Guidelines for Student Care System Management by School Administrators Under Khon Kaen Primary Educational Service Area Office 1

Abstract

The objectives of this study were 1) to study the situation of student care system management by school administrators and 2) to propose guidelines for student care  system management by school administrators under Khon Kaen Primary Educational Service Area Office 1. This research was a descriptive research. The sample group consisted of school administrators and teachers under under Khon Kaen Primary Educational Service Area Office 1, with the total number of 317 people. The research instruments were a 5-level rating scale questionnaire with content validity of 0.67-1 and questionnaire reliability of 0.959, and a semi-structured interview. The statistics used for data analysis comprised frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, median, and interquartile range.
The study results were found that:
1. The situation of student care  system management by school administrators, in overall, was rated at the highest level.
2. The guidelines for student care system management by school administrators consisted of 5 components: 1) In aspect of student screening, policies should be established and screening should be planned to be covered in all dimensions. 2) In aspect of knowing students individually, the student data should be organized individually, with basic information, using digital database system or a program to help manage student data, such as school management system to track student data regularly, etc. 
3) In aspect of student submission, cooperation should be created with parents and communities, and information about student submission should be provided to parents to create understanding and cooperation. 4) In aspect of prevention and problem solving, they were as follows: (1) In terms of problem prevention, student care and support committee should be established to plan work and set clear operational guidelines. 
(2) In terms of problem solving, a system for screening and following up on students should be set up to create a database of students who needed assistance. 5) In terms of student promotion and development, a database system should be used to track the progress of students individually.