Teacher and Administrator Perceptions and Expectations Towards Administrative Skills of Educational Administrator

Abstract

The administrative skills of educational administrators have been a subject o f considerable debate and research in education. Many kinds of program are designed to improve school administrators' administrative capacities and skills. This study examines the administrative skills currently found among high school administrators, and teachers' and administrators' expectations concerning the ideal skills an administrator should have. The Administrative Skills Inventory (ASI) developed by the researcher was used to collect data. The results showed that while all the subjects' perceptions of the administrative skills of administrators' administrative skills were very low, expectations were very high.