دور تطبيق معايير الجودة والاعتماد المدرسي في تطوير الأداء الإداري لمديري المدارس الحكومية في المحافظات الجنوبية لفلسطين
This study aimed to identify the role of applying quality and school accreditation standards in developing the administrative performance of government school principals in the southern governorates of Palestine. The descriptive analytical approach was used to achieve the objectives of the study; the study tool was a questionnaire consisting of three fields that included educational leadership (14) items, resource management (14) items, and the local community (15) items. The study population consisted of principals and teachers at government schools in the southern governorates of Palestine. The study sample included (372) male and female teachers and (236) male and female principals, and descriptive tests and specialized statistical programs were used to analyze the obtained data. The results of the study indicated the following: 1) The role of applying quality and school accreditation standards in developing the administrative performance of school principals was significant by (76.0%); the field of educational leadership came in the first rank with a high degree of availability at (77.4%), and the field of resource management ranked rank at (75.4%). The local community field came in third place at (75.2%). 2) There are no statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α≥0.05) between the average responses of the sample members about the role of applying quality and school accreditation standards in developing the administrative performance of public-school principals in the southern governorates of Palestine due to the study variables (sex, job title, educational qualification, years of service, and number of training courses). The researcher recommends the need to enroll all teachers in training courses related to quality and school accreditation standards, and to involve teachers in the school’s self-evaluation work. The researcher also recommends holding workshops to provide the local community with quality and school accreditation standards to ensure their participation in achieving the goals within these standards. (Author’s abstract)