The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of primary and secondary Greek school principals, regarding the management of their school units at the beginning of the school year 2020–2021, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A qualitative study of 57 principals was undertaken, in order to explore the following questions: (a) What were the difficulties and obstacles that principals faced during the management of the school unit from the beginning of the school year? (b) What factors helped them to manage these difficulties? Written answers were analyzed using thematic analysis. Several key findings emerged, indicating that, in general, the principals had to respond to an unprecedented crisis context, under tremendous pressure, with limited resources. They faced a variety of difficulties, both on a personal level and in the context of their professional role. They also encountered difficulties above their role, which had to do with the general impact of the extended sanitary crisis on the emotional state and perceptions of the members of the school community. The results of the research have implications for the policy that is applied in schools in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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通过希腊校长的经验在 COVID-19 大流行中管理开放学校单位。对公共教育当前和未来政策的影响

本研究的目的是检查希腊中小学校长在 COVID-19 大流行期间在 2020-2021 学年开始时管理其学校单位的经验。对 57 名校长进行了定性研究，以探讨以下问题： (a) 从学年开始，校长在学校单位管理过程中面临哪些困难和障碍？（乙）什么因素帮助他们克服这些困难？使用主题分析对书面答案进行分析。出现了几项关键发现，表明总体而言，校长必须在巨大的压力下以有限的资源应对前所未有的危机环境。他们遇到了各种各样的困难，无论是在个人层面还是在其专业角色的背景下。他们还遇到了超出其职责范围的困难，这与长期卫生危机对学校社区成员的情绪状态和看法的普遍影响有关。研究结果对在 COVID-19 大流行背景下应用于学校的政策具有影响。