Administrative skills of School Administrators in the 21th Century Influencing School Effectiveness under the Nongbualamphu Primary Educational Area 2.

Abstract

This research aims to study 1) the administrative skills of school administrators in the 21^st century 2) the school effectiveness 3) the relationship between the administrative skills of school administrators in the 21^st century and school effectiveness. 4) The predictive power of administrative skills of school administrators in the 21^st century that affects school effectiveness. The sample group in this research was school administrators and teachers under the Nong Bua Lamphu Primary Educational Area 2. Stratified random was used by sampling to determine the proportion of educational institutions to school size 285 people. The research instrument was a questionnaire with a consistency index between 0.80-1.00 and management skills of school administrators in the 21st century, the reliability value was 0.89, and in terms of school effectiveness the confidence value is equal to 0.90. Statistics used in data analysis include mean, standard deviation Pearson’s product - moment correlation coefficient and Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis.

The research results found that: 1) Administrative skill level of educational institution administrators in the 21^st century and school effectiveness Overall there were at a high level. 2) Administrative skills of school administrators in the 21^st century (X) and overall school effectiveness (Y) were found to have a positive relationship with statistical significance at .01.and 3) Administrative skills of school administrators in the 21^st century. Nong Bua Lamphu Primary Educational Service Area Office, Area 2 has 5 predictor variables (X): social and cross-cultural skills X₃, educational skills X₅. Leadership and responsibility skills X₄ Information skills Media and technology X₁ Creativity and independence skills X₂. That together affect the predicting of variance in school effectiveness (Y) of Nong Bua Lamphu Primary Educational Service Area Office, Area 2 at 47.60 percent (R²=0.476) with statistical significance at the .05 level with statistical significance at the .05 level, can be written as an equation in the form of raw scores and standard score equations are as follows. In terms of educational skills in the 21^st century Educational institution administrators should use the research results. To encourage teachers to progress academically and there was regular supervision and monitoring of teaching and learning.