Abstract:
This research aimed to study the school administrators leadership as perceived by primary school teachers in expansion schools under a jurisdiction of Samutprakan Primary Educational Service Area Office 1, classified by their gender, education level, and size of school. The samples included 277 primary school teachers, by stratified random sampling. A questionnaire was used as a research tool. The data were analyzed by percentage, average, Standard Deviation, and t-test for independent.
The research results revealed as follows:
1. The administrators leadership as perceived by the primary school teachers ( = 4.18, S.D. = 0.72). The aspect of leaders role had the highest mean ( = 4.32, S.D. = 0.72), followed by the leaders participation ( = 4.16, S.D. = 0.79), and the leaders behavior had the lowest mean ( = 4.14, S.D. = 0.63).
2. Gender and size of school had no influence on the teachers perception concerning the administrators leadership, but education level had influence on their perception at .01 level of significance.
Keywords: Leadership, school administrator