| Principal’s professional development in the 21 st century has become a major issue to be solved in education,and it is an important effect of factor in the current educational reform continuous deepening, it’s also the precondition to promote school improvement and school teachers and students the precondition for sustainable development. According to China’s national conditions, The reform of education in rural schools largely reflects the overall level of China’s education reform, therefore,investigate the theoretical basis and practical path of rural school principals’ professional development has important theoretical and practical significanceIn this study, using narrative research methods,selected a rural school as the research object, the story of his growth experience and in-service period about narratives to explore, to observe and record the process of his professional development, through interviews to explore the true principals M‘s life, and then interpret principal M how to continue to promote his professional development. In the principal posts to the professional development of its similarity to the situation of rural principals for reference. This paper shows the main part of the story of the professional growth of rural principal, described by the story to explore the details of the story Professional Development and Educational Thought and it contains the educational ideas. The analysis of professional development in rural principal story,four factors analysis of from the social(government-oriented and concerned with the villagers superiors expectations), school(expectations, interpersonal of school teachers and students), family(parents’ expectations, wife gives his professional development support) and four individuals(character and growing experience).The end of the study for factors affecting rural professional development of principals, proposals for rural principals’ professional development, to the M president himself, and M principals in similar circumstances in rural principals and relevant education departments to provide relevant material to enhance rural professional development of principals and recommendations. Recommendations include social aspects, school level and individual level. Among them, the Government and the education sector: the introduction of line with the current development status of rural principal professional policy; strengthen professional training to improve the basicquality of rural principals ’professional development; improve the mechanism to promote rural principals’ professional development; promotion of social concerns for rural professional development of principals provided condition. Rural schools:Schools should strengthen work incentives for principals and affirmation; strengthen the spiritual and cultural construction of the school, develop a good working atmosphere. Principal aspects of their own: to enhance self-awareness development,and actively development planning; Major of self-development, reflect on their own growth process. He said the recommendations presented in order of M and M principals and principals similar to the situation of rural principals and relevant education departments to provide information and reference. |