Somayyeh Soysal, Tural Mahmudov

KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS IN THE SCOPE OF EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP

Summary. In this research, how teachers evaluate the effective leadership behaviors of school administrators and the relationship between these opinions and teachers' gender, education level and professional experience were investigated. The research was conducted using quantitative methods with a sample of 852 teachers. The data collected through the questionnaires were analyzed on the SPSS program. The findings showed that teachers believed that school administrators exhibited effective leadership behaviors at a high level. It was concluded that while teachers' opinions about the effective leadership behaviors of school principals did not differ according to their gender and education level, teachers with less professional experience perceived the effective leadership behaviors of school principals more positively. 

Keywords: teacher, school administrator, education, effective leadership, professional experience