A Survey of Leadership Standards for Professional Preparation of Public School Principals in Kuwait
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description: Problem. Over the last decade, the Ministry of Education in Kuwait undertook the responsibility of reforming the Kuwaiti education system. While it noted the importance of school principals in this reform process, it has not yet focused on the development of school leaders through formal preparation. There were no standards set to guide school leadership development programs in Kuwait. The purpose of this study was to survey Kuwaiti educators to identify the professional educational program standards they believed were needed and important for public school principals. It surveyed their suggestions on which institutions would be best at providing training in these standards. Research Design This study used a survey and statistical analysis to investigate the perception and beliefs of Kuwaiti educators about educational program standards. The survey consisted of 54 questions that addressed 10 educational leadership program standards. These were Vision, School Culture and Instructional Learning, Management and Operation, Community Relations, Ethics, Politics and Law, Technology, Research, Internship and Mentoring, and Worldview. Teachers and administrators were selected from the Ministry of Education school districts and two higher education institutions. A total of 997 educators from all school levels (except Kindergarten) and all six school districts responded. Descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) were run with follow-up use of a t -test and one-way analysis (ANOVA). Results. There were four major findings in this study. First, Kuwaiti educators accepted all 10 leadership program standards for school principals. Although, Internship and Mentoring scored the highest mean of all standards, and Community Relations received the lowest mean, all 10 educational leadership program standards scored very high. Second, the Kuwaiti educators reported that all 10 standards were very important for educational leadership programming. Once again, I…
abstract: Problem. Over the last decade, the Ministry of Education in Kuwait undertook the responsibility of reforming the Kuwaiti education system. While it noted the importance of school principals in this reform process, it has not yet focused on the development of school leaders through formal preparation. There were no standards set to guide school leadership development programs in Kuwait. The purpose of this study was to survey Kuwaiti educators to identify the professional educational program standards they believed were needed and important for public school principals. It surveyed their suggestions on which institutions would be best at providing training in these standards. Research Design This study used a survey and statistical analysis to investigate the perception and beliefs of Kuwaiti educators about educational program standards. The survey consisted of 54 questions that addressed 10 educational leadership program standards. These were Vision, School Culture and Instructional Learning, Management and Operation, Community Relations, Ethics, Politics and Law, Technology, Research, Internship and Mentoring, and Worldview. Teachers and administrators were selected from the Ministry of Education school districts and two higher education institutions. A total of 997 educators from all school levels (except Kindergarten) and all six school districts responded. Descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) were run with follow-up use of a t -test and one-way analysis (ANOVA). Results. There were four major findings in this study. First, Kuwaiti educators accepted all 10 leadership program standards for school principals. Although, Internship and Mentoring scored the highest mean of all standards, and Community Relations received the lowest mean, all 10 educational leadership program standards scored very high. Second, the Kuwaiti educators reported that all 10 standards were very important for educational leadership programming. Once again, I…
author: Alansari, Amal EEHE
keywords: Educational Leadership, Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Teacher Education and Professional Development
date published: 2012-01-01T08:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-24T00:52:41Z
provider: Andrews University
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: Andrews University