"The Influence of Schools’ Principal Management Profile on Students’ Achievement "

Abstract

"The expectations of the services provided by schools and the managerial skills and competencies of educational leaders are constantly undergoing changes. Educational management has proven to play a key role both in terms of student outcomes and in influencing teachers’ motivation and professional performance by creating and consolidating the climate and the organizational culture in each school. There are real concerns in all the OECD countries that the skills and occupational profile designed previously for the school’s principal, today no longer meet the current needs of the educational environment, which is strongly influenced by social dynamics and is characterized by unpredictability. On the other hand, the pandemic coronavirus crisis has further deepened the crisis of school governance, triggered by heavy workload, lack of interest from young human resources in moving to positions of principals or deputy principals due to the exhausting responsibilities, insufficient initial training, limited career prospects after the end of the manager’s term and unattractive wages. Within this context, educational management, governance adjustment and professionalization have become essential. This study aims to identify, within the educational network in Iași County, which are the data that can shape the competence profile (what they can do) and the occupational profile (what they have to do) of a successful manager, so that the managerial behaviour of the principal generates positive effects on students’ school achievement."