Provide a model for the professional development of secondary school principals

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mahmood hosseini ^{1 *} , nader ghorjiyan ² , Parivash Jafari ³

1 - PhD student, Faculty of Management, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch
2 - استاد دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد علوم و تحقیقات تهران
3 - معاون آموزشی دانشکده مدیریت و اقتصاد دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد علوم و تحقیقات تهران

Received: 2021-05-22

Keywords: Education, Professional Development, School Principals, Secondary School.Community Verified icon,

Abstract :

Background and Aim: Having a professional development model is a tool by which managers can manage the organization efficiently. The purpose of this study is to provide a model for the professional development of secondary school principals. Methodology: This research is of applied type and from the methodological point of view, qualitative research and data foundation technique has been used to achieve the model. The research community consisted of education experts and managers.Purposeful sampling was performed. Therefore, 15 semi-structured in-depth interviews were interviewed to achieve convergence of answers. Open, axial and selective coding systems were used to analyze the data. Results: In this study, 16 subcategories and 44 subcategories (causal factors 8 categories, central phenomenon 7 categories, contextual factors 9 categories, intervention factors 8 categories, strategies 6 categories and consequences 6 categories) have been extracted. Conclusion: Education principals can be divided into two central categories: general and professional competencies and competencies of school principals, background conditions, three topics of community culture, environmental conditions and school environment; Causal conditions in three general categories of school assignments and missions,The nature and complexity of managers' jobs and job diversity; Strategies in both individual and organizational areas including maturity, managers, training of managers, modeling and development criteria, selection and monitoring and evaluation, as well as the consequences in the three sections of education, individual and social attention.