The Professional Empowerment Requirements among Educational Female Supervisors in Jazan Region

Abstract

Purpose: The present study aims to identify theoretical bases of educational supervision, professional empowerment, and its requirements among female educational supervisors in Jazan. Furthermore, identify study participants' estimates regarding the professional empowerment requirements among the supervisors and present proposals and recommendations that may contribute to activating the professional empowerment application for the female educational supervisors in the Jazan region in light of the results.
Design/Methodology/Approach: To achieve the study objectives, the descriptive approach is used using the survey instrument; where a questionnaire is developed as a tool to collect data and apply it on a random sample that consists of (305) female educational supervisors, which represents (81.1%) from the study population.
Finding: The study reached several results as follows: That the study individuals' estimates of the requirements for the professional empowerment of the female educational supervisors in the Jazan region came with a (significant) degree of approval; where the arithmetic average reached (2.47) with and a standard deviation of (0.57). The administrative requirements came in the first place, followed by the material requirements; while the third place was for the organizational requirements, and in the last was for professional development as the least requirements for the professional empowerment of female educational supervisors in Jazan.
Research Limitations/Implications: The main limitation was that all participants in this study were from one single region. The findings of the study offered important results; as it recommended the necessity of granting the female educational supervisors the necessary functional powers that enable them to achieve their work, which will be positively reflected in the development of the educational process.
Originality/Value: The results of this study contribute to the educational literature in Saudi Arabia in general and Jazan in particular. Furthermore, the results offer a path for the educational sector of the Kingdom to acknowledge the educational supervision and the requirements of its professional empowerment for the female elements in the sector.