Abstract:
The objectives of this research were: 1.) to study the framework of the engaged leadership and leadership development model, 2.) to study the current and the ideal characteristics in engaged leadership of private school principals, and 3.) to develop an engaged leadership development model of private school principals. The population was general education private school principals in Bangkok. The research results were as follows. The engaged leadership consisted of 5 components: 1.) directional leadership, 2.) motivational leadership, 3.) organizational leadership, 4.) inclusive leadership, and 5.) character core. The level of engaged leadership of private school principals, for the current characteristics, was performed at a high level. For the ideal characteristics, the overall score was at the highest level. The engaged leadership development model of private school principals is the four-tier social change model of engaged leadership development. The model was created to examine the leadership development at four different levels: individual, group, social in organization, and organization. Additionally the model provided two development experiences: 1.) formal development, which consisted of an initial self-evaluation test, self-learning from video lecture, and self-study through an interactive case scenario 2.) informal development, which consisted of field-based learning with feedforward coaching, and post self-evaluation.