The Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Management Skills in 21st Century among School Administrators under the Office of Songkhla Primary Educational Service Area 3
Abstract:
The objective of this research was to validate the proposed model of 21st century administrative skills among school administrators under the jurisdiction of the Songkhla Primary Educational Service Area Office 3. A quantitative research method was employed. The sample consisted of 400 participants, including school administrators and teachers from basic education institutions within the aforementioned area. A multi-stage stratified random sampling method was employed, beginning with stratification by district, followed by simple random sampling based on proportional representation from each selected district. The research instrument was a questionnaire developed by the researcher. Its content validity was verified through the Index of Item-Objective Congruence (IOC), yielding an overall index value of .824. The reliability of the instrument was assessed using Cronbachs Alpha Coefficient, which was found to be .984. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, including mean, percentage, and standard deviation, were employed along will confirmatory factor analysis (CFA).
The results revealed that the 21st century administrative skills of school administrators comprised five core components:
1) Communication Skills 2 ) Visionary leadership Skills 3 ) Organizational Management Skills 4)Technological and Digital Literacy Skills, and 5) Interpersonal Skills.
2. The second order confirmatory factor analysis, after model modification, indicated that the model fit the empirical data well. The goodness-of-fit indices were as follows: Chi-square = 176.99, degrees of freedom = 156, Relative Chi-square = 1.13, p-value = 0.120, Goodness of Fit Index (GFI) = 0.958, Adjusted Goodness of Fit Index (AGFI) = 0.943, and Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA) = .018