Administrators Digital Leadership Affecting the Effectiveness of Academic Affairs Administration in Schools under Nakhon Phanom Primary Educational Service Area Office 1
Abstract:
This correlation research aimed to examine, compare, and determine the relationship, identify the predictive power, and establish guidelines for developing digital leadership of administrators affecting the effectiveness of academic affairs administration in schools under Nakhon Phanom Primary Educational Service Area Office 1. The sample consisted of 337 participants, including school administrators, heads of academic departments, and teachers in the 2024 academic year. The sample size was determined using the Krejcie and Morgan table and multi-stage random sampling. The instrument comprised questionnaires and interview forms. The set of questionnaires assessing the digital leadership of administrators, with the predictive power ranging from 0.484 to 0.859 and the reliability of 0.951. Another questionnaire measured the effectiveness of academic affairs administration in schools, with the predictive power ranging from 0.487 to 0.898 and the reliability of 0.951. Statistics for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, One-Way ANOVA, Pearsons product-moment correlation coefficient, and Stepwise multiple regression analysis.
The findings were as follows:
1. The digital leadership of administrators was rated at the highest level.
2. The effectiveness of academic affairs administration in schools was rated at the highest level.
3. The overall digital leadership of administrators, classified by status and types of programs offered, showed no difference. No overall differences were observed at the .01 level of significance in terms of school sizes.
4. The overall effectiveness of academic management in schools, classified by status and types of programs offered, showed no difference. No overall differences were observed at the .01 level of significance in terms of school sizes.
5. The overall relationship between the digital leadership of administrators (X) and the effectiveness of academic affairs administration in schools (Y) under Nakhon Phanom Primary Educational Service Area Office 1 showed a very high positive correlation (rXY = 0.923) at the .01 level of significance. 6. The administrators digital leadership could predict the effectiveness of academic affairs administration in schools at the .01 level of significance, including digital communication (X4), digital citizenship (X6), digital professionalism in administration (X3) and building a digital learning culture (X2). These variables could jointly predict the effectiveness of academic affairs administration in schools, with 88.20 percent and a standard error of estimate of ±0.10024.7. The guidelines for developing administrators digital leadership affecting the effectiveness of academic affairs administration in schools encompass four aspects: 1) Digital Communication-Utilizing digital technology for communication and management within schools, 2) Digital Citizenship-Upholding moral and ethical standards in digital technology use, including understanding and respect for others rights, 3) Digital Professionalism in Administration-supporting the integration of technology to enhance the skills of teachers and staff, and 4) Building a Digital Learning Culture-encouraging, supporting, and fostering digital skills among teachers and school personnel.