עמדות מורים כלפי תפקוד מנהלי בתי ספר תיכוניים ציבוריים לעומת מנהלי בתי ספר תיכוניים המנוהלים על ידי רשתות בחינוך הערב

Abstract

This study attempts to address three aspects concerned with the privatization of
schools: 1. The performance of principals of public high schools vs. high schools
operated by networks of Arab education; 2. For and against privatization of schools; 3.
Considerations of choosing either type of school as a workplace, and future challenges.
The study was conducted by the qualitative research method, based on semi-structured
interviews with eight teachers – four teachers from a public high school, and four
teachers from a high school run by an education network in the north of Israel.
The main research findings indicate similarity on all three points, excluding the
educational (values) aspect, which public schools placed greater emphasis on than
network schools did. On the other hand, network schools emphasized social capital in
addition to human capital. The findings also show that on the level of formulating a
vision and strategic planning, there was a difference between teachers’ perceptions in
both types of school. Whereas the principal of the public school gave emphasis to
creating a clear vision, the principal of the network school created an organizational
culture of values and norms. It was also found that teachers in public schools prefer to
work in a public school in order to preserve their rights. In contrast, teachers in the
network school prefer to work in a private school, claiming that it provides the principal
with autonomy to hire the best teachers for the pupils’ needs, and to lead and promote
the professional staff.