Abstract:

The purpose of this research is to determine the effect of school principals on the professional development of teachers as the curriculum leader, based on teachers' opinions. It consists of 20 teachers working in public and private Anatolian high schools within the borders of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality in the 2019-2020 academic year. The research was carried out in the phenomenology pattern, one of the qualitative research designs. Semi-structured interview technique is utilized in collecting research data and the obtained data are analyzed via content analysis method. In order to determine the working group, maximum diversity sampling method among purposive sampling approaches is used. The results of the research revealed that the curriculum leadership was associated with the concept of coordination, and the school principal had a problem-solving role in the professional development of teachers. According to the results of the research, suggestions were made to create registration systems for educational activities in schools and to provide data regularly to determine the professional needs of teachers.

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