VISIONARY LEADERSHIP OF EXECUTIVES AFFECTING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SCHOOLS UNDER ANGTHONG PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE

Abstract

This research article aimed to 1) study the level of visionary leadership of school administrators under the Office of Ang Thong Primary Educational Service Area, 2) develop visionary leadership of school administrators under the Office of Ang Thong Primary Educational Service Area, and 3) assess the visionary leadership of administrators that affects the effectiveness of schools under the Office of Ang Thong Primary Educational Service Area. This research was a mixed-method multi-stage research using a questionnaire with a sample of 291 school administrators and teachers in Ang Thong primary schools, a focus group of 10 experts, and a stakeholder assessment form with 15 experts by the purposive sampling method, analyzed quantitative research data using research statistics, including frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The qualitative research data were analyzed using content analysis.

The research results found that 1) The level of visionary leadership of school administrators under the Office of the Primary Education Area of Ang Thong in general and in each aspect was at a high level, namely, the vision of organizational atmosphere, the vision of creativity, the vision of emotional intelligence, the vision of communication, and the visionary leadership behavior, respectively. 2) The development of visionary leadership of school administrators under the Office of the Primary Education Area of Ang Thong by integrating the four principles of Iddhip da (Basis for success) was the integration of the analytical thinking principles of individuals who must have the principles of Chanda (will) and Viriya (effort) as supervisors in leading the school to achieve the vision and the management plan according to the Deming cycle (PDCA) and must have the principle of Citta (thoughtfulness) and the principle of Vima s  (investigation) that could enable the administrators and teachers to think analytically and think and analyze correctly and continuously from cause to effect under the foundation of morality that would lead to successful practice and appropriate problem solving, seeing the value of developing the school for learning and living a successful life according to the specified vision, and also show kindness, volunteerism full of kindness and morality, doing activities for the school and educational personnel that would have a continuous effect on students. Those who would directly benefit from visionary leadership. 3) The evaluation results of visionary leadership of administrators affecting the effectiveness of educational institutions under the Office of Ang Thong Primary Educational Service Area found that after organizing the activities, the overall level was at a high level in all aspects, namely, principles, concepts, theories, and various techniques used to develop visionary leadership of school administrators and they were appropriate and consistent for using in organizing the activities. There was overall satisfaction with the experiment of the activities this time. The content of the development activities was appropriate for the target group. Visionary leadership of administrators helped the target group to have the ability to solve problems creatively.