Comparing Professional Skills of Principals and Teachers of Smart Schools with Ordinary Schools

This research is aimed at comparing professional skills of principals and teachers of smart schools with ordinary ones. The research statistical sample is principals and teachers of 20 smart schools and 20 ordinary schools in Guilan province that were selected based on available samples sampling. Two questionnaires, Assessment of Principals Professional Skills and Assessment of Teachers Professional Skills, were used in order to gather data, and t-test was used for analyzing data. Results have shown that there is a difference between professional skills of principals and teachers of smart and ordinary schools, and professional skills of principals and teachers of smart schools are at a higher level. Furthermore, research findings indicate that there is no difference between professional skills of principals of smart schools and ordinary ones at primary and middle school educations. But, there is a difference at secondary school educations and principals professional skills of smart schools are at a higher level. Moreover, there is no difference between teachers professional skills of smart schools and ordinary ones at primary program of studies. But, there is a difference at middle and secondary school educations and teachers professional skills of smart schools are at a higher level.