Teachers’ attitude toward performance of high schools’ principals in terms of safe school indicators in Eslam Shahr city

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate teachers’ attitude on performance of principals of boys high -schools in terms of safe school indicators in Eslam Shahr city. This was a descriptive survey study. The population consisted of all high -school teachers in Eslam shahr (N = 434). In order to select a sample from related population, Cochran formula and simple random sampling were administered and 201 participants were selected as sample. A researcher-made questionnaire based on safe school indicators was used for collecting the necessary data. Its validity of tool was confirmed by experts in the field of safe sch ool. Then the draft sample of questionnaire was conducted on 30 participants, the collected data were analysed using the Cronbach Alpha formula and questionnaire reliability was determined to be 0.87. After conducting the final form of questionnaire, the collected data were analysed at two descriptive (median, mean, mode, standard deviation and skewness) and inferential (one-sample T-test) levels. The findings showed that at α = 0.05 level, from the perspective of teachers, the performance of principals is above average mean in boys high-schools in Eslam Shahr.

Keywords: Performance evaluation, safe school indicators, health, providing information, monitoring, control