THE GUIDELINES FOR CREATIVE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS IN OPPORTUNITY EXPANSION SCHOOL, DET UDOM DISTRICT, UNDER THE OFFICE OF UBON RATCHATHANI ELEMENTARY EDUCATION SERVICE AREA 5

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the present states and desired states of creative leadership of school administrators, and 2) to propose guidelines for creative leadership development of school administrators. The sample was defined by using Krejcie & Morgan’s table (1970), total numbers were 224 subjects, consisted of 13 administrators and 211 teachers. Eight informants included 5 administrators and 3 teachers.  The research tools were a questionnaire with reliability value of .93, and an interview form with IOC values of 1.00 in all items. The statistics included Frequency, Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation, and Content Analysis. The research findings were: 1. The present states of creative leadership of school administrators as a whole were at the moderate level while the desired states of creative leadership of school administrators as a whole were at the high level, and the needs for creative leadership development of school administrators were at the highest level. The highest mean score was the aspect of Achievement Reinforcement, followed by the aspect of Trust Building in Organization, while the lowest mean score was the Teamwork. And 2. Guidelines for the development of creative leadership of school administrators were 1) Teamwork aspect, administrators should create collaboration, problem solving involvement, provide settings for opinions and opportunities for teachers, personnel, and stakeholders and bring all data to consideration in order to solve the problem at the point and creatively. 2) Trust building aspect, administrators should continuously analyze teachers’ and personnel’s performance, focusing on controlling and monitoring work as planned in order to correct and improve school work. 3) Promoting optimistic attitude toward job aspect, administrators should define creative vision with teacher and personnel participation by communicate with teachers and personnel on both success and failure for higher achievement. 4) Achievement reinforcement aspect, administrators should define organizational value vision clearly, analyze and make use of information to realize set goals.  And 5) Efficient communication in organization aspect, administrators should promote teachers and personnel detect the understanding of massages between senders and receivers in order to reduce conflicts.