SCHOOLS ADMINISTRATORS' VIEWS ON TIME MANAGEMENT

For education to be effective and sustainable, educational administrators must prepare their educational programs in a logical and orderly manner. It is essential that education be continuous and sustainable. All individuals involved in education should be a part of the system so that the desired behavioral changes can be observed on the students. It is crucial that the timing of educational programs be well planned and managed so that the potential problems in the instructional process can be predicted and eventually solved in a timely manner. The responsibility of managing time affairs in schools belongs to the principal and the vice- principal. The present study was carried out to investigate how school principals and vice-principals manage their own times. The literature on time management of educators was reviewed carefully and it was seen that only teachers' views on time management had been studied earlier by some researchers. However, it is important that the views of principals and vice-principals, who are the highest authority in school with the power to supervise all the other personnel, be also studied and analyzed. This study is quantitative in nature. In the study, important statistical data were collected and based on this, some conclusions are drawn and a few suggestions are made. In order to ensure that education is carried out properly within the scope of school system, it is essential that all units constituting school maintain their functionality in an orderly manner. That educational program is carried out and completed within the given time necessitate a good time management. Those who will regulate and plan the time management, and fix the problems that may arise are the school principals and vice-principals.The purpose of this study is to observe how the school principals and vice- principals use their time, and to see how they use it in a more functional manner while programming educational activities, and to have knowledge of how they manage time. Starting and finishing the educational activities in a timely manner within the planned framework are as important as the education being quality, proper and successful. In all institutions offering formal education in Turkey, namely the schools, those who are primarily responsible for maintaining education in a planned manner are the school managers. All kinds of educational opportunities in the atmosphere of school are created in association with their high level of self-fulfillment, sense of discipline, capacity to use the time efficiently and approach to education programs. For this reason, all kinds of activities conducted by administrators are significantly important. This study, on the other hand, is of importance as it has drawn some conclusions on whether they have noticed the time traps or not and made some suggestions. This study has been conducted on the administrators of the schools located in the City Center of Canakkale Province. The data obtained reflect the status of the administrators of the schools located in the City Center of Canakkale only. While the study addresses to a broader group of administrators due to some of its aspects, it grounds on the views of the administrators of the schools in this vicinity due to its other aspects. If this study was conducted elsewhere, different conclusions may have been drawn and different findings may have been obtained in terms of statistical data. Considering these aspects of this study, we can say that it is limited to the City Center of Canakkale. Furthermore, the data obtained is limited to "Time Management Inventory" used in the study as well. Again, different conclusions may be drawn in case some other scales and surveys are used.