The purpose of this study is identifying the competencies of Educational leaders in the education system of the Iran country. The research method, was applied in terms of purpose, and exploratory in terms of gathering information. The statistical population includes education experts and educational leaders and teachers of South Khorasan province. The research method in the qualitative part was phenomenology and in the quantitative part, it was descriptive analytical method. In the qualitative part, the sampling method was purposeful that continued to the saturation level, and in the quantitative part, it was a cluster random method. In order to collect data, a semi-structured interview was used in the qualitative phase. In order to validate the data in the qualitative part of long-term conflict (flow), confirmation by the subjects and questioning and searching of colleagues were used. In order to ensure reliability, two methods of coding by the second coder and decoding were used. a researcher-made questionnaire was used in the quantitative phase. quantitative assessment was done by using content validity ratio (CVR) and content validity index (CVI). Also, for reliability of the questionnaire used Cronbach's alpha coefficient by value of 0.95 was confirmed. In the qualitative part, the data was analyzed using the Collaizi’s method, and in the quantitative part, the Second order confirmatory factor analysis was used to confirm the qualitative findings. Based on the results of the data analysis, the professional competences of the educational leaders was categorized in 5 fields of knowledge including: specialized knowledge of teaching, educational knowledge, educational supervision and guidance knowledge, management and leadership knowledge, organizational knowledge, and information and communication technology knowledge. ; Skills include: teaching skills, educational planning skills, educational evaluation skills, information and communication technology skills, appropriate communication skills, time management skills, documentation skills, people participation skills, people development and empowerment skills, knowledge management skills, work skills Group, continuous learning skills, leadership skills and research skills; Abilities include: systemic thinking, critical thinking, logical thinking, creative and innovative thinking, reasoning ability, analytical thinking. Features include: flexibility, authority, Reception, honesty, good ethics and concern; Attitude including self-development and other-development attitude, service attitude, and research attitude were identified.
seyfi A, mahmoodi M. Designing the professional competencies of educational leaders of the Education Organization. MEO 2023; 12 (2) :13-41 URL: http://journalieaa.ir/article-1-509-en.html