Leadership ability and its relationship to school guidance among secondary school principals in Baghdad governorate

Abstract

The problem of school leaderships and the extent of their proper professional preparation and their ability to achieve school goals were addressed in the educational conference held at the Baghdad Provincial Council (3/10/2018), as it emphasized in its recommendations the necessity to find solutions to the educational problems that pertain to school administrations and to create positive human relations between School administrations and faculty members to achieve administrative success in school work. The current research aims to identify the level of leadership ability and the level of school guidance of secondary school principals from the faculty members ’point of view. The descriptive approach (relational studies) was relied upon, and the current research community was members of the faculty in secondary schools at the General Directorate of Education in Rusafa Al-Awal, and the research reached a set of conclusions, including that the level of leadership ability of high school principals is convincing to some extent and the level of school guidance is not convincing to some extent Because it was not at a high level compared to the importance of the school guidance process in achieving school goals, and the research came out with a set of recommendations, including conducting periodic training courses for all high school principals, especially in the necessary administrative leadership, raising their leadership capabilities in school management, and conducting periodic training courses for school principals All secondary schools, especially in the school guidance necessary for the regular functioning of the school work.