Surveying the effective factors in improving high school management from the viewpoints of school administrators and teachers of Urmiah City, Iran

Abstract

This study intended to survey the effective factors in improving high school management from the viewpoints of school administrators and teachers of Urmiah city, Iran. The method of research was descriptive surveying. We used cross-country method for gathering data by a researcher-made questionnaire, which after the confirmation of content and face validity by experts, the reliability in a sample of 30 using cronbach α, with a correlation coefficient of 93% has been determined. The participants of this study were all secondary school administrators and teachers of Urmiah city, Iran, which were selected out of 1200. We used stratified sampling, because there were 2 groups: school administrators, and teachers. Our sample was 100. The analysis method was descriptive and inferential (t-Test). The results revealed that there was a significant difference between the views of school administrators' and teachers' about the effect of objective targeting, participatory leadership, and participatory decision-making, effective communication with staff and constant evaluation on the improvement of management.