Abstract:

The aim of this research is to examine the reflections of the Covid 19 pandemic on school management. The research was designed in qualitative research design and case study model. The study group of the research consists of 50 people, including 16 school principals and 34 school assistant principals working in Istanbul in the 2020-2021 academic year. The data of the research were collected electronically with the help of 4 open-ended questions developed by the researchers and evaluated with the help of content and descriptive analysis. School administrators think that the distance education applications carried out during the pandemic process are not sufficient and should be improved. There are problems in school management due to the inability to make effective planning during the pandemic process, the inability to follow the lessons, the lack of technological tools and equipment, and economic reasons. School administrators generally preferred individual methods based on communication, cooperation, planning, not questioning orders, and tolerance in order to solve the problems they faced during this crisis period. Emergency planning can be made for schools in crisis situations such as pandemics. Information studies can be carried out at the national level on access to and effective use of technological tools.