Guidelines for developing academic leadership for school administrators of small schools in the office of the Nakhon Nayok Primary Educational Service Area

Abstract

This research aimed to 1) study the level of academic leadership for school administrators of small schools in the office of the Nakhon Nayok Primary Educational Service Area, 2) study guidelines for developing academic leadership for school administrators of small schools in the office of the Nakhon Nayok Primary Educational Service Area. The sample group consisted of 1) school administrators total
5 people 2) teachers in the school for the academic year 2023, totaling 198 people, obtained by finding the sample size using the sample size estimation table of Krejci and Morgan. Experts were the key informants, consisting of school administrators with excellent and excellent self-assessment results and at least 5 years of experience in performing duties, and 5 experts in school administration skills, obtained by purposive selection. The research instruments were questionnaires and in-depth interviews. The statistics used for quantitative data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. Content analysis was used for qualitative data. The research results found that:

            1) Academic leadership level of school administrators in small schools under the Office of
the Primary Education Area of ​​Nakhon Nayok Overall, academic leadership of school administrators is at the highest level. If considering each aspect, by ranking the average value from highest to lowest, it was found that the items with the highest average value were. 2) Guidelines for developing academic leadership of school administrators in small schools include vision setting and school curriculum development. Items with high average values ​​are internal supervision of school administrators, followed by achievement orientation and promotion of learning atmosphere, respectively.