This research aimed to develop a teacher empowerment model and the purposes of the research were to examine the context and the process of developing an organization as a institute by using the concept of teacher empowerment, to develop a program for teacher empowerment, and to investigate and evaluate the developed teacher empowerment model from using the developed program for teacher empowerment. This research used the participatory action research methodology by selecting Sirinthorn Public Health Chonburi as a case study. The research was conducted in 5 stages. Stage 1 initiated a common awareness of the researcher and his participants by entering the field study, selecting a group of change leaders to be institute research participants, and examining primary conditions. Stage 2 examined the needs for change, and identified institute problems. Stage 3 developed the program for teacher empowerment to be the intervention process. Stage 4 operated the development of school based on the developed program. And Stage 5 evaluated the resultant changes.
	The study results revealed the following. Seven factors of the model for teacher empowerment were: (1) improvement of the administrative structure with an emphasis on decentralization of decision-making to the learning strands. (2) resystematization of work, (3) Increment of channels for teachers to have bargaining power in a way of dialog to decrease conflicts and to create mutual understanding, (4) creation of climate to provide open and democratic communication between teachers and administrators, (5) development of mew knowledge and skills for teachers. (6) Building of teamwork to emerge at the level of learning strands, and (7) creation of work motivation. These needs were determined to be the program for teacher empowerment consisting of 6 interventions. The interventions were divided into the individual level by using techniques of training skills in work performance and process consultant; empowerment at the team level by using the technique of diagnostic meeting, and team-building meeting for problem-solving : and at the school level by using techniques of confrontation meeting,  and meeting 

