Leadership Behaviors of The School Administrators and Their Impact on Handling Critical Leadership Positions

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

School Administrators are critical to students' success. It is necessary that school administrators demonstrate role model behaviors so they should always be ready to handle critical positions. Once they carry the distinctive role, they can ensure quality instruction in every classroom. According to Wallace (2013) rather than investing money in campus overhaul of professional development, the investment into building and maintaining a quality school administrator can be a cost-effective path of school reform. There are problems of continuity of projects once the transition occurs. Transitions are always critical events that a school leader should be able to handle.

METHODS

The methodology used was descriptive survey type of research design. The researcher described the leadership behaviors of the school administrators and their impact in handling critical positions. The researcher used the purposive type of sampling technique which is also called judgmental since it determines the argent population or those involved in the study.

RESULTS

The teachers, principals, and the administrators assessed that the leadership behavior of the school administrators was effective in terms of coaching people, building trust, inspiring others, rewarding achievements, energizing innovative teacher, and integrity. The teachers, principals, and the administrators assessed that the administrators are ready in handling critical leadership position in terms of leadership practices, interpersonal skills, developmental orientations, demonstration of result, and support of frequency values. Significant difference exists among the assessment of the principals, teachers and staff on the leadership behavior of the school administrators in terms of coaching people, rewarding achievement, energizing innovative teacher, and integrity but no significant difference in terms of building trust and inspiring others

DISCUSSIONS

The researcher described the leadership behaviors of the school administrators in terms of coaching people, building trust, acting with integrity, inspiring others, rewarding achievement, and encouraging innovative thinking. The researcher also described the readiness of the school administrators in handling critical positions in terms of leadership promise, interpersonal skills, developmental orientation, demonstrations of results and support agency values.