Faith-Based Leadership and Educational Decision-Making in Jordanian Public Schools: Teachers’ Perspectives from Zarqa Governorate

This study examined the extent to which public school principals in Zarqa Governorate practice faith-based leadership and explored its relationship with the effectiveness of educational decision-making from teachers’ perspectives. The study adopted a descriptive correlational design. Data were collected using a questionnaire developed to measure two main constructs: faith-based leadership practices and the effectiveness of educational decision-making. The sample consisted of 628 male and female teachers from public schools in the First Zarqa Education Directorate, selected using simple random sampling. The findings showed that teachers perceived principals’ practice of faith-based leadership to be moderate. The results also indicated that the effectiveness of educational decision-making in public schools was perceived to be moderate. In addition, a positive correlation was found between principals’ faith-based leadership practices and the effectiveness of educational decision-making. These findings suggest that leadership practices grounded in ethical values, trust, responsibility, and shared purpose may contribute to improving decision-making processes in schools. The study recommends strengthening value-based leadership practices among school principals, particularly those related to consultation, fairness, accountability, participation, and moral responsibility in educational decision-making.