Strategic Development of Primary School Administrators’ Attributes for 21stCentury

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the components and indicators of primary school administrators’ attributes for 21^stcentury, 2) to study the current condition and the desirable attributes and their needs assessment and 3) to create strategies for development of primary school administrators’ attributes for 21^stcentury. The mixed-methods research was applied. The research was divided into 3 phases. Phase 1-studying the components and indicators of the administrators’ attributes. Phase 2-studying the current condition and the desirable attributes of primary school administrators.  Phase 3-creating the strategies for development of the school administrators’ attributes. The sample groups were school directors, and teachers with a total number of 370 persons altogether by means of stratified random sampling. The research instruments were structured interview form, questionnaire with reliability of 0.98 and IOC between 0.60-1.00. The statistics used for data analysis comprised frequency, percentage, standard deviation and priority need index (PNIModified).

                  The research results are as follows:

1. The components of the primary school attributes for 21^stcentury are composed of 5 key aspects. Those are desirable leadership, vision, human relations, work relations and creativity / innovation.


2. With regard to the study of current condition compared with the desirable attributes and needs assessment of the administrators’ attributes, the current state, in all, is at moderate level. Considering each and individual aspect, the current conditions of all aspects are moderatelevel. As for the aspects of the desirable conditions, in all, are at high level. While considering each and individual item, it is found that 4 desirable components are at the highest level while one component is at high level. The priorities of needs assessment are 1) creativity/innovation,2) vision, 3) desirable leadership,4) human relations, 5) work relations, respectively.


3. The strategies for development of primary school administrators’ attributes for 21^stcentury comprised 5 key aspects. Strategy 1−development of creativity and new innovation in the organization with 5 measures and 7 indicators. Strategy 2−enhancement of visionary leadership for 21^stcentury with 6 measures and 6 indicators. Strategy 3−enhancement of leadership attributes of 21^stcentury with 6 measures and 9 indicators. Strategy 4−encouraging and supporting creative human relations with 6 measures and 6 indicators. Strategy 5−increasing efficient task–related competencies with 6 measures and 7 indicators. In all, there are altogether 5 strategies with 29 measures and 35 indicators.