Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate the degree of school leadership practicing its role in taking care of gifted students as perceived by teachers. The study adopted the survey descriptive approach, as the questionnaire was used to collect data. The population of the study consisted of all teachers in gifted schools at Jeddah governorate in the schooling year 1441/1442 H, a sample of (225) teachers was selected randomly and responded to a questionnaire consisted of (45) items distributed into eight domains. The findings of the study showed that The school leadership practice of its roles in caring for gifted students in the domains of students - teachers - school activities - evaluation and school organization - and the local community was in an average degree; as well as the degree of school leadership's practice of its roles in caring for gifted students in the domains of school facilities and equipment was low. There are significant statistical differences according to the academic qualification variable, in favor of those whose academic qualification was (postgraduate), there are no significant statistical differences according to the type of specialization, there are significant statistical differences according training courses variable in the care of the gifted, in favor of those who received more than 3 training courses. There are significant statistical differences according to school stage variable, in (school activities - school facilities and equipment - school calendar and organization - the local community) domains in favor of secondary school teachers.