©EIJEAS 2015 Volume:1 Issue:1, 115-134, (Ohio/USA)
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A Study For Applicability Of A Framework Program On Training School
Administrators As Mentors
Tuba Aydın
Gaziantep University, tubaydin86@gmail.com
Abstract
Considering the qualifications of training programs of the school administrators in Turkey
like - the mentor principals – it is believed to be that this program will contribute positively
to school administrators. Thanks to this contributions, there will be high qualified education
studies which will effect initially the students, academic success, and as a result education
system. Taking into account, especially for the problems that have in their first years, it is
accepted that an important transition phase preparing newly appointed school administrators’
for their new positions mentored by senior principals (Kocabaş ve Yirci, 2010). From this
point, to help newly appointed administrators to solve their problems effectively and
accurately, this study aims whether the program is applicable in Turkey for the principals to
become a mentor principal.
Key words: School Administrators, Training, Mentor