Management Based on Sufficiency Economy Philosophy for Upgrading to Local Sufficiency School under the Municipality

Abstract

The objectives of the research were study the quality of management based on the philosophy of sufficiency economy for upgrading to local sufficiency school under the municipality, and management guidelines based on the philosophy of sufficiency economy to raise the level to be a local sufficiency school under the municipality. The sample group was 570 school administrators and municipal teachers. The tools used for data collection were questionnaires, and in-depth interviews with 5 administrators of schools with best practices. Data were analyzed by basic statistics and content analysis. The results showed that: The quality of management according to the philosophy of sufficiency economy The overall level is moderate. There are important guidelines that have been used in management; The school sets a vision and encourage stakeholders to participate in the planning and implementation of projects and activities, promote and develop teachers' potential in organizing learning activities according to the philosophy of sufficiency economy through education, training, work visits and building a network of cooperation with other schools, develop core teachers to be speakers to disseminate knowledge to other schools, encourage students to learn and practice from a variety of learning activities, and continuously follow up and evaluate performance.