The Leadership Skills of Senior High School Classroom Officers in Camp Vicente Lim Integrated School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Improving the leadership skills of the students may help to solve different problems and make them more prepared for life. This study was designed to assess the leadership skills of senior high school classroom officers in Camp Vicente Lim Integrated School. First, the researchers examined the respondents' profile such as sex, track, birth order, parents' educational attainment, monthly salary, income, and position they holding class. Then, they focused on leadership skills of the respondents in terms of their human, technical and conceptual skills.

METHODS

This study employed the descriptive-comparative research design to determine if there was a significant difference on the leadership skills of the respondents when grouped according to profile variables. Moreover, stratified random sampling was utilized and the researchers selected respondents who are classroom officers in every strand of senior high school. The main instrument of the study was a survey questionnaire derived from multiple sources as well as statements designed specifically in this study to assess the leadership skills of the respondents.

RESULTS

Majority of the respondents are female, on the academic track, middle child, have a 5,000-10,000 monthly family income, a mother who reached high school level, father who reached college level and they are officers who are muse, escort, or peace officers of their class. The assessment of the leadership skills of senior high school classroom officers in terms of human skills was very high. Their technical and conceptual skills were high. Furthermore, there was a significant difference when they are grouped according to their birth order, parent's educational attainment, monthly family income and position they hold. However, no significant difference was noted on the respondents' leadership skills when grouped according to sex and track.

DISCUSSIONS

The result of the study suggested that the senior high school classroom officers of CVLIS have the potential to be globally competitive leaders. But in order to achieve their full capacity, the researcher recommends that the curriculum planners adapt the proposed leadership training programs that would help to further improve the leadership skills of the senior high school classroom officers. Teachers' collaboration and efforts are encouraged so that the students may use these as motivation for them to become better leaders.