The Guidelines on Development of Digital Leadership for School Administrators under Khon Kaen Primary Educational Service area Office3

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study on current situation, desirable condition, and need for digital leadership and 2) to study guidelines for developing digital leadership of school administrators under Khon Kaen Primary Educational Service Area Office 3.This research was a Mixed Methods Research. The sample group consisted of 306 school administrators and teachers from the opening schedule of Krejcie and Morgan, which using stratified random sampling and Simple random sampling method. The research instruments contained the five-rating scaled questionnaires with the semi-structured interview form and assess suitability and feasibility. The data analysis statistics were the percentage, mean, standard deviation, needs Index (PNI_modified), and content analysis. The findings showed that: 1) The overall and individual element for school administrators' innovative leadership was at the high level. Its overall and individual desirable state shown at the highest level. The need index part sorted in descending order as follows: communication and building a learning network, digital citizenship, development into digital professionalism, administration and management of digital learning, creating a digital culture and learning atmosphere and digital vision, respectively. 2. The average guidelines on development of digital leadership for school administrators under Khonkaen Primary Educational Service Area 3 consisted of 6 aspects with 3 approaches to develop in each aspect. Hence, the total was 18 guidelines. As for the evaluation results, the results of suitability and feasibility assessment were at the highest level.