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SCHOOL HEADS’ LEADERSHIP QUALITIES AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO TEACHERS’ JOB SATISFACTION AND SCHOOL PERFORMANCE

Volume: 124  ,  Issue: 1 , May    Published Date: 05 May 2023
Publisher Name: IJRP
Views: 219  ,  Download: 190 , Pages: 204 - 229    
DOI: 10.47119/IJRP1001241520234855

Authors

# Author Name
1 ARBIN M. SARMIENTO

Abstract

The study aimed to determine the level of leadership qualities of school heads and its relationship to teachers job satisfaction and school Performance.                 The research was accomplished through the use of descriptive method of data collection and analysis. The respondents of the study include the 245 elementary teachers from the 5 districts in the Schools Division Office of Laguna. The study utilized two sets of questionnaires as instruments that were distributed personally to the respondents.                 The survey showed that the level of the leadership qualities of the elementary school heads in terms of being competent, visionary, innovative, ethical, strategic planner, committed, team oriented, communication skills and interpersonal skills is very high as shown in its over-all mean  which ranges  from 4.54 to 4.66  with over-all Standard Deviation which ranges from 0.57 to 0.81.                 The findings also revealed that the level of teachers job satisfaction in terms of Supervision, Colleagues, Working Condition, Pay, Responsibility, Work Itself, Advancement Security and Recognition attained an over-all weighted mean score ranging from 2,87 to 3.82 and with over-all Standard Deviation which ranges from 0.71 to 0.97 and was Acceptable among the respondents. This shows that teachers have high level of teachers job satisfaction.                 The results show leadership qualities of the school heads in terms of  being competent, visionary, innovative, ethical, strategic planner, committed, team oriented, communication skills and interpersonal skills does not influence teachers job satisfaction in terms of Supervision, Colleagues, Working Condition, Pay, Responsibility, Work Itself, Advancement and Security and Recognition.                 The results generally show that the leadership qualities of the school heads and the school performance in terms of Promotion Rate, Retention Rate, Drop-Out Rate, Graduation Rate and Cohort Survival Rate have no significant relationship.