The Extent to Which Government School Principals in Jerash Governorate Practice Creative Leadership Methods

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the level of public school principals' practice of creative leadership styles from the teachers' point of view in Jerash Governorate. And to identify the significance of the differences in school teachers' perceptions in estimating the level of school principals' practice of creative leadership styles according to the variable of gender, experience or educational qualification. The study sample consisted of (200) male and female teachers in government schools affiliated to the Directorate of Education in Jerash, and the study tool was represented by a questionnaire consisting of (23) items that measure the extent to which school principals practice the creative leadership style. The results showed that there were no significant statistically significant differences in the practice of creative leadership styles by school principals due to the factor, educational qualification or experience. The study recommended a set of recommendations, the most important of which are: Maintaining a high level of creative leadership by providing support and giving incentives to government secondary school principals who have ideas To develop their schools and support them in their implementation, and to conduct studies dealing with creative leadership with new variables that have not been addressed. Keywords: leadership, creative leadership, school principals, teachers. DOI: 10.7176/JEP/13-19-21 Publication date: June 30 th 2022