Abstract:
This study aimed to assess the needs for digital leadership development of school administrators under the Sakon Nakhon Primary Educational Service Area Office 2. The sample group consisted of 345 school administrators and teachers under the Sakon Nakhon Primary Educational Service Area Office 2, who were recruited using multistage random sampling, in academic year 2025. The research instrument was a fivepoint rating scale questionnaire, which the part of current state of digital leadership of school administrators indicated validity index ranged from 0.601.00, discrimination power index ranged from 0.450.93, and reliability index was at 0.96, whereas the desirable state of digital leadership of school administrators indicated validity index ranged from 0.601.00, discrimination power index ranged from 0.350.95, and reliability index was at 0.98. The statistics used in data analysis included frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Modified Priority Needs Index.
The findings were as follows.
1. The digital leadership of school administrators consisted of four components, namely digital vision, digital networking, digital competency, and digital literacy. All components were rated at the highest level of propriety.
2. The current state of digital leadership of school administrators was at high level, where as the desired state of digital leadership of school administrators was rated at the highest level.
3. The needs assessment for the development of digital leadership of school administrators revealed that the overall Priority Needs Index was at 0.0931 (PNImodified = 0.0931). The component ranked from highest to lowest as: digital literacy, digital vision, digital networking, and digital competency, respectively.
4. The guidelines for developing digital leadership of school administrators consisted of two components and 18 guidelines, namely digital literacy showed overall propriety and feasibility at high level, and digital vision showed overall propriety and feasibility at the highest level.