Teacher Needs on Leadership Styles of School Administrators with in Educational Quality Development Network Group, Ban Thi District, Lamphun Province

Abstract

This research focused on studying the teacher needs on leadership styles of school administrators within educational quality development network group, Ban Thi district, Lamphun province in order to find the teacher needs on leadership styles of school administrators from teachers and educational personnel under Lamphun Primary Educational Service Area Office 1, educational quality development network group, Ban Thi district, Lamphun province. Populations were 83 respondents.  A tool used for collecting data was a questionnaire.

                The research indicated that the studying the teacher needs on leadership styles of school administrators within educational quality development network group, Ban Thi district, Lamphun province, it was found that the teachers and educational personnel needed three leadership styles of the school administrators as coaching leaders, democratic leaders, and affiliative leaders, respectively. As regards the methods how to develop three leadership styles of school administrators within educational quality development network group, Ban Thi district, Lamphun provincefound that 1) Coaching leadership style should develop to be professional administrators who had knowledge and ability related to administration, there was the academic leadership in a high level of the school administration as well as giving honors to teachers who showed the their opinions regularly, should show the carefulness for the well-being of the teachers, encourage them including to inspire teachers for the challenging of the teachers to be successful by providing resources as the best tool as well as guidance to stimulate teachers for the creative ideas. 2) Democratic leadership style should develop the administrators for an open- minded with the recommendations and the other several alternatives by accepting the others’ knowledge, abilities and opinions including giving the others opportunities to use the full potential of their abilities, developed democracy in work leading to the best work regularly being acceptable by teachers and co-worker until teachers had faith in supervision 3) Affiliative leadership style should developthe administrators to have good awareness to encourage the teachers and educational personnel to perform effectively, had the responsibility to work and had the potential to develop the school successfully, seriously, continuously, and thoroughly.