A GLANCE AT THE ROLE OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERS IN PROMOTING TEACHERS’ OCCUPATIONAL WELLBEING IN TIMES OF A CRISIS

Year 2022, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 125 - 138, 31.05.2022

Figen Karaferye

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the role of school managers as educational leaders in promoting teachers’ occupational wellbeing in times of crises particularly to Covid-19 crisis and beyond by conducting a literature review and searching cases of best practices. The research questions being sought for answers include: What leadership competencies are required in times of crisis? What is the concept of teachers’ occupational wellbeing? What roles do educational leaders follow to promote the occupational wellbeing of the teachers in their schools in times of a crisis? Following the research questions in the study, crisis management in schools with its stages pre-, during-, post-, and the roles of educational leaders within are discussed. The concept of teachers’ occupational wellbeing together with its sub-dimensions, and the roles of educational leaders in supporting teachers in the related dimensions are explored. Lastly, leadership competencies and roles from cases of best practices in times of crises are discussed with the reflections into new practice.

Keywords

Educational leader, crisis management, teachers’ occupational wellbeing

KRİZ ZAMANLARINDA EĞİTİM LİDERLERİNİN ÖĞRETMENLERİN MESLEKİ İYİ OLUŞ HALİNİ DESTEKLEMEDEKİ ROLÜNE BAKIŞ

Abstract

Bu çalışma, kriz zamanlarında öğretmenlerin mesleki iyi oluş halini geliştirmede eğitim liderleri olarak okul yöneticilerinin rolünü araştırmayı amaçlamaktadır. Literatür taraması yöntemiyle gerçekleştirilen çalışmada özellikle Covid-19 pandemisinin getirdiği kriz yönetimi sürecine odaklanılmış ve ilgili bağlamdaki liderlik rollerine ilişkin iyi uygulama örnekleri incelenmiştir. Çalışmada, ele alınan araştırma soruları şunlardır: Kriz zamanlarında hangi liderlik yeterlikleri gereklidir? Öğretmenlerin mesleki iyi oluş hali kavramı nedir? Eğitim liderleri, kriz zamanlarında okullarındaki öğretmenlerin mesleki iyi oluş halini desteklemek için hangi rolleri yerine getirmektedir? Çalışmadaki araştırma soruları bağlamında, okullarda kriz yönetimi aşamaları, kriz öncesi, esnası, sonrası ve süreçlerde eğitim liderlerinin rolleri tartışılmaktadır. Alt boyutları ile birlikte öğretmenlerin mesleki iyi oluş hali kavramı, ve eğitim liderlerinin ilgili boyutlarda öğretmenleri desteklemedeki rolleri incelenmektedir. Son olarak, kriz zamanlarında iyi uygulama örneklerinin incelenmesinden elde edilen liderlik yeterlikleri ve rolleri, güncel uygulamalara yansımaları ile ele alınmaktadır.

Keywords

Eğitim lideri, kriz yönetimi, öğretmen mesleki iyi oluş hali

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