Leadership Landscape of Public Elementary School Heads of Infanta District Division of Quezon

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The main goal of the study is to determine if there is a relationship between the leadership practices of School Heads and school success which is based on the School-Based Management level of practice of the school. This will lead to knowing the leadership landscape of school heads in Infanta District.

METHODS

Descriptive method of research was used. Quantitative data were presented in numerical form. The respondents of the study are from 19 public elementary schools in Infanta District, comprising of 268 teachers, 13 master teachers, and 17 school heads. The research instrument used was the questionnaire developed by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner entitled "Leadership Practices Inventory-Self Instrument. The researcher used Weighted Mean, Pearson-r and One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) for the treatment of data.

RESULTS

The findings of the study revealed that school heads' leadership practices had a grand weighted mean of 8.19. This means that school heads of Infanta district are doing their job in their respective schools, they know their responsibilities and accountabilities. The results also showed that the null hypothesis was accepted which implies that there is no significant difference in the assessment of the school heads, master teachers, and teachers in the leadership practices of their principals in terms of the following variables, inspiring a shared vision, challenging the process, enabling others to act, and encouraging the heart. Hence, a significant difference was found in the responses of the respondents in the leadership practices as to modeling the way.

DISCUSSIONS

The results show that Elementary schools are developing in terms of SBM level of success, it is recommended that more efforts should be done by the school heads to meet advanced level. The school heads may undergo more training that will help them to plan, implement and monitor programs and activities properly. The result of the school level of success show a good performance, therefore, there is a need for more training for master teachers and teachers that will help them to perform more/ well.