Teacher's opinions related to servant leadership qualities of primary school principals

The aim of this study is to determine the properties of servant leadership that primary school administrators should have according to the views of primary school teachers. The study has been designed with a qualitative research approach. One of the Qualitative research designs, the Phenomenon approach which is appropriate to the nature of the research has been used in the study, six open-ended questions and semi-structured interview form consisting of sub-questions related to these questions prepared by the researcher have been used to collect data. One of the oriented sampling methods, snowball sampling method has been used in this study. In this context interviews have been conducted with 10 teachers took part in various projects during the 2015-2016 academic year in primary schools in the central district of Sanlıurfa province. Questions related to the five dimensions (empathy, altruistic behavior, modesty, justice, honesty) have been posed to the Participants to determine the servant leadership properties of the school administrators. The datas obtained at the end of the interview have been classified in these 5 themes with descriptive analysis. In the study, primary school administrators should have some properties such as having the skills of effective communication, having the professional knowledge and skills, being cooperative, being fair, having self-criticism, solving problems and assuring according to the views of primary school teachers. Participants think that primary school administrators can be qualified as servant leaders when they have such qualities mentioned above. Key words: Servant leadership, school administrators, teachers