The role of schools administrations in Tafila governorate in promoting community partnership with the local community from the point of view of school administrators

Jazzah M. Alrfou

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to know the role of the schools’ administrations in Tafila governorate in promoting community partnership with the local community from the point of view of school administrators, the sample of the study consisted of (80) school administrators in the public schools in the first semester of the academic year 2018/2019. The researcher used the descriptive method. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher developed a questionnaire for this purpose, after verifying itsvalidity and reliability, the researcher used statistical treatments, arithmetical averages and standard deviations, (T-Test), for comparison between the two groups of male and female, and to compare the average responses of the study sample according to the scientific qualification, using the SPSS program, the study concluded that the departments of Tafilah governorate schools promote community partnership with the local community, to a medium degree, with a mean average of (2.95), in general, where the field of development of the local environment has the highest arithmetic mean, as it reached (3.33) and at a high level, the least of which was the domain of service and development of the family, which came in the medium degree, with an average of (2.70). The study also showed no significant differences due to variables (gender, experience) the study showed that there are statistically significant differences due to the variable of experience and for the benefit of those whose experience exceeds 10 years. The study recommends the preparation of programs and activities to strengthen the relationship between school and society and to improve the performance of school administrators in the service and development of government institutions and family service, it also recommends that more similar studies must be undertaken to improve the performance of school administrators in promoting community partnership with the community. Keywords: School Administrators, Tafila Governorate, Community Partnership, Local