Development of a Management Model for Primary Schools in Becoming Excellence in Literacy in the Area under Eastern Region Office of Primary Education

Abstract

The objectives of the research were 1) to develop a management model for primary schools in becoming excellence in literacy in the area under Eastern Region Office of Primary Education, and 2) to evaluate the effectiveness and the practicality of the developed model. The research was conducted in three phases as follows: the first phase was to develop a draft model based on the content analysis and data synthesis from related theories, literature review as well as previous studies; the second phase was to refine the model by using the data collected from  structured interview and  rating-scale questionnaire with a group of seventeen experts, and using Delphi Technique, Median, and interquartile range as the statistics for data analysis; and the third phase was to examine and evaluate on the appropriateness and the practicality of the model by a panel of five experts, using a questionnaire of five-point rating scale. Mean and standard deviation were employed as the statistics for data analysis.  

The research results were as follows:  1. the management model of the primary schools in becoming excellence in literacy in the area under the Eastern Region Office of Primary Education consisted of eight components including 1) Leadership of the administrators, 2) Strategies, 3) Personnel recruitment and development, 4) Learning process development, 5) Learner and stakeholder focus, 6) Management process, 7) Interactive classroom environment, and 8) Implementation outputs.