The effect of the coaching skills of managers on teacher performance

Open system organisations are capable of continuous development and change. They should progress to subsist and adapt the environment and to cope with difficulties. Change in any organization is closely related phenomenon. To manage effectively, managers should monitor closely the developments around them, determine the right strategies to take quick and effective decisions as 21th century world of management is changing radically these days and surviving in the face of developments in a structure that has to make a difference. School administrations should also be included in these changes and apply for structuring a new management models to improve efficiency and quality. Effective management approach is now estranged `controlling approach? and instead of this, it becomes `supportive and guiding?. These developments have brought concepts to the management field such as executive assistant, coaching and so on... Coaching approach is not such an issue that gives orders and controls only, but guides the way and delegates. So this sense of coaching is a management model that creates differences, provides guidanceand makes progress. By means of coaching approach, managers can be a good leader to the teachers to increase their performance, to raise the quality of education and thus, teachers can provide the expected increase in productivity.The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of the coaching skills of the managers in primary schools on teacher performance. In this study, it has been investigated that if gender, experience and the branch have effects on school administrators to demonstrate their coaching skills. As a result, it is determined that they have effects on teachers' performance. Coaching skills are considered as three extents; leadership, communication, self-knowledge and self-regulation.The scope of this study was designed as a screening model based on the relational database in 2010-2011 academic institutions on teachers working in the government primary in Canakkale.Key words: Coach, coaching, management, leadership, communication, performance