Guidelines for Developing Academic Leadership in the Digital Era of Educational Administrators under Phuthani Group Provincial Office of Learning Encouragement

Abstract

This research aims to 1) study the current state, desired state, and needs of academic leadership in the digital age among school administrators, and 2) propose guidelines for developing academic leadership in the digital age among school administrators. A mixed-methods research approach was used. The sample consisted of 349 school administrators and teachers. The instruments used included questionnaires, frequency distribution, percentages, means, and standard deviations, interviews with administrators demonstrating best practices, and transcription of interviews using descriptive content analysis and quartile range analysis.

The research findings revealed that:

1. The current state, overall, is at a high level. The aspect with the highest mean score is supervision, monitoring, and evaluation of teaching and learning management, followed by student development, teacher development, and the development of learning materials and innovations. The desired state, overall, is at the highest level. When considering each aspect individually, the development of learning materials and innovations is the highest, followed by teacher development, supervision, monitoring, and evaluation of teaching and learning management, student development, the setting of the school's vision, goals, and mission, and curriculum and teaching and learning management. The importance of the needs, overall, was found that the needs assessment index is 0.27.
2. The guidelines for developing academic leadership in the digital age for school administrators consist of 6 areas: 1) Defining the school's vision, goals, and mission; 2) Curriculum management and teaching management; 3) Development of learning materials and innovations; 4) Teacher development; 5) Student development; and 6) Supervision, monitoring, and evaluation of teaching management.