QUALITIES OF THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AS A FORMAL AND INFORMAL LEADER (TEACHERS' AND STUDENTS' VIEWPOINTS)

Leadership in the modern school organization is key to forming a school team committed and motivated to fulfill the strategic goals of the institution, for its development and improvement of the organizational culture. The school principal is a leader by virtue of the authority given to him by holding the position, called to make management decisions. He can have "innate" qualities of a leader or acquire and develop them with the help of trainings and qualifications. Regardless of what type of leader the head is, he must build a vision for the development of the organization and motivate employees to follow it, create conditions for shared knowledge and achieve quality education and effective development of the institution with the participation of pedagogical specialists, parents, interested countries etc. For this purpose, the school director should possess certain qualities, which are the subject of research in this article. A survey conducted among teachers and students ranked the leadership qualities of the informal and formal leader in the educational institution. The most significant qualities according to the opinion of the respondents were analyzed and a comparison was made between the opinions of future and current teachers. The conclusions of the comparative analysis show the priority qualities of the formal and informal leader, as a result of which recommendations are given related to the characteristics of the leader, which must be possessed and developed for purposeful and effective performance of the position of director and for the fulfillment of the goals of the organizational strategy of the school.