Meeting Management Skills of District Directors of National Education According to Perceptions of School Managers

Abstract

The purpose of this research is the examination of meeting management skills of District Directors of National Education according to the perception of school managers. Scanning model, as one of the Quantitative methods, was used in the research. The research universe is the managers of schools in districts of Maltepe, Sultanbeyli, Kartal and Pendik. 309 school managers formed the sample of the research which was determined by a random sampling method. According to the education level of school managers, in their perception of meeting management skills of District Directors of National Education, no significant difference was found in sub-dimensions of participant management, time management, and management of meeting room facilities, management of meeting agenda, and management of minutes of meeting. However, a significant difference was found in the sub-dimension of meeting management skills and in total scale. Managers with a B.A degree evaluated more positively the District Directors of National Education than managers with a graduate degree. According to the duties of the school managers, there was a significant difference in the sub-dimension of participant management among the arithmetic averages (mean) of the groups in the meeting management skills of the District Director of National Education. While there was a significant difference in total scale and in skills of meeting management and time management regarding school managers’ perception of meeting management skills of the District Director of National Education according to the age of school managers, there was no difference in other sub-dimensions.