Situations, Needs and Guidelines for the Academic Affairs Administration of Schools in The New Normal Era under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Sakon Nakhon

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to study the current situations and desirable situations, 2) to assess the needs, and 3) to develop guidelines for the academic affairs administration of schools in the new normal era under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Sakon Nakhon. The samples were 339 school administrators and teachers using the percentage criterion in the sample size specification, and they were selected by Multi-Stage Random Sampling. There were 4 instruments used in this research: 1) a five-scale rating questionnaire for current situations the academic affairs administration of schools in the new normal era, 2) a five-scale rating questionnaire in desirable situations the academic affairs administration of schools in the new normal era, 3) a structured-interview form, and  4) a five- scale rating questionnaire suitability and possibility assessment form of guidelines for the academic affairs administration of schools in the new normal era. The statistics used were percentage, mean, standard deviation, and the modified priority needs index.          The results were as follows: 1) the overall current situations for the academic affairs administration of schools in the new normal era are at the high level, and the overall desirable situations for the academic affairs administration of schools in the new normal era are at the highest level. 2) Needs Assessment of the academic affairs administration of schools in the new normal era with higher value than the overall value, their priorities were learning process development, Libraries and learning resources and school curriculum development respectively 3) The guidelines for the academic affairs administration of schools in the new normal era revealed the suitability at the highest level and the possibility also at the high level.