Some Modern Trends in Educational Leadership and Its Role in Developing the Performance of the Egyptian Secondary School Managers

Hany R Alalfy^1,

¹Deanship of development and quality, Hail University, kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Hany R Alalfy. Some Modern Trends in Educational Leadership and Its Role in Developing the Performance of the Egyptian Secondary School Managers. American Journal of Educational Research. 2015; 3(6):689-696. doi: 10.12691/education-3-6-4

Abstract

The study Aimed developing the performance of secondary school managers in Egypt in light of some modern trends for educational leadership throw identifying the problems that face those managers, identifying the requirements of the application of those trends and identifying new roles for those managers in the light of these trends. The study problem: The Egyptian secondary schools are suffering from more problems that eliminate from Efficient and effective performance of the managers of those schools. These influential problems are creating the need for new trends to the leading of the Egyptian secondary schools. The study problem is summarized in the main following question what is the role of modern trends in educational leadership in the development of secondary school performance managers in Egypt? The study used a descriptive approach for its suitability for the nature of the study. The study found out many results one of the most important results is revealed that the Egyptian secondary school managers find it difficult to meet the new managerial expectations that are brought about by the changes in educational environment and frequent problems that faced them. The study suggested organizing training programs to the manager of the Egyptian secondary school for training in the application of these modern trends and Develop mechanisms to motivate the Egyptian secondary school managers on the application of these modern trends.

Keywords:
modern trends educational leadership egyptian secondary school managers

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