TERESA T. JAVIER

Principal III

Saluysoy Integrated School

In school, the principal plays an important role in the success of the whole institution. This is true on the belief that success of any organization is highly rested upon the head, boss or the manager of such an enterprise like business, school or any organization. The leadership impact is desirable in organization to aid easy and maximum success. Leadership is an instrument used in an organization for behavior modification. The school head determines the goals of an organization and means of accomplishing all these goals at once. Therefore, leadership in an organization has been seen as a motivator whereby one person who is the head motivates others towards the achievement of specific goals of the organization.

However, followership is the essence of leadership. In other words, it is the willingness of people to follow that makes a person a leader.  Moreover, people follow those perceived to be providing means of achieving their own desires, wants and needs. Any organization will not be successful if the subordinates or followers do not function well. With the situation happening nowadays, we can see that leadership and motivation are closely interconnected. Motivation enable us to appreciate better what people want and why they act as they do. Like in school, if the principal knows how to motivate his teachers then all works will be easy in such a way that they’re happy to work well and teach with enthusiasm.

As we can see today, the success of any school to achieve its stated goals or objectives depends on the ability of the chief Administrator otherwise known as the principal and his Leadership style. To be an effective leader one must lead to the achievement of the school’s goals and objectives.

When such leadership style of the principal is ineffective, even the best school programs, the most adequate resources and the most motivated staff and students will be rendered unproductive. Therefore, the importance of good leadership style in an organization cannot be overemphasized.  It is highly pertinent to know that leadership style is concerned with the initiation, organization and direction of the actions of the members of a group in a specific situation towards achieving the objectives of the group. As far as the standard of education is concerned in the country a large section of the people strongly believe that it is falling and the value of education depreciating.   Different reasons had been given for it.

There is therefore an urgent need to give importance on the impact of the relationship of the principal’s leadership style on teacher’s morale in term of commitment and productivity in an institution. With this, the key for an effective leader is the ability to lead effectively, coordinate a complex situation and shows concern for both human and material resources available.