THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND EDUCATIONAL INNOVATOR OF THE TEACHERS UNDER THE SECONDARY EDUCATION SERVICE AREA OFFICE 13

Abstract

The purposes of this research are to examine 1) Innovative leadership of school administrators under the secondary education service area office 13. 2) Educational innovator of the teachers under the secondary education service area office 13 and 3) the relationship between innovative leadership of school administrators and educational innovator of the teachers under the secondary education service area office 13. The sampling groups consisted of 327 teachers in schools under the secondary education service area office 13. They were selected based on the kregcie and Morgan’s sample size determination. A constructed 5-level rating scale questionnaire with the reliability of 0.99. The statistics used to analyze data were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearson product moment correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis were applied by using SPSS (Statistical package for social sciences). The results showed that 1) Innovative leadership of school administrators under the secondary education service area office 13 was at a high level (=3.81, S.D.=1.05) of overview. The highest mean score was vision to change, following by team work and participation and innovative organization of same mean score. And the lowest mean score was creative thinking. 2) Educational innovator of the teachers under the secondary education service area office 13 was at a high level (=3.77, S.D.=0.92) of overview. The highest mean score was working with others, following by connecting to action, open thought and analysis/planning of same mean score. And the lowest mean score was creative originality. 3) The relationship between innovative leadership of school administrators and educational innovator of the teachers under the secondary education service area office 13 was indicated positive correlation at level as highest (r=0.853) with statistically significant at the 0.01 level. The four aspects of innovative leadership of school administrators was team work and participation (), vision to change (), innovative organization () and creative thinking (). There was the effect of the educational innovator of the teachers under the secondary education service area office 13. There were 74.2% with statistically significant at the 0.05 level. These could be formed as the regression equations of unstandardized score and standardized score as follows; The unstandardized score equation: = 1.145+0.033()+0.101()+0.292  ()+0.295() The standardized score equation: = 0.041()+0.123()+0.368()+0.372  ()