Janelle L. Batalla (Author)
Abstract
This study explored the management styles of school heads in the secondary schools of Bacacay East District, Bacacay South District and Bacacay West District, School year 2023-2024. It answered the following sub-problems: 1. What are the management styles of school heads in Bacacay Districts? 2. What is the level of usage of the management styles along decentralized, collaborative, transformational, data-driven and participatory? 3. What is the extent of effectiveness of the management styles? 4. What are the issues in the management styles of school heads?; and 5. What management action plan may be proposed to address the issues? The research study utilized the quantitative research design. Specifically, it employed the descriptive survey method. The data was gathered from a total of 283 respondents composed of 276 secondary teachers and seven (7) school heads using a validated questionnaire. The statistical measures used were frequency count, percentage, weighted mean and ranking. Results of the study revealed that there are were 234 respondents or 82.10 % who answer decentralized as the management style of school heads in the secondary schools of Bacacay Districts; followed by participatory with 223 or 78.80 %; collaborative with 205 or 72.44 %; transformational with 186 or 65.72 %; and data-driven with 181 or 63.96 %. The combined averages of the two (2) groups of respondents on the level of usage of the management style indicated that the highest weighted average is obtained in participatory with 4.42 with an adjectival description of always. Likewise, management style which is transformational has a combined average of 4.27 with an adjectival description of always. The rest of the management styles have an adjectival description of often. These are collaborative with 4.11, decentralized with 4.01 and data-driven with 3.92. The combined averages on the extent of effectiveness of the management styles as rated by the secondary teachers and the school heads manifested that there are three (3) areas with adjectival description of very effective. These areas are participatory with 4.39; transformational with 4.24 and collaborative with 4.23. The last two (2) indicators with effective adjectival description are decentralized with 4.00 and data-driven with 3.51. The top issues in each of the management style of school heads explored in the study are: in decentralized, it is unclear school objective; in collaborative, it is lack of training on new pedagogical approaches and in transformational, it is conflicting standards in observation. The top issue in data-driven management style is weak technological skills of school heads and in participatory, it is weak leadership skills. A management action plan was developed by the researcher to address the issues on management styles of school heads.
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Keywords: Management styles, Decentralized, Collaborative, Transformational, Data-driven and participatory