Developing Leadership Skill Model in 21 st Century for School Administrator under Anshan Normal University

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: (1) To explore the factors and indicator of 21 st century leadership skills for school administrators under Anshan Normal University, Liaoning province. (2) To modelling the 21 st century leadership skills indicators for school administrators under Anshan Normal University, Liaoning province.
The total population of this study included 1,142 administrator and teachers from Anshan Normal University in Liaoning, the People’s Republic of China. A stratifi ed random sampling method was used to sample, totalling 480 persons. The instrument for collecting data was a questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and the Confi rmatory Factor Analysis were used to perform data analysis using statistical software.
Research results revealed that (1) the factors in these studies screened from theoretical framework, its consisted of 4 key factors and 13 indicators of 21 st century leadership skills. The 4 key factors were: Communication Skills, Creative Skills, Vision Skills,and Cooperation Skills. (2) the developed model of 21 st century leadership skills indicator for school administrators under Anshan Normal University is consistent with the empirical data, the value of Chi-square (χ 2 ) = 34.98, Relative Chi-square (χ 2 /df) = 1.39,Degree of Freedom (df) = 25, Statistical Signifi cance (p) = 0.09, Goodness of Fit Index (GFI) = 0.98, Adjusted Goodness of Fit Index (AGFI) = 0.97, and Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA) = 0.03, all in line with specifi ed criteria. And the key factors had the weight between 0.84 - 0.9 higher than 0.70 ; sub-factors/ indicators between 0.70 - 0.92, higher than the criterion as 0.30.