Situations, Needs and Guidelines for the Development of Internal Mentoring Supervision in New Normal for Schools under Bueng Kan Primary Educational Service Area Office
Abstract:
Internal supervision is a process that enhances educational quality within institutions. Its goal is to develop teachers and educational personnel into knowledgeable and adaptable professionals who can keep pace with evolving educational needs. Through internal supervision, schools can continuously innovate their teaching and learning approaches. The purposes of this research were (1) to study the current situations and desired situations of internal monitoring supervision in new normal era for schools under Bueng Kan Primary Educational Service Area Office, (2) to assess the needs of internal monitoring supervision in new normal era for schools under Bueng Kan Primary Educational Service Area Office, and (3) to develop guidelines for the development of internal monitoring supervision in new normal era for schools under Bueng Kan Primary Educational Service Area Office. The samples were 338 school administrators and teachers in schools under the Bueng Kan Primary Educational Service Area Office followed the percentage criteria in the sample size specification, and they were selected by Stratified Random Sampling. There were four research instruments: (1) the current situation questionnaire with the Index of Item Congruence (IC) between .80-1.00, the discrimination between .61-.91, and the reliability of .98, (2) the desirable situation questionnaire with the Index of Item Congruence (IC) between .80-1.00, the discrimination between .47-.81, and the reliability of .98, (3) the structured interview form with the Index of Item Congruence (IC) of 1.00, and (4) the assessment form of suitability and possibility assessment of the development of internal monitoring supervision in new normal era with the Index of Item Congruence (IC) of 1.00. The statistics employed in data analysis were percentage, mean, and standard deviation, and the modified priority needs index (PNI_Modified).
The research results revealed that (1) the overall current situations of internal mentoring supervision in new normal era for schools under Bueng Kan Primary Educational Service Area Office was at a high level, and the overall desired situations was at the highest level. (2) There were two aspects that higher than the overall average of the needs for internal mentoring supervision in new normal era, included the supervision procession and evaluation of supervision. (3) The development guidelines of the internal mentoring supervision in schools consisted of 4 aspects were as follows: (3.1) preparation of the supervision in schools process, schools must undertake preparatory measures to establish a collaborative and mutually beneficial relationship between administrators, supervising teachers. This involves the development and provision of a diverse of supervisory tools and resources; (3.2) supervision procession, a comprehensive supervisory manual should be established with in the school; (3.3) supervision follow-up, a formal orientation session should be convened to elucidate the supervision process to faculty members. The supervision framework aimed to foster a shared understanding of the process, thereby providing educational support and support and guidance to supervisees in a collaborative manner; and (3.4) evaluation of supervision, schools should disseminate assessment results to supervisees to facilitate the provision of constructive feedback and guidance for future performance enhancement.