A Model of Digital Leadership Development for Principals of Small Size Schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission

Abstract

The twelfth national economic and social development plan focuses on developing the efficacy of the administrator in digital literacy. Educational excellence should be promoted at all levels by improving the management of primary education quality in small schools, reforming teaching and learning methods, and developing the quality of teachers within the whole system and National Education Plan, strategy 4: creating opportunities and equality in education. The research objectives were 1) to study digital leadership for principals of small size schools under the office of the basic education commission, and 2) to propose a model of digital leadership development for principals of the small-size schools. A sample of 385 was randomly drawn from principals in small schools. The instrument was a questionnaire, constructed by a researcher with an overall reliability of 0.98. The data analyzed using percentage, mean, standard deviation and Priority Needs Index Modified (PNI Modified). The results were as the followings. 1) The digital leadership factors were fit in the Thai context and the ranking from the top were professional growth and development and opportunity (PNI Modified=0.13), followed by that of learning space and environment. Lastly, factor was communication (PNI Modified =0.03). 2) The proposed model of digital leadership development consisted of three parts: preface, seven components of digital leadership, and three success factors. A model of digital leadership development for principals of small size schools under the office of the basic education commission is appropriate and feasible.