This study was conducted to describe the
principals’ personal attributes and managerial practices,
and the job satisfaction and job performance of teachers
in private elementary schools. It also determined the
extent of difference between the self-ratings of the
principals and the ratings of the teachers in terms of
principal’s managerial practices and the relationship of
principal’s managerial practices to their personal
attributes and to the job satisfaction and job
performance of their teachers. It also described the
problems encountered by the teachers in terms of
principals’ managerial practices.
The respondents of the study were fifteen (15)
principals and one hundred five (105) teachers in private
elementary schools in four western towns of Tarlac
during the school year 2018-2019. Data were gathered,
tabulated, and analyzed using the descriptivecomparative-correlational research method. Five sets of
questionnaires were used; two for the principals and the
other sets were for the teacher respondents.
The significant findings of the study are as
follows:
The majority of the principals in private schools
are more than 40 years old, with graduate schooling, still
new in the position as principal, and attending in-service
training related to management at the regional level. The
principals rated themselves effective in terms of
managerial practices. This was in conformity with the
ratings of their teachers. Teachers are very satisfied with
their job in terms of security, work environment, job
responsibilities, and community linkages. The
performance rating of the teachers given by the
academic coordinators/principals is very satisfactory.
Principals have different perceptions of their managerial
practices as compared to their teachers. The managerial
practices of the principals are strongly associated with
the job satisfaction of the teachers. The managerial
practices of the principals are significantly related to
their teachers’ job performance. The personal attributes
of the principals are significantly related to their
managerial practices except for age. The top problems
encountered by the teachers in terms of their principals’
managerial practices along with planning, controlling,
and leading are: principals are not giving orientation to
the teachers on how to prepare and implement action
plans; lack of support in sending teachers to
seminars/conferences; and principals seldom or do not
supervise the teachers in their teaching/learning
assignments. The proposed Principals’ Managerial
Practices Model for Private Elementary Schools depicts
the positive correlation of managerial practices of
principals to their personal attributes and to the job
satisfaction and job performance of the teachers.