Abstract
In recent years, the role of the leader in the effective operation of the school has been vastly debated in the international educational community. Through a historical study of educational leadership, this research discovered that the position of the leader is constantly being reshaped and adapted to the current social, cultural, and economic circumstances. During the last year, due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, the educational leadership has had to be reshaped worldwide. The aim of this study is to investigate the issues that have arisen from the aforementioned situation, as well as to try to figure out how a school’s principal might apply the basic principles of educational leadership, in a period of crisis. This investigation was focused on the use of the qualitative method. The study included 88 teachers and 5 principals from Cyprus, as well as teachers and parents. Based on the findings of the study, we discovered that the challenges faced by school principals and teachers are primarily linked to alienation, marginalization, time management, improving bureaucracy, problems with technical equipment and distance learning programs. Solution to these obstacles seemed to be the: Empathy, teamwork, and decentralization of the educational system, which are all promoted by the principal, who occasionally has additional authority.
Highlights
IntroductionThe word “management” was used to express the essence of the term administration, but, in nowdays, has a restrictive meaning and is synonymous with enforcement, homogeneity, and behavior of members of organizations, while the definition of administration is associated with forecasting, preparation, organization, communication, and control in the organization (Connoly et al, 2019)
In recent decades, research on educational leadership has exploded
The research questions of the present study are the following: Research Question 1 (RQ1): Which difficulties do teachers face due to compulsory distance education? Research Question 2 (RQ2): What difficulties does the principal face due to compulsory distance education? Research Question 3 (RQ3): How can the principal of a school cope with the problems that arise due to compulsory distance education?
Summary
The word “management” was used to express the essence of the term administration, but, in nowdays, has a restrictive meaning and is synonymous with enforcement, homogeneity, and behavior of members of organizations, while the definition of administration is associated with forecasting, preparation, organization, communication, and control in the organization (Connoly et al, 2019). This term has a broader meaning than the term administration. It is an arrangement focused on the relations between school and society (Brown & Oplatka, 2012)
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