Development of The Evaluation Competency Checklists for School Principals Under The Jurisdiction of Bangkok Metropolitan

Abstract

         The objectives of this research were to 1) synthesize the components of the evaluation competency of school principals and 2) develop and evaluate the quality of a set of evaluation competency checklists for school principals under the jurisdiction of Bangkok Metropolitan. The researcher collected information from previous studies and relevant publications, as well as from a focus group discussion with nine experts in the related fields. Participants of this research included          159 school principals under the jurisdiction of Bangkok Metropolitan. Research instrument was a questionnaire used to evaluate the performance for school principals under the jurisdiction of Bangkok Metropolitan. Descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, and the independent sample t-test were used to analyze the data. Results can be summarized as follows: 1. The evaluation competency of school principals consisted of four components i.e., 1) evaluation of programs/projects, 2) evaluation of curriculum and learning management, 3) personnel assessment, and 4) internal evaluation of school quality. 2. The development of an evaluation competency checklist for school principals of educational institutes in Bangkok included four major aspects and 88 checklists. Content validity of the evaluation competency checklist (IOC) was between 0.60 to 1.00, whereas the Cronbach's alpha reliability was 0.94. In addition, it was discovered that most of the school principals achieved the evaluation competence level at the professional level, which was the highest level found. Performance assessment of school principals were compared based on their gender, age, educational level, academic standing, and the size of their schools. It was found that the performance assessment of school principals was not significantly different at the .05 level. However, the results of the comparison of the performance assessment of school principals classified by length of tenure were significantly different at the .05 level.