The Development of An Academic Administration Framework to Promote School Engagement of Bangkok Christian College Students

Abstract

This research had three objectives: 1) to study the Priority Needs Index (PNI) for academic administration aimed at enhancing students' school engagement, 2) to develop academic administration guidelines to promote students' school engagement, and 3) to develop an administrative framework to enhance students' school engagement at Bangkok Christian College. The research employed an Explanatory Design method, with data gathered from six school administrators. The research findings were as follows: 1) The overall PNI for academic administration to enhance students' school engagement revealed that the evaluation phase had the highest PNI, followed by the planning phase and the implementation phase, respectively. 2) There are four guidelines for academic administration to enhance students' school engagement, which include 2.1) two cognitive engagement-enhancing guidelines, 2.2) one emotional engagement-enhancing guideline, and 2.3) one behavioral engagement-enhancing guideline. 3) The administrative framework to enhance students' engagement with the school includes six groups of tasks: 3.1) Eight tasks under the Secondary Academic Division, 3.2) Five tasks under the Secondary English Immersion Program (EIP) Division, 3.3) Four tasks under the Student Development Activities Division, 3.4) Four tasks under the Discipline Promotion Division, 3.5) Seven tasks under the Sports Activities Division, and 3.6) Six tasks under the Educational Innovation Division.