Digital Technology and its Role in Developing School Administration in Private Schools in Palestine

The research aimed to identify digital technology and its relationship to the development of school administration in private schools in the city of Hebron from the point of view of principals, through a questionnaire applied to (30) male and female principals and an interview conducted with (6) principals. The research results showed that the role of digital technology in developing school administration in private schools in the city of Hebron was high, and the domain of (developing curricula and the educational process) achieved the highest level, followed by the domain of (communication and community partnership), followed by the domain of (values ​​and school environment), followed by the domain of (digital readiness and professional development), followed by the domain of (efficiency of administrative processes), and the lowest level was the domain of (communication and interactive learning). The results also showed that there were no differences in the role of digital technology in developing school administration according to the variable of gender, years of experience and academic qualification. The results also showed that there were many difficulties facing the application of digital technology, the most important of which were economic challenges, administrative challenges and technical challenges. The study also confirmed the contribution of digital technology to developing the efficiency of school administration, and that the most important strategies that private schools can adopt were the motivation strategy and the training strategy, As the study confirmed that training has an important role in development. Professional in supporting school principals and teachers to use technology