CHANGE MANAGEMENT SKILLS OF NEWLY HIRED SCHOOL HEADS:BASIS FOR LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOUNDATION SKILLS

Abstract

This study seeks to determine the level of Change Management Skills of Newly Hired School Heads. This study will make use of a descriptive-co-relation non-experimental quantitative research method. It is descriptive because the data are presented in quantitative descriptions on the “Change Management Skills of Newly Hired School Heads”. According to Gay (2006) descriptive-correlation design determines and supports the way things are. Using a questionnaire in conducting a survey, interview or observations usually collects the data. The study was conducted in Sulop District, Division of Davao del Sur. The respondents of this study were the 16 school heads of the research locale to answer the questionnaire. Universal sampling procedure was utilized in this study in determining the respondents considering the small number of school heads of Sulop District. In this study, one (1) set of questionnaire was used. It is a researcher-made questionnaire which validated by experts of the study and subjected to a reliability test using cron bach alpha. It was pilot tested to a school that is not a part of the research locale. The questionnaire focuses on the items of change management skills of school heads through checklist. This revealed that newly-hired school heads show a developed skills in implementing and adopting change, however, there are domains inn change management that they have to develop more to become more resilient when change happens. KEYWORDS: change management skills, newly hired school heads, basis for learning, development program, foundation skills