The Relationship Between School Administrators’ Academic Leadership and Teachers’ Work Performance Competency in the Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Primary Educational Service Area Office 2

Abstract

This research consists purposes were 1. to examine the level of academic leadership of school principals under the jurisdiction of the Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 2. to investigate the level of teachers’ performance competency under the jurisdiction of the Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 and 3. to examine the relationship between school principals’ academic leadership and teachers’ performance competency under the jurisdiction of the Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Primary Educational Service Area Office 2. This study employed a quantitative research design. The research instrument was a questionnaire. The sample consisted of 301 teachers under the jurisdiction of the Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Primary Educational Service Area Office 2. The sample size was determined using the sample size table proposed by Cohen, Manion, and Morrison (2018, p. 206) in Research Methods in Education, at a statistical significance level of .05. The data collected from the questionnaires were analyzed using descriptive statistics, including percentage, mean, and standard deviation, as well as Pearson’s Product–Moment Correlation Coefficient. The results revealed that 1) The overall level of school principals’ academic leadership was found to be at the highest level (x̄ = 4.58) 2) The level of teachers’ performance competency under the jurisdiction of the Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 was overall at the highest level (x̄ = 4.55) and 3) The relationship between school principals’ academic leadership and teachers’ performance competency in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 was overall at a high level and statistically significant at the .01 level.