The Study of the Professional Qualifications of Elementary School Principals from the Teachers’ Perspective: A Study of Lamerd City Iran
Dr. Seyed Ahmad Hashemi*, and Ali Haghighat
1. Department of education, Lamerd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran.
2. M.A student at Islamic Azad University, Field Research, Education, Lamerd, Iran
This study aims to evaluate the professional qualifications of elementary school principals from the teacher‘s perspective. The study in term of data collection methods is cross-sectional and in term of type and target is applied. The study population consisted of 373 elementary teachers Lamerd city is using a simple stratified sampling, 180 students were selected as sample size. In order to collect data a questionnaire was used which its validity was confirmed by experts and its reliability using Cronbach's alpha 0.84 was calculated. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics (mean, frequency percent and frequencies) and
inferential statistics (T-test and ANOVA) was used, the results showed that, in general, from the perspective of teachers and administrators in all aspects of management and leadership competencies, social, demographic, technological, cultural, global and international intellectual and intelligent, except for some of the components are not desired.
Keywords: competence, competency of administrators, teachers in elementary education