Guidelines for Developing Innovative Leadership for School Administrators in Digital Era under the Office Affiliation of Vocational Education, Khon Kaen Province

Abstract

The purposes of the study were 1) to examine the current situation, desired situation, and essential needs of the innovative leadership of educational administrators, and 2) to explore the development guidelines for innovative leadership of educational administrators in the digital era under the Office of Vocational Education, Khon Kaen Province. The sample consisted of 257 individuals including 52 educational administrators and 205 teachers under the Office of Vocational Education, Khon Kaen Province. The research instruments included a dual-response format questionnaire using a five-point rating scale, as well as structured interviews and an evaluation form to assess appropriateness and feasibility. The data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and  the Modified Priority Needs Index (PNI_modified) to identify and prioritize essential needs.

          The findings shown that; 1) current state of innovative leadership among educational administrators, both overall and by dimension, was at a high level. The desired state of innovative leadership was also at a high level overall and in each dimension. The overall priority needs index was PNI modified = 0.141. When considering each dimension, the essential needs were ranked from highest to lowest as follows: creativity and innovation, change leadership, innovation orientation, willingness to take risks for innovation, and visionary leadership, 2) the development guidelines for innovative leadership of educational administrators in digital era under the Office of Vocational Education, Khon Kaen Province included 15 guidelines. The evaluation results indicated a high level of appropriateness (mean = 4.24, S.D. = 0.65) and feasibility (mean = 4.35, S.D. = 0.61).