Leading Schools for Improvement Practices and Challenges in Secondary Schools of North Shoa Zone Oromia Regional State
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2020-12
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify those practices and challenges of leading schools for
improvement in secondary schools of North Shoa Zone. To carry out this study descriptive
survey method was employed. Participants of the study were 180 teachers, 13 principals, and
7supervisor. They involved in the study being selected using simple random sampling and
purposive sampling methods. The data were collected by using a questionnaire, interview, and
document analysis. Both qualitative and quantitative data analysis method were employed in
order to reach to the results. Data obtained through questionnaire were analyzed and
summarized using statistical package for the social science (SPSS Version 24.0) software
analysis. Statistical tools such as frequency count, percentage, mean and standard deviation,
were calculated. The finding of the study indicate that the school leader need to be independent
and free to make decisions with guideline of leading: assignment of leading school for
improvement based on talent, knowledge qualities or know how needed, the school leaders
should be valuable at the top level of management by successful chief executive. Thus, the
concerned bodies need to assign school leaders with attributes such as decisiveness,
assertiveness, integrity, enthusiasm, imagination, willingness to work hard, analytical ability,
understanding others, abilities to create opportunities for good governance and handing
diversity and practical implementation of secularism. Besides, ability to meet unpleasant
situations, ability to adopt to quickly to change and willingness to task risks, the school leaders
need to be educated enough to gather, synthesize and interpret large amount of information and
need to be able to create vision, mission, solve problem and make objective or rational decision
based on fact and reasoning, the school leaders should be those who have deep knowledge and
be able to make well-informed decisions and able to understand the implications of the decisions
and extraversions. Finally, the government and academic institute should design policy or
curriculum and criteria of selecting trance leaders which enable the school leaders be equipped
with the necessary and successful leading schools for improvement.