Developing a Guideline to Strengthen Ethical Leadership of School Administrators under the Roi-Et Primary Educational Service Area Office 1

Abstract

This research aimed: 1) to investigate the existing situations and desirable situations of school administrator ethical leadership under the Roi-Et Primary Educational Service Area office 1; and 2) to develop a guideline to strengthen ethical leadership of school
administrators under the Roi-Et Primary Educational Service Area office 1. Mixed methods research was employed with divided into two phases: the first phase was investigating existing situations and desirable situations of school administrator ethical leadership under the Roi-Et Primary Educational Service Area office 1. Samples used in this phase were 442 administrators and teachers. The second phase was developing a guideline to strengthen ethical leadership of school administrators and evaluated the propriety and possibility of guideline by 5 experts. The research instruments were five-rating scales questionnaire of existing and desirable situations, interview form, and guideline evaluation form. The statistics used were mean, standard deviation and priority needs index modification. The research results were: 1) the existing situations of school administrator ethical leadership under Roi-Et Primary Educational Service Area office 1 in overall was at the high level. When each aspect was considered, it was found that each aspect was at a high level. While the desirable situations in overall and each aspect was at the highest level. 2) A guideline to strengthen ethical leadership of school administrators under Roi-Et Primary Educational Service Area office 1, consist of: 1) field trips and sharing ideas with outstanding leaders in ethical leadership to create awareness, 2) Workshop to provide knowledge and understanding on ethical leadership for school administrators, and 3) practicing on ethical leadership development in parallel with the school’s administrators’ performance.