School administrators’ instructional leadership: Basis for pedagogical enhancement

Abstract

A school organization like any other organization needs a strong leadership. The school heads should possess strong characteristics that is capable of building a school community, and as leaders, they set the directions of the school, and they are responsible in the over-all operation of the school. This paper was undertaken to determine the principals’ instructional leadership competence in terms of instructional leadership; learning environment; human resource management and development; parent involvement and community partnership; and school leadership management and operations. This research utilized the Descriptive-Quantitative Research Design which was confined among the selected secondary schools in one of the Divisions of the Department of Education in the Philippines. Based on the interpreted data taken from the principals’ rating in their Office Performance Commitment Review Form (OPCRF) and using the DepEd Order no. 42 series of 2017 as the rubric in interpreting the principals’ rating, this study found out that the respondents’ instructional leadership is very satisfactory. It is safe to say that the principals are very satisfactorily contribute success to a school’s improvement initiatives and in the overall effectiveness of their school.