The 21st-Century Characteristics Of School Director Affecting Operation Internal Quality Assurance With Basic Educational Standards Of Schools Under The Office Of Chachoengsao Primary Educational Service Area Office 2

Abstract

This research aimed to achieve four objectives: 1) to investigate the level of 21st-century characteristics of school directors in schools under the Office of Chachoengsao Primary Educational Service Area Office 2, 2) to evaluate the level of internal quality assurance operations with basic educational standards, 3) to explore the correlation between the 21st-century characteristics of school directors and internal quality assurance operations with basic educational standards, and 4) to study how the 21st-century characteristics of school directors affect the operation of internal quality assurance with basic educational standards. The research adopted  a quantitative approach and selected a sample of 297 executives and teachers from the schools under the Office of Chachoengsao Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 using Krajsey and Morgan's sample size and a multistage random sampling method. The data were collected through questionnaires, and data analysis involved using statistical measures such as frequency, percentage, mean, deviation, correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis.

          The results showed that

1. The 21st-century characteristics of school directors in schools under the Office of Chachoengsao Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 as a whole had a high level of performance. When sorted in descending order of average, academic leadership had the highest performance, followed by innovation and technology, and creativity and inspiration.
2. Internal quality assurance with basic educational standards in schools under the Office of Chachoengsao Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 was overall at a high level of practice. When sorted by the average from highest to lowest, administrative and management processes had the highest performance, followed by student-centered teaching and learning processes, and student quality.
3. There was a high positive correlation (r_xy = .693) between the 21st-century characteristics of school directors and the internal quality assurance operations with basic educational standards in schools under the Office of Chachoengsao Primary Educational Service Area Office 2, which was statistically significant at the .01 level.
4. The 21st-century characteristics of school directors had an impact on the internal quality assurance operations with basic educational standards in schools under the Office of Chachoengsao Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 in four areas: inspiration, innovation and technology, creativity, and academic leadership, which together predicted 50.80 percent. The forecasting equation in raw score form was Y´ = 1.078 + .391 X₆ + .237 X₄ + .071 X₁ + .056 X₃ + .087 X₂, while the forecasting equation in standard score form was Z´ Y´ =. .661 X₆ + .309 X₄ + .098 X₁ + .103 X₂ + .096 X₂.