Investigation of the Covid-19 Pandemic in School Management According to Administrators' Views.

This study aims to determine school administrators' opinions on the risks and opportunities for school management resulting from the global pandemic (Covid-19), which affected the world in 2019. In this research based on the qualitative paradigm principles, phenomenological design was used. The study group involved 51 volunteer school administrators working in public schools under the Ministry of National Education in Bingol and Mus provinces, and determined by criterion sampling method, one of the purposeful sampling methods. For the interview form used in the study, research permission was obtained from Ataturk Social and Human Sciences Ethics Committee on 18/07/2024 with number: 05. The study data were collected by an interview form prepared by the researchers and including questions about the respondents' demographic characteristics and two open-ended questions to determine their opinions on sub-problems of the study. The data obtained were analysed by content analysis technique (MAXQDA). The research concluded that the 2019-2020 pandemic posed not only risks but also opportunities for school management, and it demonstrated the need to update some knowledge of school administrators, and it enabled to gain necessary experience for effective management in possible closures during war, epidemic, disaster, etc. in the future. The study suggests that conducting similar studies in different institutions will be beneficial for more effective management activities in terms of risks and opportunities during possible closures.