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ISSN: 2782- 893X
eISSN: 2799-0664

Management Competence of School Principals, Performance and Challenges of Filipino Teachers

IJAMS Publisher

AUTHOR(S)

ANDREA M. CALABIA



ABSTRACT

— This study determines the significant relationship between the management competence of school principals, performance and challenges of Filipino teachers in Alchesay High School, Whiteriver Unified School District, Arizona. It employed descriptive-correlational research design to explore the relationship between the variables. There are 18 teachers, and 3 school principals involved in the study. The data was gathered utilizing a 24-items survey questionnaire entitled “Principals’ Managerial Competencies for Effective Management of School Resources Questionnaire (PMCEMSRQ)” used by Akinfolarin Akinwale Victor in his study on Analysis of Principal’s Managerial Competencies of School Resources in Secondary Schools in Anambre State, Nigeria and contextualized tool in conducting instructional supervision to teachers which focused in assessing the performance of teachers in terms of professional knowledge, instructional planning, instructional delivery, assessment of and for learning, learning environment and professionalism. Based on statistics, the study revealed a significant relationship between the management competence of school principals in terms of human, material and financial resources and level of performance of teachers in instructional supervision. The study also revealed that Filipino teachers encountered difficulties of which homesickness, classroom management, cultural adjustment and language barriers received more than 50% of the Filipino teachers teaching abroad. Thus, by building a more substantial human resource practice, enhancing resource distribution, and promoting financial transparency, school principals can develop a more productive instructional atmosphere, resulting in improved learners’ learning outcomes and overall school performance by overcoming the difficulties experienced by Filipino teachers. Keywords — Management Competence, School Principals, Performance, Challenges, Filipino Teachers