CHIANG, CHIA-LING
New Taipei City Houde Elementary School, General Affairs, Director
Email：oany0117@gmail.com
CHANG, I-HUA
National ChengChi University, Department of Education, Professor and Chair
Email：ihchang@nccu.edu.tw
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to formulate the technology leadership i-VISA indicators and weight system for the principals of elementary schools in compliance with the current situation of education in Taipei and take them as the references for implementing technology leadership of the elementary schools’ principals. In this research, five principals of elementary schools with practical experience of technology leadership were interviewed at first and relevant experience and suggestions were provided and summarized. At the same time, a relevant literature review was conducted for the research on technology leadership of principals, so as to determine the first draft of i-VISA indicators for the technology leadership of elementary schools’ principals. And then a total of ten people were taken as the research subjects, including experts and scholars who are professional and quite familiar with the theoretical base of technology leadership, and the elementary schools’ principals who are successful in implementing practical technology leadership. The i-VISA indicators for the technology leadership of the elementary schools’ principals were built through two Delphi technique questionnaire surveys. Finally, the indicator weight system was built by means of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and Expert Choice 2000 software was employed. The technology leadership i-VISA indicators and weight system for principals of elementary schools built in this research contain five levels and 26 indicators. The weight and ranking in 5 levels are: “vision, planning and management” (32.1%), “interpersonal and communication skills” (23.5%), “infrastructure and technology support” (21.8%), “staff development and training” (15.0%), and “assessment evaluation and research” (7.6%), respectively.
Keywords :principals’ technology leadership, i-VISA indicator, weight system