A Development Model for School Administration to Promote Vocational Skills of Students at Ban Noen School, Nakhon Sawan Province

Abstract

The purposes of this research Article were to: (1) study the current state, desirable state, and needs assessment components; (2) develop a school administration model; (3) implement the model; and (4) evaluate the school administration development model for promoting vocational skills of students at Ban Noen School, Nakhon Sawan Province. The research methodology employed was Research and Development (R&D), conducted in 4 phases with 24 steps. The sample in Phase 1 consisted of 7 basic education board members and 15 teachers, totaling 22 participants. The results revealed that: (1) the current state of school administration for promoting vocational skills was at a moderate to high level (X̄ = 2.88–3.42), while the desirable state was at the highest level (X̄ = 4.55–4.72); (2) the developed CAREER-CARE Model consisted of 6 main components, validated by experts at the highest level (X̄total = 4.70, S.D. = 0.50); (3) implementation results over 2 academic years showed continuously increasing opinions and satisfaction, with average satisfaction rising from X̄ = 4.55 to X̄ = 4.72; and (4) students' vocational skills quality continuously improved from 59.13% in academic year 2023 to 81.13% in academic year 2025.