INVESTIGATION OF THE PERCEPTIONS OF SCHOOL MANAGERS ABOUT THE ROLES OF THE SCHOOL MANAGERS ON THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE TEACHERS DURING THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK PROCESS

Abstract

The teaching profession is one of the most sacred professions in the context of raising future generations. However, the Covid-19 process physically separated school administrators, teachers, and students, who are the stakeholders of education. This raised concerns about the efficiency of education and led teachers to investigate how they could be more beneficial to their students in such a process. The desire to be useful to their students is one of the main motives for teachers. Teachers can learn and apply current techniques and methods to be more beneficial to their students. This is possible with the professional development of teachers. Professional development of teachers requires not only their own efforts but also the support of their administrators. In this context, how teachers perceive the role of school administrators in their professional development was examined in this study. As a result of the research, it was observed that teachers were indecisive about the role of school administrators in their professional development, and the Covid-19 process did not affect their views. From this point of view, it was suggested that teachers should develop themselves professionally, regardless of the attitude of school administrators, acting with the motive of being more beneficial to their students.