Gathering Knowledge Standards of Principals, Determining their Importance from the viewpoint of Educational Administrators of Elementary Schools in Mashhad

Abstract

Education is the key factor for development in each country. It needs wise management. Application of human resource standards, including knowledge standards have led to a remarkable improvement in principals' performance and the progress of the country consequently. Researchers determined the knowledge standards for educational administrators of elementary schools in Mashhad due to the lack of them in Iran. Some of these knowledge standards of developed countries and according to their importance in terms of principals are as follows: 1-Having knowledge related to ethical practices, 2- The application of technology to improve education, 3-Active community involvement by creating a shared responsibility and respond to the interests and needs of community members and parents by mutual cooperation and mobilize community resources in line with school success and student, 4-Reaction and the influence of cultural background, legal, economic, social, political in macro-level, 5- Having high expectations from students and staff, 6- Managing organization as efficient, operations and resources for efficient and effective learning environment, 7- Create, develop, express, implementation and monitoring of learning, insight and support, strengthen and sustain continuous learning culture in schools to enhance student's learning and staff's professional growth. The questionnaire had seven components and 69 items. Principals of elementary school in Mashhad gave a mark to each item. The results showed that the majority of participants in this study gave worth for principals' knowledge standards and their scores were between 19 and 20 out of 20. In addition, the fourth components had the highest priority based on them. It was to have the knowledge associated with the ethical practices. More results are subsequently explained in the paper.