Participatory Management of Suratthani Technical College to Excellence to Support the Education Administration in the 21st Century

Abstract

This research aimed to: 1) study the current situations and the needs for participatory administration of Surat Thani Technical College to achieve excellence in order to support education management in the 21^st century, 2) develop an administrative manual, and 3) assess the participatory management of Surat Thani Technical College towards excellence to support education in the 21^st century. The population of this research in phase 1 and phase 2 consisted of administrators, teachers, educational personnel, students in academic year 2019, students’ guardians, the administrative College Board, and the community local leaders with the total of 7,521 people. The sample size of 966 people were selected by Taro Yamane Formula. The third phase consisted of 8,778 administrators, teachers, educational personnel, students in academic year 2020, students’ guardians, the administrative College Board, and the community local leaders. The sample of 980 people joined phase 3. The research instruments included achievement report form, questionnaires, focus group record form, and evaluation form. The data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and content analysis.

The results of the research revealed that: 1) the current situations and the needs for participatory administration of Surat Thani Technical College to achieve excellence in order to support education management  in the 21^st century of each party showed the high level. 2) The results of the development of the manual for the participatory administration of Surat Thani Technical College towards excellence to support education in the 21^st century revealed that the developed manual consisted of 5 manuals, i.e. Volume 1, Surat Thani Technical College's administrative manual for school administrators manual, Volume 2 Academic manual, Volume 3 Student Affairs Development manual, Volume 4 Resource Management manual, and the 5th Volume Planning and Cooperation manual. The details of the manual for each department consisted of the vision of the department, mission, goals, strategies, main plans, sub-plans and projects, and guidelines for implementing the manual into practice. Finally, 3) the result of participatory management assessment of Surat Thani Technical College towards excellence to support education management in the 21^st century showed that the achievement of the 4-aspect implementation was in accordance with the goals set in all items in the plans and projects.