Evaluation of teacher opinions regarding the competencies of school principals during the Covid-19 pandemic

The purpose of this study is to reveal the opinions of teachers and school principals working in primary and secondary schools affiliated with the Ministry of National Education in Uşak regarding their competencies during the Covid-19 pandemic process. In addition, it was invastigated whether the evaluation of competencies of school principals during the Covid-19 pandemic process showed significant differences according to variables such as the gender, branch, seniority, education status, school type, duration of employment in the institution and school grade of where teachers work. The sample of the research; It consists of 403 teachers working in public and private schools in Uşak, which was selected with a simple random sampling model. As a data collection tool; The "Qualification Questionnaire of School Principals During the Covid-19 Pandemic", which was prepared by researchers and obtained by taking opinions from experts, was used. The questionnaires were administered to teachers in schools online. The data obtained in the research were analyzed with the SPSS 22.0 statistical program. In the analysis of data; Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal Wallis H test and independent intergroup t-test were applied. According to the findings of the research; In line with the opinions of the teachers, it was concluded that the competencies of the school principals during the Covid-19 pandemic process were sufficient at the "medium" level in terms of humanitarian competence, technical competence and conceptual competence dimensions. In the evaluation of the competencies of the school principals during the Covid-19 pandemic process by the teachers; there are significant differences according to the variables of teachers' gender, branch, seniority, education level, type of school they work, and working time in their institution; It has been found that there is no statistically significant difference according to the education level they work in.