Motivational Skills of School Head and Teachers’ Attitude and Performance in Leyte Agro-Industrial School

AUTHOR(S)

Geraldine D. Apacible

ABSTRACT

This study was aimed to investigate the Motivational Skills of School Head and how it affects teachers’ Work Attitudes. The population of this study comprised all the 55 teachers of Leyte Agro-Industrial School. Two sets of questionnaires were used as research instruments to rate the School Head’s Motivational Skills in Instruction, Internal Relations, Organizational Management, Administration, and External Relations and the Teaching Attitude Inventory. The coefficient of Contingency was used to determine the relationship between Motivational Skills and Teacher’ attitudes.
Results show that there is a significant positive relationship between Motivational Skills and Teachers’ Attitudes given the computed values of the following categories; Instructional r (53) = .35, t=5.343, , Internal Relations r (53) = .62, t=7.778, Organizational Management r (53) =.30, t=5.112, Administration r (53) =.67, t=7.887 and r (53) =.67, t=7.887, and External Relations r (53) =.34, t=5.431. This reveals that as the School Head’s Motivational Skills level increases, the level of Work Attitudes of Teachers positively increases and vice versa. It is concluded that the School Head’s Level of Motivational Skills is directly related to Teachers’ Attitudes. The School Head of Leyte Agro-Industrial School has exhibited better performance given the high Motivational Skills level resulting in teachers showing highly positive Work Attitudes in terms of Personal and Career Aspects.
It is recommended that further studies be conducted involving students and external stakeholders to triangulate the result. The Department of Education should craft programs and activities that promote harmonious relationships in schools, especially School Head- Teachers relationship.