The Development of the Innovative Model of School Administration in the Secondary Education Area Office 18

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to develop and to propose the innovative model of school administration in the secondary education area office 18. The sample group used in phase 1 consisted of 50 school administrators and 50 civil service teachers and teachers of the academic affairs division of the school under the Office of Secondary Educational Service Area 18. Focus group discussion was set in phase 2 and 9 experts were selected to assess the appropriateness and feasibility. Research instruments were questionnaires, interview forms, expert references, suitability assessments and possibilities. Reliability was assessed by using alpha-coefficient coefficient of Cronbach and has a confidence value of 0.98. Results of the study showed that 1) the development of the innovation model of the school administration in overall was very good. The aspect with the highest average value was the principle of learning organization and the aspect with the least mean was the principle of collective participation. 2) The developed model of school administration innovation under the Office of Secondary Education Service Area 18 consisted of 5 components which were (1) the principles of the model, (2) the purpose of the model, (3) the operation of the model, (4) the model evaluation, and (5) results of using the model. For the level of opinions of the experts regarding the appropriateness of the draft guidelines for model development, it showed that the overall innovation of school administration was appropriate at a high level. The opinions of experts and the assessing of the appropriateness were possible for the development of the innovation model.