Administrative and Supervisory Practices of School Principals in the 21st Century

Abstract

Introduction

This study determined the extent of supervisory and administrative practices of the public elementary school principals in the six (6) divisions of the Province of Pangasinan, SY 2015-2016. For school managers are the vital supervisory and administrative leaders of schools nationwide. They are the prime movers in the school organizations in which they lead. They are the persons who possess leadership skills to attain the objectives of quality education among leaders to make them worthwhile and productive individuals.

Methods

The descriptive survey method was used particularly frequently, percentage and average weighted mean to address the problem of the study.

Results

It was found out that the Public Elementary School Principals (PESPs) are mature, short of educational attainment and supervised small number of teachers, exemplary perform their supervisory and administrative functions thereby making them role models of their teachers, profile variables and relevant training attended in the national and international levels are considered positive indicator of non-comparability of the supervisory and administrative practices of PEPs.

Discussions

The results demonstrate that PEPs should enhance their professional growth by upgrading their educational qualifications, and enriching their administrative and supervisory functions through in-service training; should maintain their exemplary performance in supervisory and administrative functions and there should be a research advocacy to expose other significant variables, concepts or constructs as good sources of variance as excellent indicators of relationships as features of scholarly research endeavor.