21st Century School Management Skills from Crisis Management by Private School Administrators under the Nonthaburi Provincial Education Office

This research aimed to study the level of crisis management skills, 21st-century management skills of private school administrators, and how crisis management skills impact the management skills of private school administrators under the jurisdiction of the Nonthaburi Provincial Education Office. The research sample consisted of 274 administrators, including directors, deputy directors, and heads of subject groups. The research tool used was a questionnaire, and statistical analysis included mean, standard deviation, t-tests, and multiple regression analysis. The findings revealed that: 1) The crisis management skills of private school administrators were at a high level overall, with the highest to lowest averages being problem assessment, plan modernization, planning team establishment, contingency plan testing, and contingency plan creation. 2) The 21st-century management skills of private school administrators were also at a high level overall, with averages ranked as follows: vision, communication, ethics, human relations, technical, and creativity skills. 3) Crisis management skills that significantly influenced the 21st-century management skills of private school administrators under the Nonthaburi Provincial Education Office included plan modernization, problem assessment, and planning team establishment, with statistical significance at the .05 level, collectively predicting 61.10% of the administrators’ management skills for the 21st century.