Abstract
The purpose of the study was to explore types of Leadership Capability Models used by managers of junior secondary schools in Botswana. The focus was to identify appropriate model(s) which can assist the school management to understand their potential in motivating teaching staff. The study was mainly quantitative and used questionnaires to collect data. Some official documents were used to supplement the information collected for the purpose of triangulation. Data were analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Science or Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) version 19. The findings of the study revealed that there is no specific leadership model used by the senior management in schools. However, it was also revealed that whichever leadership model that could be used in schools, senior management ought to be confident, competent and self- managing in order to motivate staff effectively. The study, therefore, recommends that the school senior managers should be able to identify the intrinsic and extrinsic motivating factors in order to be good and effective motivators.
Highlights
School leadership has been recognized as an important concept in the lives of teachers by policy makers, parents, students, researchers and practitioners
It was revealed that whichever leadership model that could be used in schools, senior management ought to be confident, competent and self- managing in order to motivate staff effectively
The findings are discussed according to the Research Questions (RQ) and categorized into effectiveness of school leadership capability model, factors contributing towards teachers’ motivation, school managers’ understanding of leadership capability model and leadership capability model used
Summary
School leadership has been recognized as an important concept in the lives of teachers by policy makers, parents, students, researchers and practitioners. Leadership focuses more on the development and motivation human resource for the success of institutions as opposed to management which is concerned with doing things through people. This implies that the success of any school depends on the effectiveness of its leadership. Finding the appropriate leadership capability model for motivating teachers has been on the agenda for researchers and educators for some years. Senior management with a transformational leadership orientation is reported to have more success in promoting school effectiveness and teachers motivation (Baker, 2011)
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