Components and Guidelines for Managing Small Schools to Ensure Quality and Sustainability in the Digital Era under the Primary Educational Service Area Office
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This research article aimed to investigate the components and guidelines for managing small schools to ensure quality and sustainability in the digital era under the Primary Educational Service Area Office. The study employed a mixed-methods research design and was divided into two phases. Phase 1 involved studying the components of managing small schools to ensure quality and sustainability in the digital era under the Primary Educational Service Area Office. The sample consisted of 367 school administrators, selected via stratified sampling. The research instrument was a questionnaire on small school management, and the data were analyzed using mean (), standard deviation (S.D.), and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). Phase 2 involved studying the guidelines for managing small schools to ensure quality and sustainability in the digital era under the Primary Educational Service Area Office. The key informants consisted of five experts, obtained through purposive sampling. The research instrument was a semi-structured interview form, and the data were analyzed using content analysis.
The research findings revealed the following: 1) The components for managing small schools to ensure quality and sustainability in the digital era under the Primary Educational Service Area Office consisted of seven aspects: (1) school structural management, (2) policy and practice management, (3) executive leadership development, (4) personnel development, (5) information technology management, (6) organizational culture creation, and (7) building relationships between the school and the community; and 2) The appropriate guidelines for managing small schools to ensure quality and sustainability in the digital era under the Primary Educational Service Area Office comprised five elements: (1) principles, (2) objectives, (3) processes, (4) outcomes, and (5) conditions for success of the administrative guidelines.
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