FOSTERING SYNERGISTIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COMMUNITY AND PRIVATE SCHOOL IN THAILAND

Abstract

This academic article presents information on establishing private school-community relations and presents concepts related to the management of private schools, the significance and value of the relationship between schools and the community, the strategies and tools employed to foster this relationship, and the role of private schools in fostering relationships with the community. Because schools are organizations that play an important role in organizing the teaching and learning process for students, having the participation and support of the community to develop human resources and drive society to progress in the further, the management of the relationship between schools and the community is work that must be done together and must be done according to the correct steps. In school management, administrators should give importance to community relations work. Schools should have more joint activities by providing services to the community in various aspects, with students being the medium of two-way public relations, meaning both the school and the community are both givers and receivers, providing support and assistance to the fullest. The purpose of building relationships between schools and the community, the important part, is creating benefits for both parties, both the school and the community, where all parties must have understood each other and can work together smoothly, which will result in good outcomes and benefits for all parties. Therefore, private schools, of which there are many in Thailand, play an important role in educational development. Private school administrators can use management principles to develop and build relationships with the community to demonstrate the potential of private educational institutions that all have the goal of developing people and society to progress further.