Evaluation of primary school administration in Turkey in terms of professionalization tools

The aim of this research is to examine the professionalization levels of primary and secondary public school administrators in Turkey. The scope of the research in the quantitative survey type consists of principals and assistant principals working in primary and secondary public schools in Ankara. The data presented in this study were obtained by studying a group of 326 people defined by the stratified random sampling method. Personal information form and "Professionalization Scale" were used throughout the study. In the analysis of the data, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was used for construct validity, descriptive statistics, unrelated samples, t-test, and one-way analysis of variance were used for unrelated measurements. According to the findings, the professionalization perceptions of the school principles are at a moderate level.While the levels of professionalization differ according to the status, participation in in-service training and congress/conference; gender, age, education level, seniority, institution type, union membership state, association/foundation membership state, inspection state do not differ significantly.Those who attend in-service training and congress/conference have more positive progression of professionalization than those who do not.