Abstract:
This study aimed to assess needs of ethical leadership development of school administrators. The participants comprised 338 school administrators and teachers in schools under Sakon Nakhon Primary Educational Service Area Office 2, who were obtained using multi-stage sampling in academic year 2024. The tool was a 5-level rating scale questionnaire, which the part of actual state indicated validity index ranged between 0.60-1.00, discriminationpower index ranged between 0.54-0.93, and reliability index was at 0.98, whereas the part of desirable condition indicated validity index ranged between
0.60-1.00, discrimination power index ranged between 0.35-0.95, and reliability index was at 0.98. The statistics used in data analysis were frequency,percentage, mean, standard deviation, confirmatory factor analysis, and Modified Priority Needs Indexr.
The findings were as follows.
1. The ethical leadership of school administrators consisted of six components, namely 1) justice, 2) honesty, 3) trust, 4) responsibility,5) respectability and 6) good citizenship. All components showed the highest level of feasibility. The results of confirmation factor analysis ofethical leadership of school administrators found that the developed model of ethical leadership of school administrators congruent with empirical data with statistical significance at .01 (X^2 = 0.14, df = 2, p-value = 0.93, GFI = 1.00, AGFI = 1.00, RMSEA = 0.00). The component revealed the highest factor loading was responsibility, whereas component showed the lowest one was justice.
2. The actual state of ethical leadership of school, in overall, was at the highest level, and the desirable state, in overall, was at the highest level.
3. The needs of ethical leadership development of administrators under showed overall priority needs index at 0.0435. When considered in each component, the results prioritized as good citizenship, responsibility and trust, respectively.
4. The guidelines of ethical leadership development of school administrators comprised three aspects consisted 21 guidelines The aspect of good citizenship, responsibility and trust showed the highest level of propriety and feasibility.