دور التخطیط الاستراتیجي في زیادة فاعلیة الإدارة المدرسیة بمحافظات غزة

This study aimed to identify the role of strategic planning in increasing the effectivness of school administration in Gaza strip's schools, and that by answering the key question in this study, which is: What is the role of strategic planning in increasing the effectivness of school administration in public joniour high schools in Gaza governorates? to answer this question, the researcher answered a set of emanated secondary questions which focus on forging the message of the school and its future vision ,the strategic goals of the school analyzing the inner environment of the school and its outer environment and how the responses of the study samples are influenced by some variables which increase the effectivness of the school administration by practicing the strategic planning in public joniour high schools in Gaza governorates. to answer the questions of the study, the researcher used the descriptive analytic approach, the study population consisted of all the headmasters of the public joniour high schools in the academic year (2007/2008) their number were (161) headmasters. The study sample was (122) headmasters. In order to achieve the goals of the study, the researcher designed a questionnaire consisted of (60) item and distributed over (5) fields concerned with the content of the secondary questions. A group of specialized refrees have reviewed the questionnaire and it has been proven to be valid and reliable by applying it on a test sample consisted of (30) headmasters from the study population other than the study sample. The researcher has used the Statistic Packages for Social Studies (SPSS) to analyze the responses of the sample subjects. Through analyzing the answers of the subjects of the study sample, the researcher concluded the following results:- -The rational weight for the agreement of the individuals of the study sample for the whole questionnaire items was 84.47%. and that indicates that agreement degree was very high. 1- concerning forging the strategic goals of the school: the results showed that a high percentage of the respondants have admitted the important role of forging the س strategic goals of the school in increasing the effectivness of the school administration by a percential weight of 86.36%. 2- Concerning the analysis of the inner environment of the school: the results showed that a high percentage of the espondants have admitted the important role of the analysis of the school's inner environment in increasing the effectivness of the school administration by a percential weight of 85.26%. 3- Concerning forging the message of the school: the results showed that a very high percentage of the espondants have admitted the important role of the message of the school in increasing the effectivness of the school administration by a percential weight of 85.06%. 4- concerning forging the future vision of the school: the results showed that a very high percentage have admitted the important role of forging the future vision of the school in increasing the effectivness of school administration by a percential weight of 84.75%. 5- Concerning the analysis of the outer environment of the school: the results showed that a very high percentage of the responders have admitted the important role of the analysis of outer environment of the school in increasing the effectivness of the school administration by a percential weight of 82.25%. -Concerning the study variables, the results of the study showed that: a) There were no statistically signeficant differences among the responses of the respondants concerned with the whole fields and parts of the questionnaire due to gender variable. b) There were no statistically signeficant differences among the averages of the responses of the respondants concerning the whole parts and fields of the questionnaire due to the variable of qualifications. c) There were no statistically signeficant differences among the averages of the responses concerned with the whole fields and parts of the questionnaire due to in-service years. d) There were no statistically signeficant differences among the averages of the responses of the respondants concerned with the whole fields and parts of the questionnaire due to the variable of specialization. the light of this study, the researcher suggested a group of recommendations as follows: 1- Focused and effective training for the headmasters of schools by the ministry of education , particularly the new principals concerning the school strategic planning and how to develop the strategic plan of the school. 2- Making contests and programs by the ministry of education and its emanated directorates which enhance the spirit of competition among schools in various fields and on all levels (school principals, teachers, students, workers, and parents councils). 3- Offering motives, rewards, and appreciation certificates to the principals who are remarkable in the field of strategic planning and who successfully achieve their plans. 4- Giving more privileges to school principals to make the suitable change in their schools to increase the effectivness of their school administration, and also enhancing the relations between the school and the local society to help make the desirable change in and out the school through a wellplanned programs and mechanisms. 5- Mitigating the burdens of the school principal by the recruitment of a viceprincipal , a senior-teacher, administrative-assistant, a secretary, and a counselor in the same school to help the principal better think, plan , implement, and monitor his school. 6- Making a database for the schools of neighborhood concerning the school's inner and outer environment to help make the right decisions and apply the realistic strategic school plans