PRIVATE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION STRATEGIES FOR EXCELLENCE UNDER THE OFFICE OF THE PRIVATE EDUCATION COMMISSION

Abstract

          The objectives of this research included: 1) to study the components of the  private school administration for excellence under the Office of the Private Education Commission; 2) to establish guidelines for private school administration for excellence under the Office of the Private Education Commission; and (3) to confirm the guidelines for private school administration for excellence under the Office of the Private Education Commission. The methods of this research included the following steps: Step 1 was to study the components of private school administration for excellence under the Office of the Private Education Commission by studying documents, interviewing 7 experts, and gathering information through a questionnaire from 552 participants of sampling group. The research instruments used in this step were semi-structured interview form and questionnaires. The statistics employed were content analysis, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and exploratory factors analysis. Step 2 was to develop a guideline of private school administration for excellence under the Office of the Private Education Commission through a discussion of a focus group including 11 experts. The instrument used was a draft of a guideline of private school administration for excellence under the Office of the Private Education Commission and documents for the discussion of the focus group. The statistics employed was content analysis. Step 3 was to evaluate the guideline of private school administration by 10 school administrators selected through purposive sampling. The instruments used was the evaluation form of the guideline for school administration. The statistics used in data analysis were percentage, mean and standard deviation. The research findings were as follows. 1) Regarding the analysis of the components of private school administration for excellence under the Office of the Private Education Commission, it consisted of 7 factors as follows: (1) administrator’s leadership; (2) personnel’s quality; (3) management planning; (4) cooperation network; (5) student’s quality; (6) operations; and (7) personnel development. 2) In the guidelines for private school administration for excellence under the Office of the Private Education Commission, it consisted of 3 parts: Part 1 Introduction; Part 2 Content which consisted of the factors of private school for excellence under the Office of the Private Education Commission; Part 3 Conditions for Success. 3) The confirmation of the guidelines for private school administration for excellence under the Office of the Private Education Commission in the aspects of correctness, suitability, feasibility, and the benefit were at the highest level.