This study aims to investigate the effect of human skills of preschool directors on the level of trainers' participation in taking educational measures and decisions in preschool centers of Isfahan. The population is all preschool centers of Isfahan's Education Department. Two educational districts from among six educational districts of Isfahan city were randomly selected; from which 300 trainers were selected as the study sample. Researcher-made questionnaires were used to measure human

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... of directors and the level of trainers' participation, the content validity of which were proved by Isfahan University experts and the reliability of the questionnaire measuring human skills of directors was calculated as 0.90 through Cronbach's Alpha and the reliability of the questionnaire measuring the level of trainers' participation was calculated as 0.88 through Cronbach's Alpha. The following result obtained for this study using the data collected through two questionnaires and also data analysis in two levels of descriptive and inferential statistics. 1. Most directors in preschool centers (kindergartens and day care centers) have moderate human skills on directors' skills. From 300 trainers in relation to directors' skills in human skill component, 30.9% individuals were below the average, 35% individuals were at the average, and 34.1% individuals were above the average. There was a meaningful relation between human skills of directors and with any of the components of trainers' participation. There was also a correlation (0.78) between human skills of directors and with any of the components of trainers' participation.