Investigation of Career Practices in the Turkish Education System in Terms of Human Resources Management

The purpose of this study is to examine the career practices related to teaching profession and school administration in the Turkish Education System in terms of human resources management and to determine the effects of these practices on educational administrators and teachers. The research is a case study, which is a qualitative research method. The criterion sampling method was used to determine the study group. The study group of the research consisted of 8 administrators and 8 teachers working in 1 primary school, 2 secondary schools and 1 high school in Manavgat district of Antalya province in the 2020-2021 academic year. Interview and document analysis techniques were used to collect the research data. Descriptive and content analyses were used to analyse the data collected with a semi-structured interview form. As a result, it was determined that the participants thought that the adaptation trainings carried out by the Ministry of National Education regarding human resources management career practices were insufficient, the promotion procedures were uncertain, the practices were not in line with fairness and merit, and the Ministry of National Education was not successful enough in applying career management.