Strategic Leadership of School Heads and Stakeholders’ Involvement in Tagum City Division

Abstract

For the holistic development of the school, stakeholders' involvement is a necessity. It is believed that the strategic leadership of school heads may influence stakeholders' involvement. However, these had never been explored specifically in the local setting. With this, the study determined the extent of strategic leadership of school heads and the stakeholders' involvement in Tagum City Division. Also, it investigated the association of the involved variables and the domains of strategic leadership of school heads that significantly influenced stakeholders' involvement. With the use of probability sampling, 200 elementary teachers in the public schools were selected as the respondents. Utilizing the descriptive-correlational survey method, the data collated were analyzed through the use of Mean and Product-Moment correlation. Results revealed that there was an extensive strategic leadership of school heads and stakeholders' involvement.Furthermore, there was a significant relationship between the two variables. Reflecting on the findings of the study, it was further suggested that higher officials in the Department of Education may identify means on how to help the school heads in improving their strategic leadership which would help them to attain maximum number of stakeholders' involvement. Apparently, the entire school needs to work together for the realization of stakeholders' involvement.