School Leadership Practices and Challenges in Oromia Regional State of North Shoa Zone the Case of Preparatory Schools
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2018-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of this study was to identify those challenges and practices of school leadership in preparatory schools of North Shoa Zone and to provide possible solutions for these challenges. To carry out this study descriptive survey method was employed. Participants of the study were 184 teachers, 12 principals and 6 supervisors. 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 23.0) software analysis. Statistical tools such as; frequency count, Percentage, mean and standard deviation, were calculated. Thus, statistics were entered into Thus, findings of the study indicate that the school leaders need to be independent and free to make decisions with guidelines of leadership; assignment of school leader based on talent, knowledge qualities or the know how needed ,the school leaders should be valuable at the top level of management by successful chief executive. Thus, the concerned bodies should 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 handling diversity and practical implementation of secularism, 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 the academic institute should design policy or curriculum and criteria of selecting trainee leaders which enable the school leaders be equipped with the necessary and successful school leadership quality.
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School Leadership Practices