Evaluating elementary school principals` level of professional qualifications and skills and its relationship with teachers` job commitment and involvement

• Main Authors: Fatemeh Eslamieh, Amir Hossein Mohammad Davoudi
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch 2014-11-01
• Series: آموزش و ارزشیابی
• Subjects: managerial professional skills; job commitment; job involvement
• Online Access: http://jinev.iaut.ac.ir/article_520864_99b5e85db8056d202949d1a242ef9fee.pdf

The present study aimed at evaluating elementary school principals` level of professional qualifications and skills and its relationship with the teachers’ job commitment and involvement. This applied research was descriptive (correlational). The statistical population included all 522 primary school teachers of Behshahr among whom 220 teachers were selected on the basis Morgan`s table by employing stratified random sampling based on school type. The data were gathered by landel and Kejner`s (1968) job involvement questionnaire, Bellas (1993) job commitment questionnaire including the dimensions of professional dependence, organizational dependence, commitment to job values and professional partnership, and finally a research-made managerial skills questionnaire based on Robret Katg`s, (1974) model including technical, human, and conceptual skills. All three questionnaires were 5-point Likert type. The obtained Cranbach`s Alpha for the questionnaires were 0.78, 0.82, and 0.80 respectively. The data were analyzed by SPSS software conducting parametric tests such as single group t, test, and Pearson correlation and regression analysis. The results indicated that the elementary school principal`s professional – managerial qualifications and skills are at an optimal level. It was found the primary school teachers possessed human skills more than technical and conceptual skills. Also, there was a significant positive relationship between the principal's professional- managerial qualifications and skills and the teacher's job commitment and involvement. In fact, the results of the regression analysis showed that 72.1% of changes in job commitment and 57.8% of changes in teachers` job involvement could be explained by the principals` professional managerial qualifications and skills.