Guidelines for Developing Academic Administration of Educational institutions under the Jurisdiction of Sisaket Municipality

Abstract

     This research aimed to 1) study academic administration of educational institutions under the Si Sa Ket Municipality, 2) compare academic administration of educational institutions under the Si Sa Ket Municipality classified by position, education level and work experience, and 3) study the guidelines for developing academic administration of educational institutions under the Si Sa Ket Municipality. This research was a mixed-method research using quantitative research. The population was 240 educational institution administrators and teachers under the Si Sa Ket Municipality. Data were collected from a sample of 144 educational institution administrators and teachers under the Si Sa Ket Municipality, selected by stratified simple random sampling. The data collection tool was a questionnaire with a reliability value of 0.902 for the entire questionnaire. The statistics used for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test and F-test. As for the qualitative research, data were collected from key informants, namely the director of the Education Office, educational supervisors and nine educational institution administrators under the Si Sa Ket Municipality, selected by purposive sampling. The data collection tool was an interview. The reliability of the whole version = 0.897. Content analysis of the data in an essay format.
     The research results found that 1) Academic administration of educational institutions
under the Sisaket Municipality was at the highest level overall. It was found that the teaching and learning management was at the highest level, followed by measurement and evaluation, curriculum development, internal quality assurance system development, internal supervision, and research for learning, respectively. 2) The results of academic administration of educational
institutions under the Sisaket Municipality classified by position, education level, and work experience found that 1) different positions had different opinions on academic administration of educational institutions under the Sisaket Municipality overall. 2) different education levels had different opinions on academic administration of educational institutions under the Sisaket Municipality overall, with statistical significance at the 0.01 level. 3) different work experiences had different opinions on academic administration of educational institutions under the Sisaket Municipality overall, with statistical significance at the 0.01 level. 3) Guidelines for developing academic administration of educational institutions under the Sisaket Municipality found that in the curriculum development aspect, it should promote the development of relevant
persons to have knowledge and understanding of curriculum development to be up-to-date. In terms of research for learning, there should be a meeting to explain to teachers the importance and benefits of adjusting teachers’ attitudes in doing research and to see the value
of doing research. In terms of internal supervision, there should be a survey of problems and needs of supervision from teachers in the educational institution, and consultation and assistance in organizing learning activities. In terms of measurement and evaluation, there
should be supervision, monitoring, inspection and evaluation, along with summarizing and preparing a report of the evaluation results for future improvement. In terms of developing the internal quality assurance system, there should be an evaluation format, criteria and methods
for internal evaluation should be set according to the indicators and goals of the educational institution’s success clearly.