Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which the governmental school's administration applied the principles of governance from the point of view of teachers in the Jerusalem Directorate. The population of the study consisted of all teachers of governmental schools in Jerusalem Directorate for the academic year 2022/2023.
A stratified random sample of (262) teachers was chosen from the population. The researcher used the descriptive method, a two-part questionnaire consisted of two parts was developed. Part one solicited personal data from respondents; whereas part two contained 30 items soliciting the viewpoints of respondents with regard to the extent to which the school administration applied of the principles of governance. The questionnaire items were distributed into four domains: the participation domain, the justice and equality domain, the transparency domain, and the accountability domain. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire were examined by appropriate statistical methods.
Results showed that the extent of school administration application of the of the principles of governance from the point of view of the teachers in Jerusalem Directorate was “Medium”, Results also showed no statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α ≤ 0.05) between the means of respondents' estimations of the extent of school administration application of the principles of governance in the Jerusalem Directorate due to the variables of gender, educational qualification, years of experience, the, while there were statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α ≤ 0.05) between means of respondents' estimations of the extent of school administration application of the principles of governance in the Governorate of Jerusalem, to gender variable in favor of females , the school gender variant in favor of female schools
In the light of findings, the researcher made recommendations, of which were: the need to continue the adoption of periodic training programs especially for the rehabilitation of managers and teachers on how to employ of the principles of governance in school management that lead to the educational environment properly and in a spirit of cooperation to achieve the objectives of the school, and careful managers of schools to apply them to of the principles of governance in the administration school and seek to improve them for the better.
