Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Khalil Gholami ¹
• Younes Sahranavard Nshtifani ²
• Nematollah Azizi ³

¹ Assistant Professor at the Department of Education at Kurdistan University

² PhD Student of Educational Management at Allameh Tabataba’i University

³ Full Professor at the Department of Education at Kurdistan University

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the status of DL in senior high  schools
in Sanandaj and the extent to which DL components are believed by the teachers
to be present in the principals’ behaviors. The quantitative approach was used in
this study. Statistical population consisted of all teachers (male and female) in
public  senior  high  schools  in  Sanandaj.  A  sample  of  377  teachers  from  31
schools was selected through the access sampling method and a researcher-made
questionnaire  with  Cronbach`s  Alpha  0.95  was  used  for  collecting  the  data.
Moreover,  this  questionnaire  demonstrated  four  major  components  such  as
Teachers  Professional  development  &  School  improvement,  Traits  of
Leadership Team, Democracy  and Comprehensive Support  after the exploratory
factor  analysis.  Results  of  the  chi  square  test  showed  that  teachers  generally
believe that principals'''' DL is at an average level. Also, the results of the T-test
indicated that female teachers believe their principals utilized more DL related
behaviors in their profession area than  the male teachers. Finally, based on the
results of Aanova, variables of experience and educational level had no impact
on  the  teachers''''  evaluation  of  their  principals''''  DL,  that  is  they  reported  the
principals DL at the same level.

Keywords

• distributed leadership
• educational leadership
• teacher professional development and school improvement