PROJECT SCHOOLS AS A SCHOOL-BASED MANAGEMENT MODEL

Education is a very expensive investment with high opportunity costs. Efforts for attaining schools with intended quality top the agenda of world nations’ education plans and programs. Turkish Ministry of National Education has also made several reforms to increase the quality of education. The latest reform made in the field of educational management model has been the project schools developed with various innovations. Including school principals into the teachers’ selection process can be regarded as the new aspect of school-based management. Sharing authority to choose teachers with school principals is a brand new approach for the Turkish National Education system. This study aims to detect reflections of project schools’ structural and managerial features in practice and depends on the qualitative method, including observation and interviewing techniques. The research sample comprises 15 Imam Hatip High Schools located in Istanbul in 2018-2019 Education Year and 23 teachers working in these schools. “Semi-structured Interview Questionnaire” was utilized for scaling. According to research results, we conclude that teachers in project schools are satisfied with the new education model. There seems to be a total increase in teachers’ efficiency in addition to higher teacher performances, due to the teams built under the leadership of school principals.   Keywords: Project School, School-Based Management, Leadership, Teamwor

The role of the leader in the institutional communication process in TRNC primary schools

The general purpose of this research is the examination of the role of the leader in the institutional communication process in TRNC primary schools. While conducting the research, principals and deputy principals, who are administrators in primary schools, were accepted as leaders in schools. At this point, it has been tried to determine how teachers perceive corporate communication in TRNC primary schools and whether their administrators show a leading role in terms of communication skills. Among the most important results of the research; Primary school teachers with a bachelor's degree had a more positive attitude towards the communication skills of their administrators than primary school teachers with a master's degree. Most of the teachers (69.4%) participating in our study stated that the most important feature that a leader should have is "effective communication skills".O objetivo geral desta pesquisa é o exame do papel do líder no processo de comunicação institucional nas escolas primárias TRNC. Durante a realização da pesquisa, diretores e vice-diretores, que são administradores nas escolas primárias, foram aceitos como líderes nas escolas. Neste ponto, tentou-se determinar como os professores percebem a comunicação corporativa nas escolas primárias TRNC e se seus administradores mostram um papel de liderança em termosde habilidades de comunicação. Entre os resultados mais importantes da pesquisa; Os professores primários com diploma de bacharel tiveram uma atitude mais positiva em relação às habilidades de comunicação de seus administradores do que os professores primários com mestrado. A maioria dos professores (69,4%) participantes do nosso estudo afirmou que a característica mais importante que um líder deve ter é a "capacidade de comunicação eficaz".El propósito general de esta investigación es el examen del papel del líder en el proceso de comunicación institucional en las escuelas primarias de la TRNC. Al realizar la investigación, los directores y subdirectores, que son administradores en las escuelas primarias, fueron aceptados como líderes en las escuelas. En este punto, se ha intentado determinar cómo los docentes perciben la comunicación corporativa en las escuelas primarias de TRNC y si sus administradores muestran un rol protagónico en cuanto a habilidades comunicativas. Entre los resultados más importantes de la investigación; Los profesores de primaria con una licenciatura tenían una actitud más positiva hacia las habilidades comunicativas de sus administradores que los profesores de primaria con una maestría. La mayoría de los profesores (69,4%) que participaron en nuestro estudio afirmaron que la característica más importante que debe tener un líder es la "capacidad de comunicación eficaz"