Formulation of competency standards of high school principals

Abstract

Advancements made in the present century have affected internal and external needs of education ministry and school are the subsystems that quality of their effectiveness represent how they respond to the expectations of the stakeholders of education system. This study examines competency standards of high school principals. For this purpose, 142 experts of Education Organization and official managers working in the second level of high schools in Neyshabur were selected and their data in 2015 were analyzed. This study was aimed to help improving the process of training management in schools, the required competencies by managers to deliver a performance superior. Therefore, the following 12 indicators were prioritized including empowering others, evolutionism, conflict management, organization and coordination, consultation, teamwork, commitment to personal morality, learning, personal progress, knowledge management, providing learning needs, attracting participation of parents, and educational leadership. The results show that attracting participation of parents and empowering others have the highest and the lowest factor loading, respectively.