Opinions on the Problems Between School Principals and PTA Presidents and Their Solutions

Abstract

In this study, it is aimed to identify the problems that prevent healthy communication and cooperation between school principals, teachers and PTA presidents and the solutions to these problems. In order to collect data in the study, a qualitative descriptive survey method was used. Data were collected through semi-structured interview forms. The study group of the research consists of five school principals and five PTA presidents working in public schools in Mamak district of Ankara province in the 2020-2021 academic year. As the results of the research, it is seen that PTA presidents have a great deal of problems with school principals and teachers, and the biggest reason for the problems between PTA presidents and school principals is economic reasons. It is seen that the biggest reason for the problems between PTA presidents and school principals is the issue of finding financial resources, that the school principal does not trust the PTA presidents and that the school principal does not support cultural activities sufficiently, that the state should allocate more financial resources to the school in order to eliminate these conflicts and problems, that if necessary, a compulsory donation application should be introduced, and that there are school principals who have problems and school principals who do not have problems between PTA presidents and school principals.