THE PRIORITY NEEDS FOR DEVELOPING TAWEETHAPISEK BANGKHUNTHIAN SCHOOL BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF TEACHER COLLABORATION COMPETENCIES

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study the priority needs of teacher development at Thaweethapisek Bangkhunthian School based on the concept of teacher collaboration competencies. This research was descriptive research. The research tool was a questionnaire. The statistics used for data analysis were frequency, percentage, the arithmetic mean, standard deviation, and the Modified Priority Needs Index (PNI_Modified) .The population covered 79 secondary school administrators and teachers of Thaweethapisek Bangkhunthian School. The results were illustrated as follows: 1) the current state of teacher development at Thaweethapisek Bangkhunthian School based on the concept of teacher collaboration competencies was at a moderate level by professional competency dimension had the highest mean and equity dimension had the lowest mean. Desired state of teacher development at Thaweethapisek Bangkhunthian School based on the concept of teacher collaboration competencies. By communication dimension had the highest mean and professional competency dimension had the lowest mean. (2) the overall Modified Priority Needs Index of teacher development at Thaweethapisek Bangkhunthian School based on the concept of teacher collaboration competencies was 0.354 (PNI_Modified = 0.354) In a consideration of teacher collaboration competencies, it was found that communication dimension had the highest priority needs for development and professional competency had the lowest priority needs for development.