Management skills of primary school directors according to views of teachers and assi̇stant directors (Sultangazi sample)

In this study, based on the opinion of the assistant directors and teachers in Sultangazi district of Istanbul, management skills of primary school directors and in terms of various variables the scale and subfactors of a school director in management skills are evaulated. The universe of research is consisted of primary school teachers and asistant directors who working in Sultangazi district of Istanbul. The sample of research includes 343 teachers and assistant directors who are chosen at random. As the data collection tool prepared by me, "the management skills of school director" scale has been used. The result of the analysis content validity is found significant at the level of 0.01. In regard to structure validity, it has been seen that all of the items are compatible with each other. When looking at the reliability analysis of the scale; it has been identified that the scale does not change according to time. As a result of internal reliability analysis, cronbach's Alpha was found 0,98. After data are collected, it has been analyzed by SPSS 16 program. Collected informations are transferred to a computer, as a response the options are rated as: "strongly disagree" is 1 point; "Disagree" is 2 points; "undecided" is 3 points, "Agree" is 4 points; "strongly agree" is rated at 5 points. At the end of the research an average point of management skills is found 3.91.When we look at the results it is seen that the management skills of primary school directors is in high level; the answer of participants are usually "agree".Also it is found that the average point of subdimensions like: "participation in decision, personality traits, the ability to provide motivation, communication skills, and management skills," are in a high level. When examined the effectiveness level of variables; it is found that gender, task status, age, education status aren't significative on management skills. However, it is found a significant difference between variables leadership training, working years and the level of detection management skills. Keywords:Management skills, Leadership, Motivation