Correlation of Leadership Skills and Observance of Department of Education Core Values Indicators

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The school campus is a big home composed of many different families with different functions. Some are engaged in learning, some in teaching and research, and yet all are in support to leadership-unified through the Department of Education core values. This paper primarily sought to find the relationship between leadership skills and performance of student leaders.

METHODS

This study is a correlational study since it looked into the relationship of leadership skills to the performance of student leaders along the prescribed of the Department of Education core values indicators. The primary instrument used in the study is a structured questionnaire. The instrument was subjected to a pilot testing where a cronbach alpha of .851 was found. This indicates a very good description on its level of internal consistency. The researchers were utilized SSG Officers and classroom presidents from the Junior and Senior High School Department to represent student leaders in the school for the needed data.

RESULTS

Student leaders considered themselves as beginner in the field of leadership. This is evident on the leadership skills assessment where partially attained was reflected. However, under performance, there were three out of the four core values of the Department of Education indicated that student leaders fully observed all the indicators of Maka-diyos, Maka-tao, and Maka-kalikasan and partially observed the indicators of Maka-bansa. The correlation coefficient between leadership skills and performance of student leaders was statistically significant with r = .718 at .001 level of significance. Thus, strong positive relationship existed between leadership skills and performance of leaders. As the leadership skills of student goes higher, they observe good attributes, and as the leadership skills of student goes lower, they do not observe good attributes as indicated in the core values. This finding indicates that a student with good leadership skills is a good indicator that a student performs well in his duties and functions as leader. On the other hand, if students were trained and given with utmost attention unto their leadership development, their performance as a leader is a good indicator of how much they observe good attributes.

DISCUSSIONS

The results of the study show that there is still a need to be developed in the student development plan of student government body. It recommends increasing the exposure of students to leadership trainings as these directly affect the exercise of good attributes by a good student leader.