Self-management of secondary school leaders in Irbid Qasbah and its relationship to teachers' participation in the administrative decision-making process from their point of view

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the degree to which secondary school leaders possess self-management and its relationship to the participation of teachers in the administrative decision-making process. The researcher used the descriptive analytical method, and the study population consisted of all secondary school teachers in Qasbah Irbid, whose number is (1783) teachers; As for the study sample, which consisted of (210) teachers, which constitutes (11.7%) of the study population; It was chosen randomly. The researcher has developed a tool (questionnaire) consisting of (50) items, to collect the study data after verifying its validity and reliability, and the (SPSS) program was used to analyze the data and extract the results. The most important results: The degree of self-management practice among secondary school leaders in Qasbah Irbid came to a medium degree, and the degree of teachers’ participation in the administrative decision-making process came to a large degree, and the results showed a positive correlation with statistical significance between the average estimates of the degree of self-management practice by secondary school leaders And its relationship to the degree of teachers' participation in administrative decision-making. The results also showed that there were statistically significant differences at the level of (α ≤ 0.05) between the average estimates of the sample members about the degree of practice of self-management by secondary school leaders, according to the gender variable in favor of females, as well as the presence of statistically significant differences according to the educational qualification variable and in favor of the postgraduate qualification. And there are no statistically significant differences according to the variable years of experience. Based on the results, the researcher recommended: It is necessary to work on deepening and increasing awareness of the importance of administrative decisions, strengthening the concept of self-management, and the participation of teachers in the process of making and taking administrative decisions in schools. As well as promoting the positive attitudes of school principals towards the participation of teachers in school decision-making. The necessity of granting school leaders more powers necessary to make and take appropriate educational decisions; Involving school teachers in the decision-making process at the level of education departments, and this supports the success of administrative decisions.