Summary<br>Educational leaders may face various crises in their school units that can create great upheaval and turmoil in their proper functioning. With the high sense of self-efficacy that distinguishes them, the leadership style they adopt and their continuous training, the directors of the school units can successfully respond to their leading roles.<br>The purpose of this research is to explore the views of the directors of primary school units in the region of Thessaly, on crisis management, the sense of self-efficacy and the profile of their leadership behaviour.<br>In the present investigation, 135 directors of school education units were involved in the majority of men. The sample had an average age of 54 years and the majority consisted of marriage managers with 2 children. In addition, most of them had additional certification in the T. P. E, while about half of them had a postgraduate degree. Furthermore, the directors of the sample had an average of 28 years of training service, of which about 9 were in an administrative position, while in their school there are about 154 students on average. The majority of the directors had specialty IP 70, and the organicity of their school was 4-6/seater and 10-12/seater. The majority of the sample were directors in schools in the prefecture of Larissa and Magnesia, while most schools operated in a residential or rural area. Finally, most respondents were over 2 years managers at their current school.<br>The findings show that managers are quite familiar with crisis management strategies, ' coping ', ' preparation ' and ' recovery ', while they consider themselves to be somewhat familiar with the ' fight ' strategy. It was also noted that managers who have a 2rd degree in education are more familiar with the strategy of "recovery" than those who do not have a 2d degree, while those who have a PhD are more familiar with the strategies "fighting", "coping" and "recovery". Finally, it was observed that more years of administrative experience in a position of responsibilities lead to greater familiarity with the strategy of "fighting".<br> With regard to the crisis management strategy, about half of the directors stated that in all phases of the crisis the most important role was played by their personal experience. Also, respondents directors said they often apply "transformative" and "transactional" leadership, while on the contrary they said they rarely implement "passive" leadership. Finally, as regards their sense of self-efficacy, the respondents have said that they have a very, very strong sense of self-efficacy regarding the crisis management strategy.<br><br>Key words: Crisis, leadership, leadership, school crisis management, self-efficacy.
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