Needs and Guidelines for Enhancing Skill Competency of English Teachers under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 39 Phitsanulok

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to investigate needs and guidelines for enhancing skill competency of English teachers under the secondary educational service area office 39 Phitsanulok. The needs consisted of 6 skill competencies which were 1) learning process and classroom management 2) situational communication 3) self development 4) building relationships 5) materials, innovations, learning resources, and information technology 6) measurement and evaluation. The research methodology consisted of 2 parts. The first part was to investigate needs of enhancing skill competency of English teachers under the secondary educational service area office 39 Phitsanulok. The sample consisted of 136 English teachers under the secondary educational service area office 39 Phitsanulok, which are in the second term of the year 2019. The research determined the sample size by using Krejcie and Morgan table and then random the sample by using stratified random sampling. The research tool was a questionnaire about the needs of enhancing skill competency of English teachers under the secondary educational service area office 39 Phitsanulok. Data were analyzed by using frequency, percentage, standard deviation, and PNI modified. The second part was to analyze guidelines for enhancing skill competency of English teachers under the secondary educational service area office 39 Phitsanulok. The data providers were 3 English skill experts obtained by purposive sampling. The research tool was an interview. The research data were analyzed by content analysis. The research results were as follows:

1. The needs of enhancing skill competencyy of English teachers under the secondary educational service area office 39 Phitsanulok was found that the top three ranking needs of English teacher’s skill competencies were situational communication, learning process and classroom management, and measurement and evaluation respectively.

2. The guidelines for enhancing skill competency of English teachers under the secondary educational service area office 39 Phitsanulok were stated in total of 20 ways; 7 ways in situational communication, 7 ways in learning process and classroom management, and 6 ways in measurement and evaluation.