DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL SECONDARY SCHOOL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES UNDER THE OFFICE OF THE BASIC EDUCATION COMMISSION

Abstract

This research aims to: 1) develop digital secondary school management strategies; and 2) validate the digital secondary school management strategies. This research employed a mixed methods approach and was divided into 2 phases. Phase 1 involved the development of digital secondary school management strategies. The informants included educational administration experts, directors, and vice directors of the Secondary Educational Service Area Office, as well as, school directors, totaling 10 persons, selected through purposive sampling based on the set criteria. Data were collected through interviews and analyzed using content analysis. The sample for studying current and desirable digital secondary school management conditions consisted of 345 secondary schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission, obtained by using proportional stratified random sampling based on inspection areas. The informants included school directors, school vice directors, heads of administrative groups, and heads of learning area groups, totaling 1,380 persons. Data were collected using a questionnaire. Statistics used for data analysis included frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, modified priority needs index analysis, strengths and weaknesses analysis with the 2S4M model, opportunities and threats analysis with the PEST model, and TOWS matrix analysis. Phase 2 involved validating the digital secondary school management strategies and was subdivided into 2 steps. In step 1, the digital secondary school management strategies were evaluated. The informants included educational administrators, experts in secondary educational administration, and school directors, totaling 9 persons, selected through purposive sampling based on the set criteria. Data were collected through connoisseurship and analyzed with mean, standard deviation, and content analysis. In step 2, the developed strategies were implemented in a secondary school. The informants included the school director, the school vice director, the head of the administrative group, and the head of the learning area group, totaling 4 persons. Data were collected through feedback meetings and analyzed using content analysis.

The research results revealed that:

1. The digital secondary school management strategies consisted of 5 strategies: 1) aligning the digital secondary school development system with the digital age; 2) organizing the digital secondary school structure in line with the national education management policy; 3) increasing the budget to develop personnel competencies in accordance with the transformation missions of digital secondary schools; 4) enhancing the use of technology in learning management in the digital era; and 5) adapting the digital secondary school performance assessment monitoring system to the digital transformation.


2. The digital secondary school management strategies were agreed by consensus to be accurate, appropriate, feasible, and useful. The results of strategy implementation showed that the school has implemented plans to enhance technology use in learning management and foster collaboration within professional practice. The school has also planned to integrate budget utilization systems to enhance teachers’ competencies in learning management. Guidelines have been established to improve the evaluation and measurement system in line with learners’ competencies based on economic and social context analysis at the local level. Furthermore, guidelines for curriculum development have been set to promote learners’ professional competencies in the digital age.