The Strategies for Enhancing Leadership Skills in the 21st Century of SchoolAdministrators under the Office of Secondary Educational Area in Northeast Part

Abstract

             The objectives of this research were to study current situation and desirable conditions and to develop strategies for enhancing leadership skills in the 21^st century of educational institutions administrators under the Office of Secondary Educational Area in the Northeast part. The sample groups totaled 380 persons including15educational institutions administrators and365 teachers.The sample size was determined by R.V.Krejcie& D.W. Morgan by using stratified random sampling method. The research instruments were a 5-level rating scale component evaluation and questionnaire withIndex of Item–Objective Congruence (IOC) between 0.80-1.00and reliability at0.90. The statistics used for data analysis included percentage, mean, standard deviation and reliability.

        The research results were found that:

1. The components of enhancing leadership skills in the 21^st century of school administrators under the Office of Secondary Educational Area in the Northeast consisted of 6 components including 1) Academic leadership skill, 2) Team building skill, 3) Digital and technology skill, 4) Decision-making and problem solving skill, 5) Human relationship skill and 6) Creative thinking skill.


2. The current situations of enhancing leadership skills in the 21^st century of school administrators under the Office of Secondary Educational Area in the Northeast, in all, were rated at a moderate level. The desirable conditions of enhancing leadership skills in the 21^st century of school administrators under the Office of Secondary Educational Area in the Northeast were rated at the highest level.


3. The strategies for enhancing leadership skills in the 21^st century of school administrators under the Office of Secondary Educational Area in the Northeast included 5 strategies as follows: The 1^st strategy: Developing skills in using digital and technology systems consisted of 7 measures and 7 indicators. The 2^nd strategy: Promoting team-working consisted of 6 measures and 6 indicators. The 3^rd strategy: Developing personnel creatively consisted of measures and 7 indicators. The 4^th strategy: Developing academic leadership consisted of 7 measures and 7 indicators. The 5^th strategy: Developing the courage of decision making consisted of 6 measures and 6 indicators.