The objectives of the research were 1) to study the emotional intelligence of the leader under the local administrative organization in Loei province, 2) to study the organizational commitment of the teachers in the child development centers under the local administrative organization in Loei province, and 3) to study the relationship between the emotional intelligence of the leader and the organizational commitment of the teachers in the childdevelopment centers under the local administrative organization in Loei province. The research samples were 274 teachers: child care teachers and child care takers, in the child development centers under the local administrative organization in Loei province. The research instrument used to collect data was the rating scale questionnaire, and the data were statistically analysed through the statistical package for the social sciences (spss) software in terms of frequency distribution, percentage, arithmetic mean, and standard deviation. The statistics used for the hypothetical test was the Pearson's Correlation Coefficient method.

The research findings were as follows:

1. The emotional intelligence of the leader of the Local Administrative Organization in Loei province was found to be overall at a high level in each aspect. 

2. The organizational commitment of the teachers in the child development centers under the Local Administrative Organization in Loei province was found to be overall at a high level in each aspect.

3. The relationship between the emotional intelligence of the leader and the organizational commitment of the teachers in the child development centers under the local administrative organization in Loei province was found to be positive at a moderate level (r = .41) and at a statistical significance level of .01