Crisis Management Skills of Primary School Administrations

Abstract It is evident that the crises frequently encountered in primary schools lately are of critical importance for all individuals. Particularly, the way that these crises affect primary school students and the fact that the process is more traumatic. The research aims to identify and reveal the crisis management skills of primary school schoolboards. This research employs a survey design in order to describe the crisis management abilities of primary school administrators through teacher consultation. The universe of the research consists of elementary schools (primary school-secondary school) located in the four central districts within the borders of Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality (Bağlar, Kayapınar, Sur, Yenişehir). A scale was given to the sample, which consisted of 319 primary school teachers. The scale titled “Crisis Management Skills of Primary School Principals (2009)” was used to collect required data. The scale's Cronbach alpha value was determined to be .97. It was discovered that the scale's responses ranged from 3.66 to 3.96, with the “Mostly” level representing the average of all items. Regarding the gender variable, there was no discernible difference in the perceptions of teachers regarding the crisis management abilities of school principals. It was found that there was a significant difference between teachers' opinions on school principals' crisis management skills in terms of seniority variable. A statistically significant difference was observed favoring school principals with 21 years or more of experience. Expert lectures on how school administrators should prioritize crisis management and increase public awareness should be given. Keywords: Primary schools, crisis, crisis management, administrator skills