Development of Recruitment and Selection Process for Assistant Teachers using Multiple Approaches

Abstract

Modern schools need new generation teachers. Under previous teacher recruitment methods, teachers fail to meet school needs. Therefore, the researcher is interested in developing recruitment and selection processes for assistant teachers under the jurisdiction of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration to obtain new generation teachers qualified to meet the needs of these schools. Purpose of Study to develop the following for assistant teachers under the jurisdiction of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration: 1) recruitment and selection processes; 2) teacher recruitment instrumentation and 3) Testing the quality of recruitment and selection processes. Sources of Evidence relevant concepts and theories, e.g. process development theories, personnel recruitment process concept system analysis theories and personnel selection concepts were used to define the conceptual framework for the study.Main Argument developing the aforementioned recruitment and selection processes comprised the following: 1. Teacher recruitment processes: 1.1 Steps for surveying and analyzing teacher manpower; 1.2 Work analysis and recruitment strategies with the GYO Program; 2. Teacher selection processes: 2.1 Instrumentation (capacity measurement forms); 2.2 Decision-making and evaluation processes; 3. Additional guidelines obtained from the study, namely, teacher graduates from institutions established by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration without mandatory testing and 4. Qualified experts to test recruitment and selection process quality by expert reviews. Conclusions 1) Recruitment and selection processes were developed in response to the needs of the persons involved; 2) Forms for measuring the capacity of assistant teachers were obtained and 3) Processes were tested for quality by qualified experts from expert reviews.