مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - Reflections on the School Culture of Types of School Administrators’ Appointments

Abstract :

This research was conducted to examine the reflections on the school culture of the types of school administrators’ appointments according to administrators’ view. This research has been designed as a case study which is one of the qualitative methods. In order to determine study group of the research, maximum variety sampling method, which is one of the purposeful sampling methods, was used. The working group of this research has been formed among 12 school administrators employed in high schools, secondary schools and elementary schools depending on the Ministry of National Education and located in Çorlu, Tekirdağ. The data on this research were collected in 2014-2015 academic year. A semistructured interview form was prepared in order to collect data from the school administrators in the working group. The data obtained in the study were analyzed using content analysis technique. The findings from this study may be summarized as follows; all of the participants in the research think that school administrators should be appointed by examination. Most of the school administrators are of the opinion that the administrators should be appointed after taking post-graduate in educational administration trainings. Most of the administrators who have interviewed have assessed that the application as the assignment of school administrators negative. School administrators think that the examination of school administrators, post-graduate in educational administration training and the assignment of taking office have some effects on the school culture.