The objectives of this research were 1) to study components and indicators for adaptive leadership of the division heads in technical colleges, 2) to study the current conditions, desirable conditions, and needs to develop adaptive leadership of the division heads in technical colleges, 3) to create and develop the model development for adaptive leadership of the division heads in technical colleges, and 4) to study the results of using the adaptive leadership of the division heads in technical colleges. The methodology was research and development conducted in 4 Phases as follows according to the objectives. The results of the research found that 1) the components and indicators of adaptive leadership consist of 7 components and 25 indicators, the results of assessing the suitability of the components and indicators overall are at the highest level. 2) The current conditions of the adaptive leadership of the division heads in technical colleges overall are at a high level, the desirable conditions overall are at the highest level, and the overall need for developing the division heads in technical colleges, the PNI modified mean is 0.23. 3) The model development for adaptive leadership of the division heads in technical colleges consists of 1) Principles, 2) Objectives, 3) Contents of activities, 4) Method of Leadership Development, and 5) Evaluation. The results of the model evaluation overall are appropriate at a high level, and the possibility, and utility overall are at the highest level. And the evaluation results of the manual for using the format as a whole are appropriate at the highest level. 4) The results of a study of the use of the model development for adaptive leadership of the division heads in technical colleges found that 1) the adaptive leadership behavior of the division heads in technical colleges before using the model overall average mean is at a moderate level, and after overall mean is at the highest level that higher than average before are statistically significant at the 0.05 level, and 2) The results of the division head's satisfaction assessment as a whole is at the highest level.