School administrators’ skills affecting the academic administration of the early childhood program in Schools under Chanthaburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 1
The purposes of the research were: 1) to study the skills of school administrators in
schools under Chanthaburi Primary Educational Service Area Office 1, 2) to study the academic administration of the early childhood programs in these schools, 3) to study the relationship between the administrators’ skills and the academic administration of the early childhood program in these schools, and 4) to create a predictive equation for how school administrators’ skills affect the academic administration of the early childhood programs. The sample was a group of 148 teachers and administrators in schools under Chanthaburi Primary Educational Service Area office 1 in academic year 2020. The research instrument was a two - part, 5 - rating scale questionnaire. The first part contained 46 items about the schools administrators’ skills and had a discrimination of between 0.22 .and. 0.79 and a reliability of 0.95. The second part contained 36 items about the academic administration of the early childhood programs and had a discrimination of between 0.33 and 0.78 and a reliability of 0.94. The statistics used for data analysis were : percentage, mean,
standard deviation, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient and simple regression analysis. The results of the research revealed that: 1) the skills of school administrators, overall was at a high level, 2) the academic administration of the early childhood programs, overall was at a high level, 3) the relationship between the skills of school administrators and the academic administration of the early childhood programs was positively correlated at the .01 level of significance, and 4) since the relationship was positively correlated at the .01 level of significance, a predictive equation can be created in the form of raw score Y ̂=-0.97** 1.16**X, and standard score of Z ̂ y = 0.89** Zx. This research shows that school administrators’ skills will affect the results and that they should have the necessary skills in problem analysis and work planning to manage and develop educational institutions. this should be performed in accordance with both applicable policies and goals set. This can also be used by someone who has interest in developing themselves as they could also have the ability to make informative and rational decisions.
