Abstract:
This research aimed to: 1) investigate the academic leadership level of educational administrators under Pathum Thani Primary Educational Service Area Office 1, 2 ) explore the effectiveness level of schools under Pathum Thani PrimaryEducational Service Area Office 1, and 3) examine the effect of administrators academic leadership on the effectiveness of the schools under Pathum Thani Primary Educational Service Area Office 1.
The research samples consisted of 315 teachers under Pathum Thani Primary Educational Service Area Office 1derived from cluster sampling. The instrument was a questionnaire. To analyze data, the researcher conducted the statistics consisting of frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and stepwise multiple regression analysis.
The research results revealed that: 1) the academic leadership of educational administrators under Pathum Thani Primary Educational Service Area Office 1 showed a high level in overview and particular view, and 2) the effectiveness of schools indicated a high level in overview and particular view. As for the impact of academic leadership of educational administrators on the effectiveness of schools, the important predictor variables were academic climate promotion, school mission determination, teacher quality development, and education supervision, respectively, with the statistical significance level of .05.