دور مدير المدرسة الثانوية في مواجهة التحديات التي تواجه المدرسة في القرن الواحد و العشرين

Abstract EN

This study aimed at identifying the role of secondary school principals in meeting the challenges that face their schools in the twenty-first century in Irbid Governorate as perceived by school principals and educational supervisors.

It aimed also at finding any statistical differences due to the study independent variables as job title, qualification, and years of experience.

The study population consisted of (482) school principals and educational supervisors in Irbid Governorate, for the year 2006-2007, 40% of whom where a randomly sample were selected, including (123) educational supervisors and (70) school principals.

To achieve the study objectives a questionnaire was developed which consisted of (60) items distributed into six domains.

It was used after assuring its validity and reliability.

The researcher applied the necessary statistical analysis, which led to the following results: - The role of school principals was rated high by school principals, while educational supervisors rated it average.

- There were statistical significant differences perceived by the study sample due to qualification in favor of the bachelor degree holders, and to the years of experience in favor of the more-than-(11) eleven-years category.

- There were no statistical differences perceived by the study sample due to the job title.

The study concluded with a number of recommendations such as the following: more professional development for both school principals and educational supervisors is needed to meet the challenges that might face schools in the future; it is necessary to concentrate on the school principal's role practiced at school, and to be familiar with the school future vision and objectives.

(keywords: future challenges, school dministration, secondary school)