Proposed Creative Capacity Program Enhancement for Public Elementary School Principal III in the Division of Cavite

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

A solid leadership is the most essential key to school success. This suggests that there is a need to identify the quality of the personnel responsible in the organization and how this kind of leadership may be able to evoke commitment of the teachers in order to bring success to the school. The main aim of this study is to determine the creative capacity of the Principal III of the public elementary schools in the province of Cavite as assessed by the teachers.

METHODS

The participants in this study were the different Principal III of Public Elementary Schools in the Division of Cavite, during the School Year 2017-2018. The respondents of the study were teachers and they assessed the Creative Capacity of their Principal.This study is both qualitative and quantitative in nature. It used the descriptive method.

RESULTS

Teachers consider Principals to frequently apply creative capacities for new ideas, in motivating other stakeholders, and in problemsolving. Creative capacity of principals is least applied in motivating other school's stakeholders though. The age, gender, length of service and rank of teachers had no impact on the assessment of principals' creative capacity. There was a considerationof educational attainment in the assessment of principals' creative capacity in terms of Capacity for New Ideas and Capacity to Motivate other School's Stakeholders.

DISCUSSIONS

School principals must further engage themselves in continuing professional developments that highlights the upgrading of management skills particularly to developing innovative action plans and problem-solving skills.

School principals are essential factors of linking the educational institution to the community. They must seek advantageous ideas from other stakeholders to inculcate to them that they are also essential factors of the school.They must inform teachers of the development goals of the school and let them be involved in implementation. These may help the teachers havethe knowledge and understanding of how principals make use of their creative capacities in leading the school.