Trends towards early retirement of teachers "A field study on a sample of teachers at public secondary schools in the province of Damascus"

The present research sought to find out the attitudes of a sample of teachers of public secondary schools towards early retirement, and to what extent these attitudes differ according to the research variables. The number of the study sample consisted of teachers. (399) The researcher used a measure of the attitude towards early retirement which was tested for its valuably and veniality The most important search results: The order of the reasons why the teacher tend to early retirement was as follows: health, materialistic, psychological, social, functional. There are significant differences in the attitudes of respondents towards early retirement due to the variable of sex, as it shows that females are more inclined towards early retirement. There are no statistically significant differences in the attitudes of respondents towards early retirement due to the variable of academic qualification.

Management of General Secondary Schools, According to the Concept of Total Quality from the Perspective of Teachers ''A Field Study in Public Secondary Schools of the City of Lattakia''

The research aims to detect the possibility of secondary schools management in the city of Lattakia, according to total quality management from the perspective of teachers, And to know the differences in attitudes towards management of secondary schools, according to the concept of total quality depending on the following variables (sex, educational qualification, years of teaching experience). To achieve the objectives of the research, a questionnaire composed was designed including (72) items distributed to the seven areas (scholar strategic planning, the quality of teaching and learning processes, Educational Evaluation, openness to the community, educational leadership actors, organizational culture in the school, and information management at the school). The questionnaire was conducted on a sample of (278) teachers, with (18%) percentage for the academic year 2014-2015. Validity of the questionnaire was established though a jury of (7) of the teaching staff of educational at Damascus and Tishreen Universities and the Reliability was established by Cronbach – Alpha Reliability at lest (0.7).

Strategic Planning Skills and It’s Role in developing the performance of the General Secondary Schools Directors in Damascus City

The aim of the research was to find out the role of strategic planning skills in improving the performance of the general secondary school principals in Damascus. The researcher used the analytical descriptive method. The sample consisted of (80) directors, representing (76.92%) of the original society. (48) divided on four axes related to the subject of the study.