SCHOOL LEADERS’ COMPETENCE IN WORKING WITH INFORMATION

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This article discusses the importance and methods of improving the competence of school leaders in working with information. School leaders must possess the ability to correctly receive, analyze, store, and use information to make strategic decisions to ensure effective management in the educational system. The article highlights the necessary competencies for school leaders and suggests practical methods for developing theseskills. Keywords: school leader, working with information, competence, information technology, digital literacy, information security, management, information culture, leadership staff, professional development. Over the past fifteen years, information and communication technologies have significantly impacted society, causing noticeable changes in the development of pedagogical science and practice. The new information technologies that emerged worldwide have made it necessary for people to adapt to them. Therefore, the education system had to respond to the emerging demands ofmodern society. There are three levels of working with information: logical level, storage level (structure), and physical level. At the logical level, they work with logical data structures that reflect the actual relationships between objects and their properties, i.e., how the data is presented to the system user. The information unit at this level is the logical record. Each object described by the correspondinglogical record is characterizedbycertain attributes. At the storage level (content level), they work with logical data structures and storage- representative structures in computer memory. The information unit at this level is also a logical record. The storage structure is maintained bysoftware. At the physical layer, data representations work within physical data structures. At this level, issues related to the direct implementation of the storage structure in the memory of a specific computer are addressed. The information unit at this level is the physical record, which is a part ofmass storagemedia containing oneor morelogical records. In developing data structures at all levels, the principle of data independence must be ensured. Physical data independence means that changes in the physical location of the data and the hardware of the system should not affect logical structures and application programs, i.e., they should not cause changes in them. Logical dataindependence means that changes in storage structures should not lead tochanges in logical datastructures orapplication programs. Based on the levels mentioned above, it makes working with information more convenient in each organization. The information level expresses how a person or organization working in a particular information system learns, stores, and solves problems with information. These levels help people use information correctly and effectively, allowing them to maintain proper relationships withdata. In the process of mastering information handling skills, a person develops the ability to acquire effective knowledge in their professional activities and in life in general. Through continuous https://ijmri.de/index.php/jmsi volume 4,issue4,2025 110 professional development, the opportunities to search for, systematize, and utilize information viainformation and communication technologies expandeven further. Modern transformational processes are rapidly accelerating in the world, and their impact on the lives of young people is of increasingly important significance, contributing to the strengthening of the universality of media culture. Information spread via the internet has a negative impact on the moral development of youth, with videos and computer games causing a decline in their academic performance and deteriorating their attitudes toward life, the environment, and people. Violent computer games are poisoning the minds of young people. Therefore, it is necessary to develop theculture ofcomputer usein educational processes forschool leaders. An information society is one in which the structure, technical base, and human society's knowledge are adapted to work with information resources, transitioning from passive forms (books, articles, patents, etc.) to active forms (models, algorithms, programs, projects) for development purposes. The value of information in society is growing, and it is becoming a vital need for societal development. The highly changing nature of life today brings about several new aspects in the information society: 1. Information and knowledge become theprimary driving forces ofsociety. 2. The renewal of production and social technologies occurs every 3-5 years, surpassing the pace ofgenerational change. 3. Lifelong learning and acquiring new specialties become inseparable from maintaining a person's social status. 4. The ability to find, receive, accept, and use necessary information in a timely and effectivemanner depends oneach individual’s capabilities. Information HandlingSkills inpedagogical ac