A study on policies and practices of Ministry of National Education in Turkey about assigning and training educational administrators

Abstract

The study aimed at describing policies and practices of Ministry of National Education in Turkey about assigning and training of educational administrators in accordance with opinions of principals, vice-principals and teachers. Qualitative method, case study and convenient sampling were used in the research. The sample consisted of 8 teachers, 6 vice-principals and 6 principals working at schools in Kırsehir. The data were collected through a semi-structured interview form. After the analyses, there emerged three categories as (a) assigning educational administrators, (b) training educational administrators and (c) performance expectations from educational administrators in practice. The three categories consisted of 13, 14 and 11 themes, respectively. Participants declared that policies and practices of Ministry of National Education about assigning and training educational administrators are inadequate.