The Guidelines for Increasing Efficiency of Academic Management in Small Schools Under the Amnat Charoen Primary Educational Service Area Office

Abstract

The objectives of this research are 1) to study the effectiveness of academic administration of small primary schools. 2) to compare the effectiveness of academic administration of small primary schools. Classified by position educational qualifications and work experience. 3) to study ways to increase the effectiveness of academic administration of a small primary school Under the jurisdiction of the Amnat Charoen Primary Educational Service Area Office The sample group used in the research included 45 school administrators and 240 teachers, totaling 285 people, using a simple random sampling method. Samples were defined using Krejci and Morgan's ready-made tables. Target groups used in qualitative research include: educational institution administrators and teachers, a total of 6 people, by purposive selection. The instrument used was a 5-level rating scale questionnaire with a reliability for the entire version equal to .94 and a structured interview form. Statistics used in data analysis include percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test and F-test and content analysis.

The research results were as follow.

1. Effectiveness of academic administration of a small primary school Under the jurisdiction of the Amnat Charoen Primary Educational Service Area Office, overall and each aspect, there is an effective level of academic administration at a high level 
2. Effectiveness of academic administration of a small primary school Under the jurisdiction of the Amnat Charoen Primary Educational Service Area Office Classified by position Educational qualifications and work experience Overall, it was found that they were different with statistical significance at the .01 level. 
3. Guidelines for increasing the effectiveness of academic administration in small primary schools Under the jurisdiction of the Amnat Charoen Primary Educational Service Area Office. It was found that 1) the development of the learning process educational institution administrators must have knowledge, understand, determine together, use innovative media, and organize active learning activities to connect students' knowledge. 2) Educational institution administrators support and encourage teachers to have access to the project and provide budgets for media production and development of innovative media and educational technology. The produced media is used in learning activities both inside and outside the classroom. There is improvement and reflection on the results of use in order to develop efficiency and continuous development of the media. 3) Educational institutions set criteria and guidelines regarding measurement and evaluation of educational institutions.Teachers work together to create tools to measure and evaluate learning outcomes. Taking into account differences between individuals. Use measurement and evaluation of learning in many ways, such as observation, inquiry, etc., to develop and raise the level of learning achievement of students. 4) Educational institutions should organize that teachers should receive educational supervision. To develop the learning management process measuring and evaluating learning outcomes correctly educational supervision may be clearly defined or flexible according to the context of the educational institution or class. Using a variety of formats as appropriate Focus on helping each other. Kalyanamitra style. There should be a reflection on the results of joint supervision. To develop learning activities and increase the effectiveness of academic.