Model for the Development of Academic Leadership Characteristics in School Administration in the Early 21st Century, Northeastern Primary Education Service Area Offices

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the necessity of developing academic leadership characteristics in early 21st century school administration; 2) to develop a model of academic leadership characteristics in early 21st century school administration; 3) to test the performance of the model; and 4) to assess the suitability and feasibility of implementing the model.

This research uses an integrated research method. The population is school administrators of 12,291 schools. The samples used a multistage randomization method. A sample of 380 schools conducted the research in 4 steps: 1) preliminary study and survey, 2) model development, 3) test the model's performance, and 4) assessing the suitability of the model for practical use. The statistics used to analyze the data are Arithmetic mean, Standard Deviation, Necessary needs analysis (PNIModified), median, and interquartile range.

The results of the research showed that 1) the need to remember for the development of leadership qualities was the highest in the aspect of school administration in the 21st century (PNIModified = 0.37), followed by the leadership characteristics (PNIModified = 0.24) and academic administration (PNIModified = 0.16), 2) Model development using Delphi technique to ask for opinions from 18 experts, opinions in the following areas: (1) Leadership characteristics (Mdn. = 4.0, I.R. = 0, (2) Academic administration (Mdn. = 4.1 I.R. = 0), (3) In the aspect of school administration in the 21st century, (Mdn. = 4.5, I.R. = 0). It was found that experts' opinions were consistent in all aspects when considering the median value of 3.50 and above and the range between the quar-time was 1.60 or lower. 3) The primary efficacy test met the criteria 85/85, the efficacy index = 0.73. 4) The suitability assessment was at the highest level (Arithmetic mean = 4.52, Standard Deviation = 0.54). The probability is at the highest level (Arithmetic mean = 4.49 Standard Deviation = 0.57). It was found that the probabilities p = .004 were significantly different for each other, statistically significant at the .05 level.