THE INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AFFECTING THE PERFORMANCE EFFECTIVENESS OF TEACHERS UNDER THE OFFICE OF BUENGKAN PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA

Abstract

The purposes of this research were as follows: 1) To study the level of innovative leadership of school administrators; 2) To study the performance effectiveness of teachers; 3) To study the relationship between innovative leadership of school administrators and the performance effectiveness of teachers; and 4) To create forecasting equation of the performance of teachers under the office of Buengkan primary educational service area. The sampling group was selected through stratified random sampling consisting of 342 teachers in the schools under the office of Buengkan primary educational service area. The instrument used in this research was a questionnaire with a rating scale of 5 levels. The reliability of the questionnaires of innovative leadership of school administrators and the performance effectiveness of teachers were at .993 and .986 respectively. The statistics used for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression analysis. Results of this research were as the followings. 1. The innovative leadership of school administrators under the office of Buengkan primary educational service area was at the high level. 2. The performance effectiveness of teachers under the office of Buengkan primary educational service area was at the high level. 3. The innovative leadership of school administrators and the performance effectiveness of teachers under the office of Buengkan primary educational service area were related to each other. 4. The forecasting efficiency of the forecasting equation for the performance effectiveness of teachers under the office of Buengkan primary educational service area using innovative leadership of school administrators as a predictive variable was at 53.40 percent