The level of Administrators' Leadership Behavior and Its Relation to the Teachers'Performance in the Public Elementary School in Tagaytay City District

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Schools are usually administered by principals often known as school administrators. A school Administrator is a leader of an educational program and community development responsible for school undertakings.

The principal has many general responsibilities which they must carry out on a daily basis. These responsibilities of the administrator will not be done successfully, and the vision, mission, goals and objectives of the school could hardly be attained without the help of the teachers. They are responsible in delivering education to the students and their performances depend upon the kind of leader they willhave.

METHODS

The study will employ the descriptive-survey method, which describes the leadership behavior of administrators, with the teachers as respondents. In this study, leadership behavior will be categorized as; Directive, Supportive, Participative and Achievement Oriented Leadership. The research instrument will be modified based on how it was used in the present study. The sources will take from the research of Sangalang 2005 and Ankamo 2009.It included statements on leadership behavior classified into; (a) Directive, (b) Supportive, (c) Participative and (d) Achievement-Oriented Leadership Behavior.

RESULTS

The process begins with the assessment of respondents on the leadership behavior of school administrators such as directive, supportive, participative and achievement-oriented. On the other hand, the teachers' performance will be assessed using the Individual Performance Commitment and Review Form during the School Year 2016-2017Meanwhile, the leadership behavior of school administrators and teachers' performance based on the IPCRF during the school year 2016-2017 indicates the objective of the study which is to determine whether the two variables are significantly related or not.

Finally, the output which is a proposed plan of action that will improve what the school heads and teachers already have, in relation to the leadership behavior and performance for their respective schools.

DISCUSSIONS

In terms of leadership behavior, teacher-respondents "Agree" that their administrators are Directive, Participative and Achievement-oriented Leader. But they "Strongly Agree" that their Administrators possess the behavior of a supportive leader.The level of teachers' performance based on Individual Performance Commitment Review Form (IPCRF), School Year 2016-2017 was Very Satisfactory.