The purpose of this study is to examine how teachers perceive the role performance of head teachers and their expect roles and how they look at their own role performance and role expectation and to suggest how they to make efficient preparations for ...
The purpose of this study is to examine how teachers perceive the role performance of head teachers and their expect roles and how they look at their own role performance and role expectation and to suggest how they to make efficient preparations for elementary school.
The research questions are posed as below:
1. What differences do the general characteristics of teachers make to their own perception of head teacher's role performance and his or her expected roles?
2. How do they perceive head teacher's role performance and his or her expected roles in different areas?
3. Are there any gaps between every teacher's perception of head teacher's role performance and his or her expected roles?
The subjects in this study were 208 teachers and head teachers who worked in elementary schools in Goyang, Yangju, Yeoncheon, Euijeongbu and Paju, north Gyeonggi province. Relevant literature was reviewed, and a survey was conducted. The instrument used in this study was questionnaires prepared by this researcher to cover their opinions about head teacher role performance and role expectation. For data handling, SPSS program was employed, and statistical data on mean and standard deviation were obtained. Beside, t-test and one-way ANOVA were implemented to check out the level of significance.
The major findings of the study are as follows:
First, as for connections between general characteristics and views of head teacher's role performance and role expectation, both male and female teachers thought the head teachers fell short of their expectations. The female teachers put higher value on the role performance of the head teachers. By career, every teacher also felt the head teachers fell short of their expectations, regardless of career. Especially, those who had 10-year to 19-year career found them not to meet their expectations the most. By position, the outlook of the head teachers on their own role performance was similar to that of the other teachers, but the former had higher expectations for themselves than the latter did. By school size, the head teachers were also thought to fall short of expectations, and the teachers from the schools with 12 or more classes felt there was a bigger gap between their role performance and expected roles, and the difference between them and the others were significant(t=5.887, p<.001).
Second, concerning their view of head teacher's role performance and expected roles in different areas, the head teachers didn't meet expectations in every area, including assisting, guiding, advising, acting as a liaison person and coordinator, creating good interpersonal relationship, and work handling. And the gap between their actual role performance and expected roles was significant in all the areas. Specifically, their role performance fell short of expectations the most in the field of guiding and advising(t=9.34, p<.001), and there was the narrowest gap in the area of work handling(t=6.58, p<.001). The head teachers were better at creating good interpersonal relationship, and they were most expected to act as liaison people and coordinators.
Third, regarding every teacher's view of head teacher's role performance and expected roles, all the teachers didn't think the head teachers met expectations in every area, and the gap between role performance and expected roles was significant(t=8.93, p<.001).
To encourage head teachers to play their roles better, school managers should take a landmark action to let them take more part in school administration and reduce their work load. And head teachers should put more efforts into creating friendly relationship with teachers, taking diverse training courses, and improving themselves and their expertise.