School Culture Typology and Leadership in Ateneo De Iloilo

Abstract

This descriptive study aims to determine the school culture typology and school leadership category of a Jesuit school, Ateneo de Iloilo. Using stratified random sampling, 76 teachers were asked to fill out two standardized instruments of the ASCD, namely: (a) School Culture Typology (SCT) worksheet and (b) School Culture Survey (SCS) sheet. Analysis of data was done using central tendencies and standard deviation. The SCT survey showed that the most dominant typology in Ateneo is the “collaborative” type of school culture. However, it also has a secondary blend of “contrived collegiality” and “comfortable collaboration.” “Collaborative” culture is found to be prevailing in the following areas: “decision making,” “openness,” “communication,” “socialization,” and “organizational history.” But results also showed that the school needs to further improve on areas of “trust” among teachers and “parent relations.” Meanwhile, the SCS survey revealed that the teachers “strongly agree” in the high level of “professional development” and “unity of purpose” in school. However, it was also found that teachers still need to develop more their “trust to each other” and to be more “open in discussing disagreements over instructional practices.” The administration must also be more aggressive in structurally giving space, reward, and recognition to curricular innovators. It is hereby recommended that the results of this study must cascade down to the teachers through school summits, institutional meetings, and PLCs for affirmation, dialogue, and reflection. Similar study may also be made with the other stakeholders of the school for triangulation.