A Qualitative-Based Research on the School Principals’ Perspective on Teacher Happiness in Arab Schools from Galilee District, Israel

This article discusses the perspective about the Arab teachers’ happiness and well-being of Arab schools’ principals from the Galilee District, Israel. Using a qualitative research approach, the researcher interviewed 15 school principals. Questions asked by the researcher were about the respondent opinion about teachers’ happiness at school, its importance for school principals, actions to increase their happiness, to distribute the workload evenly among teachers and help them to maintain a balance between their workload and their personal lives. The sample was made 15 school principals from 8 urban and 7 rural Arab schools. All urban schools are performing at the same and above Arab sector average results of academic examinations while 3 rural schools are below and 4 at the average achievement in students’ examination. Findings were are grouped around four main themes: a) the intrinsic connection between teachers’ happiness, motivation and efficacy; b) the role