The Relationship between Creative Leadership of School Administrators and Effectiveness of Schools under the Supervision of Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya Primary Education Service Area Office 1

Abstract

This research was aimed to study 1) creative leadership of school administrators; 2) school effectiveness, and 3) the relationship between creative leadership of school administrators and school effectiveness. The study was conducted with 348 teachers working at schools under the supervision of Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya Primary Education Service Area Office 1. The sample group was acquired by a stratified sampling. The research instrument employed in this study was a five-rating scale questionnaire with a reliability to measure the creative leadership of school administrators at .98 and a reliability of the questionnaire to measure the school effectiveness at .95. Statistics employed in this research included mean, standard deviation, and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient.  

The findings revealed that 1) creative leadership of school administrators overall and in each aspect were found in a high level. The highest mean score was found on vision, followed by individualism. The lowest mean score was found on creativity; 2) effectiveness of schools in overall and in each aspect were found in a high level. The highest mean score was found on the ability to solve problems in school and followed by the ability to make a change to and develop the school. The lowest mean score was found on the ability to enable students to acquire high learning efficiency, and 3) the creative leadership of school administrators showed positive relationship with effectiveness of schools in a high level at a statistical significant level of .01. The creative leadership of the school administrators showed the highest relationship on teamwork, followed by flexibility and adaptation. The lowest score of relationship was found on vision of the administrators.