School Principal’s Time Management as per the Experience of Vice-principals of Primary Schools stage in Najran City

Abstract

The study aimed to identify to what extent the principles at the primary stage care about time management from the experience of vice-principals in Najran region. The population of the study consisted of 59 vice-principals in the primary stage in Najran region. Nine questionnaires were excluded as they were not fully completed, and thus 50 questionnaires were valid. The study was carried in the academic year 1438-1439 H.

The researcher applied the descriptive method. The sample of the study composed of 46 items distributed to three domains: the most important aspects of time management by the principals at the primary stage, the most important violations of time management by th

e principals at the primary stage, identifying the most important methods of time management by the principals at the primary stage from the experience of vice-principals and teachers. The questionnaire’s validity and reliability were verified.

The results of the study showed that the overall average of the aspects of the principals’ time management in the primary stage was medium with a means of 3.21 and standard deviation .730. The results also revealed that the average of the violations of time management by the principals at the primary stage was medium and scored a means of 3.15 and standard deviation of .667. In addition, the results also reported that the most applied method at the schools is the self-management method with a means of 3.30, followed by the goal-based management (3.18). The method of acting management came last (3.07).

Keywords: Time Management, Schools stage in Najran City

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/10-3-09