Criteria for evaluating the competencies of the school counselor at the basic education stage from the point of view of school principals in the state of Khartoum

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the criteria of evaluating the competencies of the school counselor in the basic education stage, from the point of view of the school principals in Khartoum State, to achieve the objectives of the study. The researchers prepared a questionnaire that was applied during the academic year 2014-2015 to a random sample of 20 managers in basic education Khartoum, a maritime locality, the questionnaire contains six criteria for evaluating the school's competencies: planning the extension process, implementing the extension process, designing the extension programs, effective communication skills, using the technique in the extension process, In order to ascertain the stability and validity of the questionnaire, by means of the Alpha Kronbach equation and to verify the persistence of the questionnaire by Pearson correlation equation for the questionnaire items in the overall degree of the questionnaire, the sincerity of the arbitrators was measured by presenting it to a number of curriculum experts and pedagogic and educational psychologists in different Sudanese universities. Statistical packages of social sciences (SPSS), and statistical methods used to analyze repetitive data: percentages, arithmetical averages, standard deviations, mono variance, applied statistical significance test (T) The results of the study were reached by a number of recommendations, the most important of which are the need to develop an integrated methodology and a clear job description. For the role of the educational guide, and the process of educational guidance of schools based on the academic procedures of higher education, the need to contribute sections of educational psychology in the quality models and procedures to control and follow up the implementation of strategic plans for the tasks of the school guide and evaluate, The number of educational counselors for the number of learners and the creation of the guiding environment.