Coaching as a Performance Improvement Tool at School

The purpose of this study is to examine the current literature and have an insight about coaching as a performance improvement tool at school. In today’s world, schools have to survive and keep their organizational success in the highest level because of the high expectations from school stakeholders. Taking place in such a fierce competitive environment requires being more effective and efficient. Coaching can be a key to success for schools if it can be implemented in the school as a whole. The previous research findings show that if coaching techniques can be used effectively by the school principal, it becomes an effective motivation resource and performance booster not only for the teachers but also for the other staff and students. Keywords: Coach; coaching; principals; teacher; performanc

A Bibliometric Review of the Knowledge Base on Mentoring for the Professional Development of School Administrators

Mentoring for the professional development of school administrators has become widely acknowledged as an essential means of providing psychosocial and career support, particularly for novice administrators. Due to its strong potential to support the sustainability of schools by enabling successful administration, much research has been conducted on mentoring for the professional development of schools and an extensive knowledge base has been accumulated. The current study aims to evaluate this knowledge base holistically, to reveal the intellectual structure and evolution of this research field. With this purpose, the study conducted a combined bibliometric and science mapping analysis of 121 articles selected from the Scopus database using SciMAT software. The period-based science mapping analysis results showed that research initially focused on professional development and networking functions and later focused on developing school administrators’ leadership skills through mentoring. During the last five years, the most prominent themes were enhancing the quality of mentoring and supporting school administrators’ capacity to enable social justice. The results suggest several implications for the sustainability of mentoring programs to improve school administrators’ professional capabilities and leadership skills, which would eventually help sustain a high level of school innovation and success

Exploring the Relationship between School Principals' Burnout Situation and Life Satisfaction i

Abstract The purpose of this study is to explore school administrations' burnout situation and life satisfaction levels and the relationship between burnout and life satisfaction. The study was designed with the screening model. The research sample consists of 92 school principals and vice principals. Research data was collected with "Maslach Burnout Scale" and "Life Satisfaction Scale". In analyzing the data SPSS 16.0 software was used and "Multiple Regression Analysis" and descriptive statistics were conducted in order to explore the relationship between school principals' and vice principals' burnout and life satisfaction levels. According to the analyses results, school principals gained scores below average in the emotional burnout and depersonalization dimensions and gained scores above average in the personal success dimension. This result indicates that burnout is at a low level. In addition, "life satisfaction" levels of school principals and vice principals are above average. This result indicates that school administrations' life satisfaction levels are at a high level

The Adaptation and Validation of the Turkish Version of the Personal Report of Public Speaking Anxiety1 (PRPSA)

The purpose of this study is to adapt the Personal Report of Public Speaking Anxiety (PRPSA) scale into Turkish and study its validity and reliability. The original form of the scale has a single-factor structure and consists of 34 items. The study sample was composed of a total of 322 candidate teachers studying in the School of Education. Three items with fit values below 0.30 from the corrected item-total correlation were excluded from the scale and the analyses were conducted on the remaining 31 items. The construct validity of the scale was confirmed as a single factor through the Mplus software. Cronbach’s alpha for the scale was 0.94, indicating that the scale also has a high level of reliability in the Turkish form. No significant differences were detected between male and female participants’ speaking anxiety scores.El propósito de este estudio fue adaptar la escala “Informe Personal de Ansiedad al Hablar en Público” (PRPSA, por sus siglas en inglés) al turco y hacer estudios de validez-confiabilidad del mismo. La escala original se estructura en un solo factor y consta de 34 ítems. La muestra estuvo conformada por 322 profesores candidatos que estudian en la facultad de Educación. Tres ítems con valores de ajuste por debajo de 0.30 de la correlación total de ítems corregidos se excluyeron de la escala y se analizaron los 31 ítems restantes. La validez de la escala ha sido confirmada como un factor único por el software Mplus. El alfa de Cronbach presenta una confiabilidad de 0.94, lo que indica que la escala turca tiene también un alto grado de confiabilidad. Con respecto a la variable género no se detectaron diferencias significativas entre los puntajes de ansiedad de habla de los participantes