A proposed policy for Thai Teachers Management (TTM)

Abstract

This study aimed to (1) investigate Teacher Management in the contexts of Thailand and Vietnam, (2) generate policy proposals for improving Thai Teacher Management (TTM) to enhance the country’s global engagement, and (3) test the selected proposed policy for teacher management in Thailand. Research tools included semi-structured interviews and attitude questionnaires with IOC 0.6 to 1.0. In a three-phase data collection study, the research initially investigated teacher management in Thailand and Vietnam by in-depth and focus group interviews with sixty-eight teachers and experts. Subsequently, the findings were utilized to create policy proposals for TTM in Thailand, drawing from successful practices in Vietnam. Afterwards, a selected proposed policy was implemented with six Thai teachers. The collected data were analyzed using content analysis and mean scores. A matrix analysis of TTM compared to Vietnam teacher management, highlighting strengths, weaknesses, success factors, practices, and mechanisms, indicated positive feasibility. The findings revealed policy proposals: revision of decentralized policies and criteria for TTM at the school levels; optimization of the TTM organizational structure to reduce bureaucratic red tape, review of TTM criteria for educational leaders at all levels, establishment of an online TTM information center for stakeholder engagement, and formulation of policies based on research findings from a unified research agency. The selected proposed policy for establishing an online information center received a positive feedback from research participants, with a mean score of X̅= 4.83.