OKUL MÜDÜRÜNÜN LİD ERLİK UYGULAMALARININ MÜDÜR YARDIMCILARININ LİDERLİK ÖZ YETERLİĞİNE KATKISININ DEĞERLENDİRİLMES

AN EVALUATION OF PRINCIPALS’ LEADERSHIP PRACTICES ON ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS’ LEADERSHIP SELF-EFFICACY

The aim of the study was to evaluate the principles' leadership practices on the assistantprincipals’ leadership self-efficacy. The hypotheses of the qualitative research method were usedin the study. The data of the study were obtained through two semi-structured interview formswere developed. One was applied to the six principals and the other one was to ten assistantprincipals in the secondary school in Ankara. The data were analyzed by using content analysis. Inorder to increase the internal validity of the study, themes and codes and the data analysisprocess were conducted with the help of experts who had experience in assessment andevaluation of qualitative researches. When the opinions of the participants were examined, itwas seen that the strategies used by the principles in the development of the leadership role ofassistant principals were various. When these strategies were examined, it was determined thatthere were behaviors such as giving challenging tasks, giving feedback, giving autonomy to them,encouraging, and praising them about the tasks they had completed. Moreover, it wasunderstood that the assistant principals had an opportunity to co-learn with their colleagues ontheir daily tasks and these tasks supported their self-efficacy beliefs.

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