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The present thesis has been researching the educators' views and attitudes towards their training on administrative issues. A sample of 215 educators ( headmasters/ headmistresses, teachers, kindergarten teachers and educational specialists ) teaching in school units of the Primary Education Directorate in Western Thessaloniki has been used for the research. The thesis has been based on the quantative research of the selected and analyzed data. A questionnaire has been used as the data selection tool and the selection took place from March 1st 2018 until March 30th 2018. Software SPSS ( Statistical Package or Social Sciences ) ver.20.0 or Windows has been used for the statistic analysis of the research data. The results of the present research indicate the necessity for both the educators' and the school administration's training on administrativeissues. The educators state that they are not satisfied by their training on administrative issues so far and express their desire to attend future training programs on school unit administration. Finally, they believe that administration trainings make a positive contribution to the improvement of the school effectiveness and the quality of the providing education