Abstract:
The purposes of this research were 1) to study the level of transformational leadership of School Administrator under the Krabi Educational Service Area Office, 2) to study the level of the Schools Effectiveness under the Krabi Educational Service Area Office and 3) to analyze the relationship of transformational leadership of school administrator to the schools effectiveness under the Krabi Educational Service Area Office. The sample consisted of 324 teachers under the Krabi Educational Service Area Office. The group size was adjusted by the Krejcie & Morgan table. Questionnaires were used to collect data using 5 levels scale. The reliability of the administrator leadership questionnaires and the schools effectiveness questionnaires were 0.92 and 0.90, respectively. The statistics employed to analyze the collected data including means, standard deviations, and stepwise regression analysis.
The results of the study revealed that :
The level of the transformational leadership of school administrator under the Krabi Educational Service Area Office, on the whole and on every aspect, was in a high level, Ranked in descending order according to the value of the mean, the top three aspects were : charismatic leadership, individualized consideration, and giving support and intellectual stimulation. The level of the schools effectiveness under the Krabi Educational Service Area Office was found to be high. And, also, they were found to be high in all aspects of effectiveness. The transformational leadership of school administrator factors affecting the schools effectiveness in Krabi Educational Service Area Office was intellectual stimulation (X3), giving support (X2), and charismatic leadership (X1). The predictive ability was 28 percent and the multiple correlation coefficient was .53
Y = 2.362+.379X3+.238X2-.176 X1
ZY = .445Zx3+.289ZX2-.239ZX