The Development of Teacher Competency Improvement Program in Learning Management during the New Normal Era in Maha Sarakham Primary Educational Service Area Office 2

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the current state, desirable state, and the needs for developing teacher’s learning management competency during the new normal and 2) to develop and assess the learning management competency programs during the new normal for teacher. The research methodology was a mixed-methods research and divided into two phases. For the first phase, the research sample consisted of 307 teachers chosen by using stratified random sampling; whereas, the informants of the study for the second phase were 3 best practical teachers in terms of learning management during the new normal selected by purposive sampling. The research instruments used for collecting data were the questionnaire, the semi-structured interview, and the evaluation form on the appropriateness and the possibility of the program. The data was statistically analyzed by percentage, mean, standard deviation, and priority needs index.
The research findings were as follows: (1) The overall current state’s result was at a medium level, while the overall desirable state’s result was at the highest level. Additionally, considering the priority needs index, it revelled that the model of learning management during the new normal was the highest score and followed by the teachers for learning management, the assessment of learning management, and the curriculum for learning management, respectively. (2) The teacher competency improvement program in learning management during the new normal consisted of 1) the principles of the program, 2) the objectives of the program, 3) the content consisted of Module 1: the curriculum for learning management during the new normal, Module 2: the model for learning management during the new normal, Module 3: the teachers for learning management during the new normal, and Module 4: the assessment of learning management during the new normal, 4) the program development processes consisted of workshop, study visit, and practice, and 5) the four-module assessment whose assessment of the program revealed that the level of appropriateness and possibility was at the high level.