Academic administration model of school administrators in the western region under office of the basic education commission

Abstract

The research objectives were: 1) to determine components and appropriate indicators for academic administration model of school administrators in the Western Region under Office of the Basic Education Commission; 2) to develop academic administration model of school administrators in the Western Region under Office of the Basic Education Commission, and determine the administrative issues that should be developed; and 3) to examine the guidelines for development of academic administration model of school administrators in the Western Region under Office of the Basic Education Commission. This research used a mixed methodology consisting of qualitative and quantitative research. The research procedures have been conducted; 1) qualitative research conducting from review of literature, related researches, and semi structured interview of qualified experts in academic administration, as well as content analysis was employed; 2) quantitative research conducting from samples of 306 private school administrators in academic administration, obtained by stratified sampling method, the instrument used for data collection was a five rating scale questionnaire, the statistics used for data analysis were descriptive, and inferential statistics; and 3) qualitative research conducting from 12 qualified experts of academic administration affairs in Western Region under Office of the Basic Education Commission, semi-structured interview form was used to collect data and content analysis was employed.

         The research findings were revealed as follows: 1) The components and appropriate indicators for academic administration model of school administrators in the Western Region under Office of the Basic Education Commission, consist of 12 components, totaling 84 indicators; 2) The academic administration model of school administrators in the Western Region under Office of the Basic Education Commission that has been developed a total of seven components in order;  development of learning processes; educational supervision; development of internal quality assurance systems; educational guidance; measurement; evaluation and transfer of experience, development of educational curriculum; development of media use, innovation and educational technology, also should be developed in 7 issues. 3) The guidelines for development of academic administration model of school administrators in the Western Region under Office of the Basic Education Commission were found as follows; 1) In the development of the curriculum, educational institutions should establish guidelines to promote student-centered learning by utilizing diverse teaching techniques, cross-disciplinary integration, and active learning. 2) In the development of the learning process, internal supervision systems should be developed that emphasize participation, employing the Kalyanamitra supervision method and developmental supervision. 3) In the measurement, evaluation, and transfer of academic results, the creation of a clear monitoring and evaluation system must be promoted, quality indicators consistent with educational standards must be established, and data from the evaluations must be used to systematically plan the development of the educational institution.