Leadership Styles in the Supervision of Instruction: A ProposedDevelopment Program for School Administrators

Abstract

Introduction

One of the major concerns of any educational institution is how to develop leaders to complete the effectiveness and efficient delivery of educational sources to the school learners globally. This can only be made possible if proper attention is given to the school administrators. The research problems addressed by the study are the following: (1) How do the public elementary school teachers and school administrators view the extent of manifestation by the school administrators of each leadership style in the supervision of instruction in terms of a. Teaching style b. Selling style c. Participating styled. Delegating style? (2) What are the manifestations of such effects of teachers of leadership the activities in terms of specific educational outcomes? (3) Based on the findings, what development plan can be proposed to address the administrators for more effective implementation of their identified needs of school leadership styles and supervisory activities that suit the growth needs of teachers.

Methods

The study used the assessment of leadership styles of the public elementary descriptive method in the school administrators in District I, Urdaneta City Division during the school year 2012-2013. The questionnaire served as the data gathering instrument, which was responded by the identified respondents.

Results

The public elementary school teachers and school administrators believed that the manifestation by the school administrators of the leadership styles varies in extent as indicated by their average point values with their descriptive equivalents of "no evidence," "little evidence," "some evidence," and strong evidence." The analysis of the respondents’ perceptions showed that the two groups of respondents were in agreement that the following areas of school supervision imply a need for improvement along with specific criteria leadership styles.

Discussions

The study found out that while the public elementary school teachers and school administrators believed that the school administrators manifest the leadership styles in the supervision of instruction in varying extents, there are individual leadership styles that need to predominate in certain supervisory activities, they should upgrade their knowledge on the appropriate leadership styles that should be manifested in certain supervisory activities.