Running head: PRE-PROPOSAL DRAFT

Pre-Proposal: The perceptions of educational administrators and teachers a out the use of resilience to achie!e e"cellence in school communit# Purpose of the Investigation The purpose of this in!estigation is to pro e the point of !ie$ of education managers and facult# regarding the utili%ation of resilience to attain a school communit# of e"cellence& This in!estigation approach rests upon prior in!estigations' thus reducing the in!estigati!e efforts in terms of identif#ing the needs and feasi ilit# of such stud#& (enerall#' people can e successful in social conditions that ta" their empath# thresholds' interchange affections' interact' maintain their alance $ith humor' face pro lems' engage in self-anal#sis to etter )no$ themsel!es and to a!oid detrimental and hostile en!ironments *Sigman' +,1,-& Pratt *+,,.- stated that a school communit# is a group of human eings $hich influences and in turn is influenced # the education conditions and helps each other to attain agreed upon o /ecti!es& This stud# contri utes to the school communit# in a num er of $a#s' helping students' teachers' and administrators& Students recei!e the enefits of teachers and administrators $ho ha!e to learn a great deal a out resilience strategies and ho$ the# are used to impro!e the learning-teaching en!ironment& Teachers and administrators reap the enefits of an operational understanding on ho$ to help students and the o!erall school communit# to o!ercome ad!ersities and e!en ho$ to transform such ad!ersities into opportunities to impro!e the school& Importance of the Study 0n recent #ears' the stud# and promotion of resilience among students and educators ha!e een considered as an effecti!e tool to address the needs of indi!iduals and the school

PRE-PROPOSAL DRAFT communit#& Students and teachers increasingl# face a multitude of stressors that include the t#pical rapid changes that no$ada#s affects all nations& Theoretical Background and Context Resilience is the total sum of a person' a group or communit# a ilities to successfull# face lifes1 and2or natures1 ad!ersities& Such a ilit# is /udged' or rather triggered during conditions of e"tended acute stress' $hich generates a num er of situations $hich intensifies a resistance to !ulnera ilities& This in!estigation relies on the conceptual frame$or) offered # Eric)son $ho sustains that people unfold eight stages throughout the life de!elopment process& The progressi!e unfolding of such stages is contingent to $ins or loses in the preceding stages *3oeree' +,11-& There are certain natural ps#chosocial tas)s or functions in each phase& Resilience emphasi%es in the rele!ance of theoretical foundations of group learning& 4ooperati!e learning is an educational approach that ascri es great importance to items li)e sociali%ation' the nurturing of social s)ills' self-management of aggressi!e tendencies' and personal !ie$s that enhance health# aspirations and indi!idual school outcomes& 0t is rele!ant to emphasi%e the in!estigations of 5aslo$1s Theor# of 6uman 5oti!ation& The 7Theor# of 6uman 5oti!ation7 offers a stratum of needs and elements that dri!es humans'

such hierarch# is structured # esta lishing fi!e areas of needs and is constructed in an ascending hierarchical se8uence in terms of their importance for the sur!i!al and its moti!ational content *as cited in Sigman' +,1,-& The fi!e areas of needs are: ph#siological' safet#' lo!e and elonging' esteem and self-actuali%ation9 $ith ph#siological needs located at the ottom of the structure& 5aslo$ made a distinction regarding such needs $ith the notion of 7deficit7 *ph#siological' safet#' lo!e and elonging' esteem- and 7de!elopment of the self7 *self-

PRE-PROPOSAL DRAFT reali%ation-& This distinction differentiates among itself since 7deficient7 pertains to a gap' and 7de!elopment of eing7 to the efforts and 8uests of a person in life *;o<t)o +,,=-& >aria les $ere determined # the in!estigator as it pertains to the conceptual references points to$ard the stand point of !ie$ of education managers and professors' and ha!e een the

su /ect of man# in!estigations regarding the utili%ation of resilience to attain le!els of e"cellence in school communit#& The# include measurements a out the school communit#' location of the school' school enrollment and administrators and professors1 #ear of e"perience&

Literature Search Descriptions Use in the Literature Search 1& Resilience9 Origin of the 4oncept +& Resilienc# in School En!ironment :& 4haracteristics of Resilient 4hildren and ?outh @& 4haracteristics of Resilient 4hildren .& 4haracteristics of Resilient ?outh =& Role of Education managers in encouraging and nurturing Resilience A& Approaches to Aid in 3uilding Resilience B& Resilience in the School C& Personal 4onnections and the 4reation of Resilience 1,& 6urdles to De!elop Resilience in alums 11& 4onstructing Resilience in Schoolroom Initial Sources Utili e in Literature Search 1& Ps#chological resilience' positi!e emotions' and successfull# coping $ith stress in life

PRE-PROPOSAL DRAFT +& E!ol!ing the function of the counselor to e"ert influence and to lead in reforming education through colla orati!e approaches :& Durturing resilience in )ids: Shielding elements $ithin the famil#' school' and communit# @& De!eloping and Enhancing resilienc# in children and #ouths: Optimi%ing chances in Effecti!e schools .& The resilient administrator: a critical element for an organi%ation1s climate of e"cellence =& De!eloping resilienc# $ithin at-ris) children A& Positi!e changes after facing traumatic and ad!ersit# situations