The Guidelines for Academic Leadership Development of School Administrators Under the Secondary Educational Service Area

Abstract

The purposes this research were to 1) study the current conditions, desirable condition and need assessment of academic leadership of school administrators under the secondary educational service area office Kalasin. 2) to study the guidelines for academic leadership development of school administrators under the secondary educational service area office Kalasin. The research was divided into 2 phases:  Phase 1 study the current conditions, desirable condition and need assessment of of academic leadership of school administrators. The sample group were 368 school administrators and teachers. The research instrument were questionnaires discrimination was 0.34–0.74, reliability of .95. The statistics used for data analysis were mean and deviation. Standard Phase 2: study the guidelines for academic leadership development of school administrators. The target groups include 3 school for visiting best practices and 7 experts for assess suitability possibility of guideline. The research instrument were interview form and assessment form of guidelines. The results of the research were as follows:

1.The current state in overall was moderate average and the desirable state in overall was in the highest level. The need assessment rank from high to low level was 1) Environmental management contributed to learning 2) Instruction Supervision3) learning management 4) Curriculum administration, respectively.

2. Guidelines for academic leadership development of school administrators under the secondary educational service area office Kalasin, Include 1) principle and reason 2) objective 3) expected results 4) content 5) development process and 5) measurement, evaluation, feasibility and utility was the highest in overall.