Differences in Management Capacity  between PET–Principals in Junior and  Senior High Schools

Laios Athanasios; Kostopoulos Nikos; Kostopoulos Panagiotis; Alexopoulos Panagiotis; Kavroulaki Lefkothea

Volume : III, Issue : I, January - 2014

Differences in Management Capacity between PET–Principals in Junior and Senior High Schools

Laios Athanasios, Kostopoulos Nikos, Kostopoulos Panagiotis, Alexopoulos Panagiotis, Kavroulaki Lefkothea

Abstract :

The purpose of the present paper is to trace differences in the performance of the Physical Education Teachers (PET) as school principals in Junior and Senior High Schools, on the management capacity skills leading to school efficacy, according to the teachers� perceptions. Using the Principal Instructional Management Rating Scale-PIMRS adapted to the Greek reality, a total number of 580 teachers of 12 Junior High schools and 12 Senior High schools participated. Senior High School teachers rate higher than their Junior High School colleagues in all items of the questionnaire on the effective Principal� abilities/ skills application, revealing thus Senior High PETs superiority over Junior High ones, in all effective school management factors. Senior High School teachers believe, more than their Junior High School colleagues, that their Principals demonstrate school management abilities/ skills concerning the following three primary factors with the highest mean difference: a) parent involvement, b) professional development and c) curriculum. Contrary to that, their perceptions do not differ as concerning the implementation degree, on their Principals� part, in case of �student progress� and �school climate� factors.