The assessment of school managers' perspectives about proactive service programmes at primary schools

In this research the topic was "The assessment of school managers' perspectives about proactive service programmes at primary schools". In this context, the aim of this study was to determine the proactive service perceptions of school managers working in the sample group. The universe of the research was İstanbul province, and sample group contains 51 school managers who worked in Bakırköy and Bahçelievler districts in İstanbul.The qualitative method was used in the research. To obtain the data, a questionnaire which was prepared by researchers was applied to sample group. The questionnaire consisted two parts. The 5 questions in the first part was dealing with demographic data of participants and the second part have 10 questions with yes or no answers to obtain data about school manager's perspectives about proactive service programmes at primary schools. Also 5 structured interview questions were asked to 11 school manager by the face to face relation to evaluate the results of questionnaire in detail. The data were analysed by frequency, chi-square and content analysis. When the answers of school managers for Proactive Service Survey are analysed, no significant difference was seen according to gender, age, marital status, seniority or educational background. School managers thought that the application of Proactive Service Programme makes a major contribution to education. However the result has also showed that school managers do not apply dyslexia test, hyperactivity attention deficit disorder test or dyscalculia test to the students who will start the first grade and school readiness test was not applied. Also all school managers agreed the statement "Students are provided necessary lesson equipment's which are convenient for their levels." The awareness about proactive service program and education of school managers about them can be recommended.