شبكة المعلومات العربية التربوية

The study aimed to identify the degree to which public school principals in the Jerusalem suburbs directorate possess technical and administrative competencies from the teachers' point of view, in light of the study variables, gender and educational qualification. To achieve the objective of the study, a questionnaire was used consisting of (38) items distributed over three areas: the humanitarian field, the technological field and the tools field. Validity and reliability were verified by the appropriate statistical methods. The study population consisted of all teachers of Palestinian public schools in Jerusalem suburbs directorate of education. The number of teachers was (1386), distributed over (74) schools. The study sample included (212) teachers, randomly selected from the study population that formed (15.3%) of the population. The researchers used the descriptive approach that suits this study. The results of the study showed that the degree of possession of public-school principals in Jerusalem suburbs directorate of technical and administrative competencies from the point of view of teachers came with an average degree with an arithmetic average of (3.15) for the total degree. The results of the study also showed that there were no statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α≤0.05) in the average responses of the study sample members to the degree of possession of public-school principals in the Jerusalem suburbs directorate of technical and administrative competencies from the teachers' point of view attributed to the variables of the study: gender and educational qualification. In light of the findings of the study, the researchers put a number of recommendations, including: the need to develop criteria for the recruitment of school principals, including technical and administrative competencies., as well as the need to guide them to the importance of administrative techniques and their impact that may return to improve their performance and school academic level. (Published abstract)