Providing A Model for Promotion of the Vice-Principal's Role to Educational Leadership in Primary Schools of Mazandaran Province

This study is to provide a model that will promote the role of primary school vice-principals in educational leadership so that their vice-principals move towards the tasks related to education.
The sample size consisted of 610 principals, viceprincipals and teachers, determined by a two-step classification procedure. In this research, Mazandaran Province was divided into three eastern, central and western parts; some cities were selected from each part and then these cities were divided into two or three sections. A number of schools were randomly selected in each section and all principals, vice-principals and teachers were selected as the sample. A two-part questionnaire was used to collect information from viceprincipals’ duties. The first part consists of closed questions in two existing and ideal conditions, and the second part includes open questions.
Findings: Friedman's ranking and analysis, categorization and quantification of open questions revealed the following components for the vice-principals’ educational leadership model: 1-Creating awareness among principals, vice-principals and teachers about the viceprincipals’ duties 2-Preparation of tasks description with the focus of educational affairs and the requirement for its implementation 3Procurement of short-term university courses and vice-principals’ preoffice training 4-Informing vice-principals about the educational regulations at the national and regional levels 5-Encourage the principals and vice-principals to lead a team and provide the requirement trainings in this field 6-Considering an individual to assist the vice-principals of the school 7-Improving the vice-principals’ livelihoods .
Applying this model and its components can enhance the viceprincipals’ performance and role to a higher level and ultimately improve the performance of schools and the Iranian educational system.