Sustainable Professional Development and Its Relationship to Leadership Ethics among School Principals in the Directorate of Education for the Karak Region

Abstract

The aim of the current research is to know the level of sustainable professional development and its relationship to leadership ethics among school principals in the Directorate of Education for the Karak region. The research sample consisted of (116) principals in the Directorate of Education for the Karak region for the academic year 2021/2022. In order to achieve the research objectives, two scales were developed: the sustainable professional development scale, and the leadership ethics scale. Their psychometric characteristics were verified and applied to the research sample. The results of the research showed that the level of professional development and leadership ethics among school principals was high. The results also showed a positive, statistically significant relationship between professional development and leadership ethics. It also showed that there are statistically significant differences in the level of sustainable professional development and leadership ethics according to gender and educational qualification. Also, there were no statistically significant differences between them due to years of experience. Based on the results of the research, several recommendations were made, the most important of which are: the necessity of holding more courses and training workshops for sustainable professional development, and leadership ethics, to maintain the high level reached by the results. Keywords: Professional Development Programs, Ethics of Leadership, School Principals DOI: 10.7176/JEP/13-19-11 Publication date: June 30 th 2022