The Relationship between Innovative Leadership among School Administrators and Internal Supervision in Schools under the Secondary Education Service Area Office of Samutsakhon Samutsongkram

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study the innovative leadership among school administrators under the Secondary Education Service Area Office of Samutsakhon Samutsongkram (SE-SS), the internal supervision in schools under the SE-SS, and the relationship between innovative leadership among school administrators and internal supervision in school under the SE-SS. The research sample, selected by multi-stage random sampling and consisting of 278 teachers who worked in schools under the SE-SS in the 2024 academic year, based on a statistical determination using Cohen’s sample sizes at a significant level of .05.The research instrument was a questionnaire,a five-point Likert scale, with a reliability of 0.991.The data were analyzed by mean, standard deviation, and Pearson’s Product-moment Correlation Coefficient. The research revealed that the overall innovative leadership among school administrators and internal supervision in schools under the SE-SS were high. Additionally, the relationship between innovative leadership among school administrators and internal supervision in schools under the SE-SS was positively correlated at the highest level, with a significance level of.01, This is because the innovative leadership of school administrators fosters more effective internal supervision within the school.