School Administration Guidelines According to Adhitthanadhamma 4 of the Secondary School Administrators in Lom Sak District, Phetchabun Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the school administration conditions of the secondary school administrators in Lom Sak District, Phetchabun Province; 2) to compare the opinions of teachers about the school administration conditions of the secondary school administrators; and 3) to find the school administration guidelines according to Adhitthanadhamma 4 of the secondary school administrators. This study was a mixed methods research.  For quantitative research, data were collected from a sample of 177 people. The instrument used in the research was a questionnaire with a confidence value of .97. Data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. Qualitative research was done by in-depth interview with 9 key informants by using content analysis. The results of the research revealed that 1) the school administration conditions of the secondary school administrators in Lom Sak District, Phetchabun Province in all 4 aspects as a whole were at a high level by descending order as follows: personnel management and general administration were at the highest level; academic administration and budget management were at a high level; 2) the comparative results of teachers' opinions about school administration of the secondary school administrators classified by personal factors such as gender, age and educational level were no statistically significant differences at the 0.05 level; and 3) the school administration guidelines according to Adhitthanadhamma 4  of the secondary school administrators were as follows: 3.1) in terms of academic administration, educational personnel should be encouraged to support continuous learning; 3.2) in the aspect of budget management, the administrators should allow personnel to participate in the preparation of budget requests reasonably; 3.3) for personnel management, the administrators should manage personnel to suit the job by assigning tasks in what the personnel were good at; and 3.4) in terms of general administration, the administrators should promote coordination with the community of various agencies.