Strategies for the Development of Induction Program for Administrators in Schools under The Office of The Basic Education Commission

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to 1) study the current and desir- able circumstances in developing the administrators in induction program of the schools under the Office of the Basic Education Commission ; 2) formulate the strategies for developing those school administrators; and 3) to determine the strategies for their developments in induction program under the Office of the Basic Education Commission. A descriptive research method was used to conduct this research; Daresh and Playko’s framework was employed in developing those school administrators in induction program. The research was conducted in 5 stages of, namely; 1) studying the current and desirable circumstances in their performances using the questionnaires of 103 school administrators in induction program and 3 depth - interviewers, 2) analyzing weakness, strength, opportunity, and threat by SWOT Analysis and developing the draft strategy derived from the analytical results; 3) determining the first draft strategy by individual peer reviewer and stakeholder; 4) determining the second draft strategy by peer reviewers and stakeholders on focus group discussion; and 5) assessing the appropriateness and feasibility by peer reviewers.

The research findings were 1) the current and desirable circumstances in developing the school administrators in induction program consisting of 3 aspects; that is, the administrative competence, the administration of basic education schools, and the self-development of the school administrators. In terms of the current circumstances, the performance and self-development of the administra- tors were found at moderate level. The administration was found at a moderate level. And, the self-development of the administrators was found at a low level. In terms of the desirable circumstances, the performance and self-development of the administrators were found at high level of three aspects; 2) the strategies for developing the school administrators in induction program under the Office of the Basic Education Commission were composed of 4 strategies as follows: the first strategy was to create the opportunities for the school administrators in induction program ; the second strategy was to prepare the readiness for the school administrators in induction program; the third strategy was to develop the school administrators in induction program ; and the fourth strategy was to promote the performance efficiency of the school administrators in induction program, and 3) the determination of the strategies for developing the school
administrators in induction program under the Office of the Basic Education Commission; the appropriateness and feasibility of the strategies were found to be a high level.