本研究旨在探討臺北縣國民小學學校行政人員專業發展需求及其影響因素，採用問卷調查法為主要的研究方法，依據預試結果編製「臺北縣國民小學學校行政人員專業發展需求及其影響因素之研究正式問卷」。研究對象以臺北縣國民小學學校行政人員為主，採分層隨機抽樣方法，共計發放606份問卷，回收問卷為550份，回收率為90.75%，可用率為87.46%。資料處理部分以SPSS for Window 12.0中文套裝軟體為主，採用t 考驗、平均數、標準差、單因子變異分析等方法進行統計。本研究之重要發現如下：

The purpose of this study was to explore elementary school administrators’ needs for professional development and factors affecting their professional development. Survey research methodology was used for data collection. A stratified random sample of 606 school administrators in Taipei county responded to the survey, and received 550 responses. All the quantitative data was analyzed by SPSS/12.0 version. Descriptive (frequencies, means, and mean differences), one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and inferential (t-tests) statistics were used for the data analysis. The alpha level to determine statistical significance for the differences of the means was set at .05 level of significance. The major research findings were concluded from the study, including: