The The 21st Century Supervisors in Educational Supervision Competencies Under The Chiang Mai Primary Education Service Area Office 1-6

Abstract

           The objective of this research was to study the educational supervision competencies of supervisors in the 21st. Century under Chiang Mai Primary Education Service Area Office 1-6.  It was a mixed methods between quantitative and qualitative research.  Research instruments were a questionnaire with calculating by Item-Objective Congruence (IOC) = 0.80 and an in-depth interview form.  The sample group selected by simple random sampling consisted of 608 school administrators, teachers, and experts /qualifications in educational supervision. 

            The results show that:

1. The educational supervision competency of supervisors in the 21st. Century under Chiang Mai Primary Education Service Area Office 1-6 consisted of 3 important educational supervision competencies as follows: 1) competency of capable skills (Desired conditions X ̅ = 4.53, S.D. = 0.65; Current conditions X ̅ ̅ = 3.72, S.D. = 0.80, PNI = 0.22); 2) competency of knowledge (Desired conditions X ̅ = 4.52, S.D. = 0.67; Current conditions X ̅ = 3.81, S.D. = 0.80, PNI = 0.19) and 3) competency of supervisors’ characteristics. (Desired conditions X ̅ = 4.63, S.D. = 0.58; Current conditions X ̅ = 4.05, S.D. = 0.77, PNI = 0.15).


2. Results of an in-depth interview were as follows: these mentioned competencies was the body of knowledge leading to be the transformational leadership in the digital era of supervisors in the 21st. Century.  Moreover, it was essential to build a collaborative network through information technology media that helped supervisors and supervisees exchange knowledge to cooperate in developing the professional supervision in order to conduct the sustainability.