ROLES OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS IN THE 21st CENTURY

Abstract

Times change and everything in the world needs to adjust accordingly. The roles of school administrators in the 21^st century need to have theoretical knowledge, competence, skills, experience and persistence in creating new innovations for the continuous development of education. In order to be modern and suitable for the changes of the modern world, school administrators need the following essences: 1) academic knowledge, entrepreneurship, innovator, technological capability, a positive energy and inspiration builder, a good model, and a learning community builder; 2) building skills for school administrators in analytical and creative thinking, problem solving, communication, teamwork, technology and digital, achievement attainment judgment and human relations; 3) crucial roles as academic leader, disciplinarian, assessor, policy review, curriculum administration and teaching, operational schedule setting, creating an atmosphere and learning culture, promotion and development of teachers and personnel, public relations, coordination with the community, and behaving a good model; and 4) morality and ethics that the administrators can choose from within themselves to appropriately apply in the management context. Applying the Dhamma principles into practice, it will be an inherent character of morality and ethics within themselves, morality and ethics for the performance of administrative duties, and morality and ethics for society.