The Needs and guidelines for developing the characteristics of innovative teachers in schools under the Sukhothai Primary Educational Service Area Office 2.

Itthiwat Jitharn, Kritthayakan Topitak, Sathiraporn Chaowachai — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0700

This research aims to study the needs and development guidelines for the characteristics of innovative teachers in schools under the Sukhothai Primary Educational Service Area Office 2.

The research was conducted in two stages: Stage 1 involved studying the needs for the characteristics of innovative teachers in schools under the Sukhothai Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 using questionnaires administered to 302 teachers. Data was analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and prioritization of needs ( ). Stage 2 involved studying the development guidelines for the characteristics of innovative teachers in schools under the Sukhothai Primary Educational Service Area Office 2. Data was obtained through interviews with four experts. Data was analyzed using content analysis. The research findings revealed that:

1. The needs for developing the characteristics of innovative teachers in schools under the Sukhothai Primary Educational Service Area Office 2, in terms of aspects, showed that the aspect of "liking to do and experiment" had the highest need index ( = 0.151), while the aspect with the lowest index was "collaboration" (= 0.100).

2.The guidelines for developing the characteristics of innovative teachers in schools under the Sukhothai Primary Educational Service Area Office 2 were also studied. The Office of Sukhothai Primary Educational Service Area 2 found that the service area office, in collaboration with schools, organized workshops to develop teachers into innovators; held competitions for educational innovation projects; systematically supervised, monitored, and evaluated; drove professional learning communities (PLCs); developed teachers through a mentoring system; established innovation laboratories; encouraged teachers to expand the use of innovative projects in practice; conducted classroom research to develop innovations; and employed design thinking processes in creating innovations.

Journal of Organizational Innovation and Management

The Needs and guidelines for developing the characteristics of innovative teachers in schools under the Sukhothai Primary Educational Service Area Office 2.