ÖĞRETMEN ADAYLARININ OKUL YÖNETİCİLİĞİNE YÖNELİK TUTUMLARI İLE İLİŞKİLİ DEĞİŞKENLER: KİŞİLİK ÖZELLİKLERİ VE MESLEKİ DEĞERLER

The training and appointment processes of principals in our contry are the issues that attracts attention. These tudies focused on the problems and solution suggestions. One of the solution is to train pre-service teachers to have school management skills. However, when the pre-service management experiences of students are evaluated, it can is limited to a small number of undergraduate courses and their acquisitions in internship experiences. Therefore, it is possible to discuss the process of choosing school administration in our country is under the influence of different variables rather than an academic orientation and preference. In this context, the aim of this study is to determine whether there is a relationship between pre-service teachers' attitudes towards school administration and their personality traits and vocational values. In addition, it was also examined whether there is a significant difference in attitudes towards school administration in terms of gender and grade level. The study was designed in a correlational model. The study group of the research consists of 315 pre-service teachers studying at an university that takes place in Central Anatolia Region’s Faculty of Education during the 2022-2023 academic years’s fall term, who were included in the research through convenient sampling method. Attitude Scale towards School Administration, Adjective Based Personality Test and Vocational Value Inventory were used as data collection instruments. Independent samples t-test, Anova test and multiple linear regression analysis were used for data analysis. While a difference was found in favour of males in pre-service teachers' attitudes towards school administration according to gender, it was found that there was no significant difference according to the grade level studied. Although personality traits do not significantly predict students’ attitudes towards school administration, openness to experience is positively related. Professional values such as leadership, freedom, profit, help, creativity, teamwork, friendship, use of physical features and health values were found to be related to attitudes towards school administration. "Leadership and assistance" predict teacher candidates' attitudes towards school administration. Leadership is more predictive. It is recommended to develop and implement policies that will encourage female managers, increase management-related courses and experiences during undergraduate education.