THE DIGITAL LEADERSHIP OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS UNDER THE SURIN SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE OFFICE

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to study the digital leadership of school administrators under the Surin Secondary Educational Service Area Office; and 2) to compare the digital leadership of school administrators under the Surin Secondary Educational Service Area Office based on the size of the school. The total population participated in this study consisted of 85 schools received from a stratified random sampling and were classified into 4 sizes including a small-sized school, a medium-sized school, a large-sized school, and an extra-large-sized school. After the Krejcie and Morgan's table was applied, the sample group of this study consisted of 70 schools. The key informants of this study consisted of 70 school administrators and 70 academic teachers (140 in total). A rating scale questionnaire with 0.794 of reliability and an in-depth interview form were used for data collection. The statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation, F-test, and Scheffe’s pair difference test. In addition, a content analysis was also applied for data analysis. The study found that: 1) The overall opinion on the digital leadership of school administrators and academic teachers under the Surin Secondary Educational Service Area Office is at the highest level (= 4.61, S.D. = .37).  When considering each aspect, the study showed that the opinions on the digital leadership of school administrators and academic teachers under the Surin Secondary Educational Service Area Office are at the highest level in every aspect which can be arranged in descending order according to the mean as follows: digital citizenship (= 4.68, S.D. = .39); digital learning culture creation (= 4.64, S.D. = .40); systematic improvement (= 4.60, S.D. = .41);  professional best practice (= 4.58, S.D. = .42); and digital vision (= 4.55, S.D. = .42). 2) According to a comparison of the opinion on the digital leadership of school administrators and academic teachers under the Surin Secondary Educational Service Area based on the size of the school, there are no different opinions on the digital leadership both in the overall opinion and in each aspect.