotion, and work environment development. 2) approaches for empowering teachers under Amnat charoen Secondary Education Service Area can be as the following: delegation of responsibility, participatory management, human resources development, internal organization communication, motivation promotion, teamwork and participation, and work environment development.