This study sought to monitor the reality of the mechanisms of administrative empowerment used by the directors of educational institutions by studying the dimensions of administrative empowerment; these are delegation of authority, motivation, communication, participation in decision-making, and training. The study is a descriptive and analytical study, which was based on a social survey of the sample. It was applied to the principals of the schools, which numbered 52, in various educational departments in the Alexandria governorate. The results of the study reflected the weakness of administrative empowerment mechanisms in educational institutions, stressing the importance of activating a process of administrative empowerment in educational institutions to achieve administrative development, plus demonstrating the need for further research on the mechanisms of administrative development in educational institutions through motivation, communication, participation in decision-making, and training.