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This study aims to identify the extent of practicing change management by Educational Supervisors in UNRWA Preparatory Schools at Gaza Strip Governorates and its relation with Teachers' performance level. The population of the study consisted of 3917 UNRWA teachers for the academic year 2015-2016, while the study sample included 283 female and male teachers who represent 7.22% of the population of the study. The researcher adopted the descriptive analytical method in collecting the data. In order to achieve the study objectives, the researcher prepared two questionnaires. The first questionnaire was designed to measure the extent of practicing change management by Educational Supervisors in UNRWA Prep Schools at Gaza Strip Governorates, while the second one was designed for measuring UNRWA Teachers' performance level. The researcher used SPSS program in order to analyze the responses of the study sample's members, and the study came up with the following results: 1) The extent of practicing change management by Educational Supervisors in UNRWA Prep Schools at Gaza Strip Governorates study sample was good and it had a relative weight of 71.2%. 2) There are statistical differences at level (α ≤ 0.05) among the averages of the sample responses regarding the extent of their supervisors' practicing of change management due to gender variable and the differences were in favor of females in all the fields of the questionnaire and the questionnaires as a whole. 3) There are no statistical differences at level (α ≤ 0.05) among the averages of the sample responses regarding the extent of their supervisors' practicing of change management due to the years of experience's variable in all the fields of the questionnaire and the questionnaire as a whole. 4) There are no statistical differences at level (α ≤ 0.05) among the averages of the sample responses regarding the extent of their supervisors' practicing of change management due to educational level variable in all the scopes of the questionnaire and the questionnaire as a whole, except in the field of the good example in favor of the holders of the bachelor degree. 5) There are statistical differences at level (α ≤ 0.05) among averages of the sample responses regarding the extent of their supervisors' practicing of change management due to educational area variable as the differences were in favor of Rafah Educational Region in all the fields of the questionnaire and the questionnaire as a whole. 6) The performance level of UNRWA preparatory teachers in Gaza Strip governorates is high, and it had relative weight of 82.2%. 7) There is a statistically positive correlation at level of (α ≤ 0.05) among the averages of the responses of the study sample's members regarding the extent of their supervisors' practicing of change management and the performance level of UNRWA prep teachers in Gaza strip. According to the previous results, the researcher recommends the following: 1) The education Department at UNRWA have to focus on change management in the administrative and supervising practices. 2) Improving the capabilities of the supervisors in the field of change management in order to be able to make a real change and convincing the others of it. 3) UNRWA educational supervisors have to implement and apply the change management on ground and found a school culture that encourage the teachers to invent, create and innovate. 4) Teachers have to be sincere in their work, they have to believe that in order to raise one's performance level is a duty that Allah will judge according to it as mentioned in al Hadith (Allah loves when one of you do something to do it well). 5) It is necessary that UNRWA continue its process of developing the performance of its teachers putting in mind the right time for that. (Author's abstract)