ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AFFECTING TEACHER’S COMMITMENT IN SCHOOLS UNDER THE OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA 21, NONG KHAI PROVINCE

Abstract

The objectives of this research were as the followings: 1) To study the level of academic leadership of the school administrators; 2) To study the level of teachers’ commitment in the schools; 3) To study the relationship between academic leadership of the school administrators and teachers’ commitment in the schools; and 4) To study the academic leadership of the school administrators affecting the teachers’ commitment in schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 21, Nongkhai Province. The research samples were 291 school administrators and teachers under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 21, Nongkhai Province. The sample was obtained by stratified random sampling using Krejcie and Morgan’s table of sample size. The research instrument was a questionnaire with rating-scale of 5 levels. Statistics used in data analysis were frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression analysis. The results indicated were follows. 1. The overall academic leadership of school administrators under Secondary Educational Service Area Office 21 was at a high level. 2. The overall level of teachers’ commitment in schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 21 was at a high level while considering by aspect was at the highest level and a high level. 3. The relationship between academic leadership and teachers’ commitment in the schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 21 was positive with a statistical significance at the level of .01. 4. Multiple regression analysis and creation of performance forecast equations of academic leadership affecting the teachers’ commitment in schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 21 by using administrative factors as predicting variables indicated that management, academic planning, and academic atmosphere promotion affected the teachers’ commitment in schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 21. It was predictable that the teachers’ commitment in schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 21 was at 71.10 percent.