Needs Assessment of Leadership Skills Development of School Administrators. under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Bueng Kan

Abstract

              The purpose of this study was to assess the need of leadership skills development of school administrators. The multi-stage random sampling group were 278 participants of school administrators and teachers in schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office Bueng Kan, academic year 2023. The tools used in the study were a set of 5-level rating scale questionnaires. The part of actual condition showed content validity index ranged between 0.80-1.00, discrimination power index ranged between 0.51-0.91 and reliability index at 0.99, and the desirable condition showed content validity index ranged between 0.80-1.00, discrimination power index ranged between 0.32-0.74, reliability index at 0.96, and a questionnaire of guidelines of leadership skills development. Statistics used in data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and Modified Priority Need Index (PNI_modified).     
                 The findings were as follows.  1.The components of leadership skills of school administrators consisted of 4 components, namely 1) conflict resolution skills, 2) visioning skills, 3) interpersonal skills, and  4) communicative skills. All components were appropriate at the highest level.  2. The current condition of leadership skills of school administrators, in overall, was at high level, whereas the desirable condition of leadership skills of school administrators, in overall, was at the highest level.  3. The findings of the needs of leadership skills development of school administrators, in overall, showed PNI_modified at 0.093. considering for each aspect, the findings could be prioritized as: visioning skills, interpersonal skills, conflict resolution skills and communicative skills, respectively.