The Leadership of the Twenty-first Century School Administrators under the Jurisdiction of the Office of the Secondary Education Service Area 29

Abstract

The research aimed to study and compare the leadership of the twenty-first school administrators under the jurisdiction of the Office of the Secondary Education Service Area 29 classified by positions, working experiences and school size; and to examine the recommendations of the administrators and teachers on the leadership.The sample used in the research consisted of 123 school administrators and 335 teachers. A sample size was determined by Krejcie and Morgan’s table. The research instrument was a five-rating scale questionnaire with a total confidence value of .97. Statistics used in data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test and F-test.

The research findings were as follows.

1. The leadership of the twenty-first century school administrators in the study was found to be at a high level.


2. The opinions of the administrators and teachers towards administrators’ leadership, classified by working experiences, and school size found to be statistically different at .05 level of significance, while classifying by positions revealed no difference.       


3. The recommendations and guidelines to develop the leadership of the school administrators in the study were as follows. The administrators should be far-sighted and well-informed with the changing events; they should be knowledgeable and competent;  they should administer with a good governance; they had to treat others in a fair and equal way; they should be able to engage the communities in determining the strategies in driving the schools; assignments should be given according to the individuals’ ability and aptitude; they should not be too disciplined and too flexible; technology should be introduced in the instructional process; they should be ethical, virtuous and willing to listen to others.