The Degree of Public School Principals' Implementation of Leadership Standards and its Relationship with the Administrative Efficiency

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify the degree of public school principals ‘implementation of leadership standards proposed by the Jordanian Ministry of Education and its relationship with the administrative efficiency from the perspective of supervisors. The research builds a questionnaire to measure the two domains, the degree of public school principals’ implementation of leadership standards proposed by the Jordanian ministry of education, and The administrative efficiency. The sample consisted of (337) supervisors from the Ministry of Education. The results of the study indicated that the degree of public school principals’ implementation of leadership standards, domains was high, and, the administrative efficiency was also high. Overall, the results showed that there was a positive correlation relationship between the leadership standards and the administrative efficiency. In the light of the results, the researcher recommended that, the ministry of education should review the traditional administrative methods and systems, and uses leadership standards, and the strategic planning as an administrative method. Schools principals should be motivated to consider the leadership standards proposed by MOE in their daily practice.

DOI: 10.5901/jesr.2016.v6n1p117