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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to find out teachers' perceptions about school principals' coaching skills. The study was carried out within qualitative research methods. The study group included 76 teachers in Elazig and 73 teachers in Kahramanmaraş provinces of Turkey. All the data were processed using Nvivo 9 software. The results indicate that teachers' perceptions about their principals' coaching skills do not differ according to the age, marital status, sex and education status variables. The teachers think that their principals are successful at some coaching skills such as being experienced and knowledgeable, being an effective listener and setting achievable targets. Principals fail to show empathy, communicate effectively, praise, give feedback, motivate and have effective inquiry coaching skills. According to teachers' opinions, being a role model, showing empathy, praising, effectively communicating and motivating are important coaching skills that they would show if they were to sit in the principal chair.
Acknowledgements
The initial version of the study was presented as an oral presentation at the European Conference on Educational Research in Berlin.
Notes on contributors
Ramazan Yirci is a lecturer at Sutcu Imam University. His main research interests are mentoring and coaching for school principals, teacher training and ethics.
Tuncay Yavuz Özdemir is an assistant professor at Fırat University, Faculty of Education. His researches mainly focus on e-mentoring in educational context, school inspection and effective schools.
Seçil Eda Kartal is a research assistant at Bartin University, Faculty of Education. She studies on educational policy, teacher training and school management.
İbrahim Kocabaş works as an associate professor at Yildiz Technical University, Faculty of Education. His research areas are mentoring and coaching, organisational communication, educational finance and planning.