Managerial Skills of High School Principals: Their Influence on the Morale of Teachers
Keywords:
Managerial Skills, Principals, MoraleAbstract
The main purpose of this study is to describe or assess the managerial skills of secondary school principals and their influence on teachers' morale in the nine secondary schools in the division of Samar. The computed r-value of -0.46 implies a marked/moderate relationship between length of service and teacher’s morale. The value proved to be significant since the Fisher’s t-value of 6.303 was greater than the tabular value of 1.96. This implies that principals who had been in the service for quite a long time will lower teacher’s morale while principals who had served a shorter period of time had a tendency to boost teacher’s morale. The teacher’ morale is not in any way influenced by the principals’ length of service because to them, the experience of their principals in terms of number of years is an external factor which does not have bearing on any of the indicators on teachers’ morale. Also, length of service of school principal in most cases is not a guarantee of teachers motivation, since motivation is an individual and independent experience of an employee, hence relative or situational. The training attended by the secondary school principals likewise influenced the morale of teachers to an observable degree. This is so because when a subordinate is informed of the vastness of training of his leader or superior, also the trust and confidence of the subordinate to his superior is enhanced. Teachers’ morale is not so much related to the principals’ performance rating but is moderately affected by the principal’s age. This is because performance ratings of secondary school principals are not regarded as an influencing factor on the morale of teachers, in this study.
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