Assessment of crisis management skills of secondary school administrators

The aim of this study was to examine the effects of secondary school administrators’ crisis management skills and to present suggestions about the crisis management in the schools in the light of the information obtained. Research is a qualitative study. The research was conducted by interviewing 12 school principals and director duties working in the Central Secondary Schools of TRNC (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) during 2016–2017 academic year spring semester. The data of the study was obtained by interview with a form consisting of open-ended questions. There are five basic questions in the form. While data collection tool is being created; what kind of benefits are received to end the crisis/crisis in the school, what measures are taken to prevent the crisis/crises in the school from happening again, and what kind of measures are taken to prevent the crisis/crises in the school from happening again. In the analysis of the data, content analysis was used from qualitative data analysis methods. At the end of the study, it was tried to determine what kind of crisis the school administrators in the secondary schools encounter, the obstacles to solving the crises, what kind of benefits are received, measures taken to end the crises and precautions taken to prevent the crisis again. © 2018, Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature.