Directores y directoras de los centros de educación infantil y educación primaria. Importancia de sus funciones y competencias. Formación, satisfacción y colaboración que reciben

Abstract

This paper aims to conduct an exploratory study about pre-school and primary school principals regarding the importance of their assigned competencies, their initial and on-going training concerning their duties, their satisfaction in their position and the collaboration and assessment they receive from the educational administration and community. To this end we have drawn up a protocol with an adequate reliability rate and we have sent it by email to a sample of principals from every community of Spain. 807 principals have answered judging their competencies as important and understanding that their duties are important for the running of the school and the quality of the education. They esteem that the support they receive from the educational administration is acceptable and its collaboration can be improved, they think the support and collaboration from teachers and families are correct. The initial training of the principals could be improved and their ongoing training programs could be redesigned according to their needs. A professional career should be established and their remuneration should be improved. María González Álvarez Email: maria.gz.az@gmail.com Instituto de Educación Secundaria (Ciaño-Langreo). Revista de Formación del Profesorado e Investigación Educativa Facultad de Formación del Profesorado y Educación Universidad de Oviedo Universidá d’Uviéu University of Oviedo Enero Junio 2020 (1) ISNN: 2340 4728 PALABRAS CLAVE Dirección escolar. Competencias función directiva. Satisfacción laboral. Educación infantil. Educación primaria.