Components and Characteristics of the Professional Competency Model among Educational Administrators

Education is the most basic institution in the development process in each country. In other words, if education is dynamic, active, and vibrant in a country, the country will naturally be a growing and developed country. Professional and effective training of professional and effective managers is one of the basic problems, whose successful and effective implementation in an organization requires a set of competencies, skills, abilities, and special characteristics. Competence is a special tool for workforce planning and management. In this regard, much attention to the competency approach stems from the capabilities of the organization. In other words, a successful and effective organization creates and maintains its competitive advantage by developing individuals’ competencies. On the other hand, the competency approach is of great importance in the development of managers as they can develop and improve their performance by adopting such an approach. Accordingly, the present study aimed to investigate the components and characteristics of the professional competency model among educational administrators. The study findings revealed that the most prominent management dimension encompasses supervision and guidance, knowledge management, evaluation, decision-making, and planning. Personality dimension includes ethics, creativity and innovation, communication skills, and negotiation skills. Technological dimension consists of information literacy, application of new technologies in teaching, the use of information and communication technology, and the ability to work in a virtual environment. Educational-research dimension addresses research orientation, applied scientific research, familiarity with teaching methods and techniques, and incentives for employees to teach effectively. This descriptive-analytical study adopted a library technique

2-Chlorophenol Removal of Aqueous Solution Using Advanced Oxidation Processes Resulting from Iron/ Persulfate and Ultra Violet/ Persulfate

Background: Advanced oxidation processes are used to remove toxic aromatic compounds with low biodegradability, such as 2-chlorophenol. This study investigated the use of sulfate (SO4-) and persulfate (S2O82-) radicals, as one of the advanced oxidation methods, to remove 2- chlorophenol from aquatic solutions. Methods: This experimental and pilot-scale study was carried out using two chemical batch reactors; one of the reactors equipped with UV lamps and the other was on the hot plate. In iron/ persulfate (Fe/S2O82-) and ultra violet/ persulfate (UV/S2O82-) processes different parameters were investigated. Results: Iron, UV, the initial pH of the solution, persulfate concentration have considerable effects on the elimination of 2-chlorophenol in both processes. In both processes, the maximum elimination occurred in acidic conditions. The elimination efficiency was increased by increasing the concentration of 2-chlorophenol and UV intensity, and also by decreasing the concentration of persulfate and iron. Accordingly, in iron/ persulfate and ultra violet/ persulfate processes 2-chlorophenol was eliminated with 99.96% and 99.58% efficiencies, respectively. Conclusion: Sulfate radicals produced from activated persulfate ions with hot-Fe ion and UV radiation have significant impact on the removal of 2-chlorophenol. Therefore, the processes of Fe/S2O82- and UV/S2O82- can be regarded as good choices for industrial wastewater treatment plants operators in the future

Components and Characteristics of the Professional Competency Model among Educational Administrators

Education is the most basic institution in the development process in each country. In other words, if education is dynamic, active, and vibrant in a country, the country will naturally be a growing and developed country. Professional and effective training of professional and effective managers is one of the basic problems, whose successful and effective implementation in an organization requires a set of competencies, skills, abilities, and special characteristics. Competence is a special tool for workforce planning and management. In this regard, much attention to the competency approach stems from the capabilities of the organization. In other words, a successful and effective organization creates and maintains its competitive advantage by developing individuals’ competencies. On the other hand, the competency approach is of great importance in the development of managers as they can develop and improve their performance by adopting such an approach. Accordingly, the present study aimed to investigate the components and characteristics of the professional competency model among educational administrators. The study findings revealed that the most prominent management dimension encompasses supervision and guidance, knowledge management, evaluation, decision-making, and planning. Personality dimension includes ethics, creativity and innovation, communication skills, and negotiation skills. Technological dimension consists of information literacy, application of new technologies in teaching, the use of information and communication technology, and the ability to work in a virtual environment. Educational-research dimension addresses research orientation, applied scientific research, familiarity with teaching methods and techniques, and incentives for employees to teach effectively. This descriptive-analytical study adopted a library technique.La educación es la institución más básica en el proceso de desarrollo de cada país. En otras palabras, si la educación es dinámica, activa y vibrante en un país, el país naturalmente será un país desarrollado y en crecimiento. La formación profesional y efectiva de gerentes profesionales y efectivos es uno de los problemas básicos, cuya implementación exitosa y efectiva en una organización requiere de un conjunto de competencias, habilidades, habilidades y características especiales. La competencia es una herramienta especial para la planificación y gestión de la fuerza laboral. En este sentido, mucha atención al enfoque de competencias se deriva de las capacidades de la organización. En otras palabras, una organización exitosa y eficaz crea y mantiene su ventaja competitiva desarrollando las competencias de las personas. Por otro lado, el enfoque por competencias es de gran importancia en el desarrollo de los gerentes, ya que pueden desarrollar y mejorar su desempeño al adoptar dicho enfoque. En consecuencia, el presente estudio tuvo como objetivo investigar los componentes y características del modelo de competencia profesional entre los administradores educativos. Los hallazgos del estudio revelaron que la dimensión de gestión más destacada abarca la supervisión y orientación, la gestión del conocimiento, la evaluación, la toma de decisiones y la planificación. La dimensión de personalidad incluye ética, creatividad e innovación, habilidades de comunicación y habilidades de negociación. La dimensión tecnológica consiste en la alfabetización informacional, la aplicación de nuevas tecnologías en la enseñanza, el uso de tecnologías de la información y la comunicación y la capacidad de trabajar en un entorno virtual. La dimensión de investigación-educación aborda la orientación a la investigación, la investigación científica aplicada, la familiaridad con los métodos y técnicas de enseñanza y los incentivos para que los empleados enseñen de manera eficaz. Este estudio descriptivo-analítico adoptó una técnica de biblioteca

The effectiveness of academic counseling based on a narrative approach on academic resilience and academic emotions of students with academic failure

Background and Aim: Students experience different emotions in academic situations. Emotions are always present in educational and clinical environments. Academic resilience also refers to high levels of motivation for progress and performance, despite limited conditions. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of teaching compassion, academic counseling based on a narrative approach, on resilience and academic emotions of students with academic failure. Methods: The research method was a semi-experimental type with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. Using targeted sampling, 30 students from among the students with academic failure from the second grade boys' high schools of the second period of the 12th district of Tehran were determined and randomly placed in the experimental and control groups (15 people in each group). In the pre-test and post-test stages, students responded to the academic excitement questionnaires of Pakran et al. (2002) and the academic resilience questionnaires of Martin and Marsh (2009). The academic counseling protocol based on Pine's (2004) narrative approach was held for the experimental group for 8 sessions. Results: The results of covariance analysis showed that academic counseling training based on a narrative approach is effective on academic resilience (P=0.001 and F=19.98) and academic excitement (P=0.001 and F=34.001). Conclusion: Therefore, according to the results of the research, it is suggested that school counselors use group educational counseling trainings based on a narrative approach to control negative emotions and increase academic resilience