School Administration. A. The FIELDWORK SITE shall provide student with individual and/or small group supervision from an experienced school administrator.
School Administration. The school principal, his or her delegate or any other person appointed by the board to carry out this function.
School Administration. Some of the survey participants expressed their views regarding the management style of the school administration staff. Most of the survey respondents identified this theme as the main discouraging aspect of their job at school. Participants mentioned that they disapprove the way the administration staff treats teachers. Teachers believe that the school principal and vice principals practice ‘authoritarian leadership style’ which implies that teachers’ voices are not heard and they are strictly controlled and supervised.
School Administration. The findings revealed that teachers generally agree that school administration supports them at the research site. On average the teachers felt that the administration supported them (M=2,74). Thus, teachers’ responses were positively skewed. However, the study’s qualitative data presents the findings which refer to ‘school administration’ as the main factor causing teachers’ demotivation at research site. This can be explained by the fact that even though the percentage of those who agreed that they are supported was 71,4%, the remaining respondents (28,6%) disagreed which may indicate that administration has a slight discouraging impact on the motivational aspects at the research site. The second aspect of teachers’ job satisfaction was determined to be autonomy. Quantitative data findings revealed that teachers felt that autonomy ( M= 2,91) at the job site was satisfying as it allowed them freedom which means that most of teachers feel autonomy when making decisions concerning materials and methods to be used in class to achieve learning objectives. On the contrary, teachers’ degree of satisfaction with their work schedule at research site was more negative with mean value 2,17. It can be seen that this mean score is negatively skewed which implies that most of the teachers feel that they do not have a flexible timetable. It can be clearly seen if we closely look at percentages. For example, the percentage of those who agreed that they have flexible schedule was 28,6% while the ratio that disagreed was 71,4%. Past research has shown that being involved in the decision making process which includes flexible work schedule, opportunity to select learning resources and opportunity to develop professionally are essential constituents of positive satisfaction within job sites (Xxxx et al., 2011). The findings of this study regarding teachers’ involvement in the decision- making process of this school shows that the majority of teachers’ feel their voices are considered while making decisions. According to the survey data, mean value for teachers perceptions about their participation in the decision-making process was M= 2,74 which shows that more than 50% of teachers’ agree with this item. On the other hand, qualitative data analysis of interviews showed that teachers feel overwhelmed with unexpected tasks assigned by school administrators. As it was mentioned in the literature review, when teachers have to accomplish tasks without questioning it, it has a ne...
School Administration. Schools will continue to be managed by CEO, Kanchipuram, and DoE and SNSF will have no role in selection and appointment of staff under DoE payroll, and admission process. Fees if any to be charged from students as per the government policy will remain the income of the DoE/ school.
