School Pillars' Functions and Innovative Processes in the Public Elementary Schools in the Division of City Schools Cabuyao, Laguna: Basis for Strengthened Leadership

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Educational systems around the globe facilitate social transformation toward peaceful, inclusive, and sustainable world. To endure the challenges of this modern world, individuals need to be informed, engaged, and empathetic citizens. Education equips individuals with knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors needed to function effectively in the society. Innovative school principals perform leadership functions, understand the behavior needed to perform the job, and master the skills involved in performing their roles. They show exemplary leadership in initiation, organization, motivation, and direction of the actions in the school. They manage school affairs and resources, exercise good governance, promote social cohesion. and ensure the well-being of the school's stakeholders.

METHODS

The descriptive research design was used in this study in determining the school pillars' profile, as well as the leadership functions and governance. The innovative processes were also examined using the survey instrument. The predictive statistical treatment using the multiple regression analysis was employed in looking into the influence of the school pillars' profile, as well as the leadership functions and governance on the extent of implementation of the innovative processes in the public elementary schools.

RESULTS

The school pillar respondents are mostly female and neophytes in the field of teaching. In terms of management functions as to leadership and governance, the school pillar respondents were assessed to be evident and highly practiced in all the variables which include: initiation leadership, organizational leadership, motivation leadership, direction leadership, transparency governance, ethical governance and accountable governance. On the extent of implementation of innovative processes, the school pillar respondents were perceived to be evident/ highly practiced in terms of transformative pedagogy, instructional supervision, administrative practices, implementation and evaluation of school programs, school-community partnership, and management of resources.

DISCUSSIONS

When leadership and governance performance is high, the school pillars' performance in the different innovative processes such as transformative pedagogy, instructional supervision, administrative practices, implementation and evaluation of school programs, school-community partnership, and management of resources is also high.