فضایل کیانی

The present study was conducted with the aim of designing and presenting a successful school model in secondary schools in Ardabil province.

Accordingly, the present study was conducted to provide a successful school model. This research has systematically evaluated and analyzed the studies conducted in the field of school with the qualitative research approach and the seven-stage meta-synthesis tool of Sandlowski and Barroso (2007) and has identified the dimensions and components of a successful school model. The research population includes articles that have been published in the field of successful school between 1385 to 1398 in domestic sources and in 2005 to 2020 in foreign sources. As a result, 2151 works were found in various databases. After several stages of screening with the criteria of reviewing the title, abstract and content of the research, finally 50 articles were selected that were more related to the research criteria in terms of content. Its face and content validity was confirmed by experts and the obtained reliability coefficient was 0.83. From the point of view of experts in the field under study, the proposed model was of high quality.

By carefully studying the finalized sources, 12 main components and 55 school indicators were successfully extracted.

Findings show that to achieve a successful school, you need to have the following components: vision and goals, focus and attention, school structure, effective cooperation and communication between employees, support, collaborative management, positive learning climate, professional ethics, leadership Effectiveness, learners, efficiency and effectiveness as well as optimal resource management.

School culture is an important managerial tool that helps school succeed. In many successful organizations, managers pay sufficient attention to this issue. However, studies related to this issue show that many organizations are not informed about the existence and performance manner of organizational culture. Thus, the present study was carried out to design and validate the successful school culture model. The research method adopted in this study was mixed-methods approach. In the qualitative phase, the statistical population involved articles published about school culture and successful school from 2005 to 2020 in Iranian and non-Iranian journals, out of which 50 articles were selected for the final analysis. In the quantitative phase, the statistical population involved all teachers of secondary high schools of Ardabil (five hundred teachers). Out of these, 217 individuals were selected as the statical sample using cluster random sampling. In the qualitative phase, the seven-stage meta-synthesis instrument proposed by Sandelowski and Barroso (2007) was used. In the quantitative phase, a researcher-made questionnaire was used. The results of the study led to the identification of 55 indices of successful school culture model. These were formed as 12 components, namely school prospect and mission, attention to the comprehensive growth of students, school’s empowering structure, effective cooperation and relation of employees, social support, cooperative management, positive learning environment, professional morality, effective leadership, learners’ cognitive features, effectiveness and efficiency, and effective human resource management. The validity of designed model was assessed and confirmed using SmartPLS3 software through factorial analysis. The results of this study can help educational managers and staff develop school culture, identify successful schools’ features, and improve effectiveness of schools.