Designing a competency model for educational and training leaders of rural and nomadic schools in the primary school of the Ministry of Education

Subject Areas : Food Security

noormohammad soltani ¹ , mohammadreza rabiee mandejin ² , mohammad hakak ³ , Mina Jamshidi avanaki ⁴

1 - PhD Student, Department of Public Administration, Boroujerd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Boroujerd, Iran
2 - 2 Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran (Correspondence Officer)
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Business Management, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2021-02-21 Accepted : 2021-06-03 Published : 2021-11-22

Keywords: Competency, Competency Model, leaders, multi grade schools,

Abstract :

The purpose of conducting the research is to design a competency model for rural school leaders appropriate to the real situation of education, which was done by a mixed method. This qualitative research is based on data foundation theory and using a purposeful approach and applying theoretical saturation criteria, semi-structured interviews have been conducted with 21 experts. In open coding, a total of 684 open or primary codes were extracted from the total number of interviews conducted with experts in this field. From the total of open source, 112 basic concepts were extracted. In the next step, the basic concepts were classified into 22 coherent categories according to the aspects of similarity and semantic differentiation: causal conditions (institutionalizing the semantic position of leadership, correct understanding in recognizing the nature of leadership possibilities , Strengthening the contextual / thematic knowledge of leaders, Utilitarian selection of leaders), Phenomenon (content knowledge, leadership skills, leadership abilities, individual-personality competencies), Intervention conditions (continuous evaluation / performance of leaders, Weakness of sharing) ...), contextual conditions (specific policy in the field of educational leadership, leader as a leader - not an inspector), strategies (capacity building and participatory needs assessment, development - self-directed plans ...), consequences (leader as a facilitator, adjustment Teacher / school relations, justice and educational empowerment ...) have been analyzed.