Identifying The Dimensions and Components of an Effective Education System for Elementary School Managers

The high capacities of the educational system in developing the potential abilities of the employees could bring about greater credit and value at both individual and social levels which reinforces the mental powers of human beings. This study mainly seeks to identify the dimensions and components of the effective education system for the managers of the elementary school in Tehran. The present study was of a qualitative type based on the grounded theory (self-emergence). The statistical population included experts in the field of educational sciences and educational management, who were selected purposefully through snowball sampling method. Next, 30 experts and practitioners in the field of education were interviewed through semi-structured interviews until reaching the point of theoretical saturation and maximum information. In order to analyze the data, the open, axial and selective coding method was used using MAXQDA software. The resulting data were proposed in the form of a conceptual model as follows: causal conditions (leadership and policy making, management structure), main category (effective training), contextual conditions (executive management), intervening conditions (executive requirements), strategies (educational design, educational planning) and outcome (evaluation and monitoring), which as dimensions of effective education play an important role in fulfilling the mission of school administrators. Finally, based on the findings and results, guidelines for the implementation of the program are recommended.