Principals’ Leadership Skills for Teachers’ Job Performance: A Conceptual Perspective
Keywords:
Leadership skill, school principal, factor, teachers’ job performance, academic qualification
Abstract
A school principal requires a series of appropriate leadership skills to bring the school, staff, and students to a high level of achievement and to maintain school effectiveness. The thrust of this paper centred theoretically on examining the leadership skills necessary to enhance teachers’ job performance. Several scholarly articles were reviewed to buttress the arguments of the researcher, though some concepts differed because of the perspective of scholars. The paper concluded that the importance of teachers in any educational institution of teaching-learning cannot be overemphasized. This is because of the central role they play as implementers of the curriculum at the classroom level. Hence, the leadership skills of the principal are vital as they are often the key factor of difference between effective and ineffective educational systems. This paper suggested, amongst others, that school principals should be pragmatic and dynamic in the application of leadership skills and styles based on the level of morale of their teachers. Also, principals should always supervise teachers in their classes, and their supervision should not aim at fault-finding or witch-hunting, but should aim at improving the quality of instruction and learning situations.
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3. Aquinas, P. G. (2005) Principles of Management Foundations and Realities, New Delhi, Amol Publications PVT Ltd.
4. Bass B.M. (1999), Transformational leadership, industrial military and educational impact, Mahwah, Lawrence Association.
5. Bass, B. M. & Riggio, R. E. (2006), Transformational leadership (2nd Ed) Mahwah, NJ Erlbaum.
6. Blackburn, D. (2009). Socio-cultural leadership. The art of restructuring schools through research-based principal leadership. NSW: Booktopia Pty Ltd.
7. Bolarinwa, K. O. (2013). Teachers’ characteristics and students’ performance level in senior secondary school Financial Accounting. Journal of Empirical Studies, 1(2), 48-53.
8. Bullock, R. (2013). Job performance defined-Personal development. Retrieved 22nd August 2017, from
9. Campbell, J. P., and Pritchant, R. D. (1976). Motivation theory in industrial and organizational Psychology, Chicago: Rand mentally college publishing company.
10. Campbell, J.P. (1990). Modelling the performance predition problem in industrial and organizational psychology. In M.D. Dunnette and L.M. Hough (eds), Handbook of industrial and organizational psychology. Palo Alto:
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13. E-lead. (2008). Leadership for student success: Instructional leadership. Retrieved from http://www.elead. org/resources/resources.asp?ResourceID=14.
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29. Leithwood, K. & Jantzi, D. (2008). The effects of transformational leadership on organizational conditions and student engagement with school. Journal ofEducational Administration, 38, 112-129.
30. MBE Newsletter. (2004). Studies: the roles of the school principal and school committee. Retrieved from http://mbeproject.net/mbe59e.html.
31. Mumford, M.D., Zaccarro, S.J., Harding, F.D., Jacobs, T.O., & Fleishman, E.A. (2000). Leadership skills for a changing world: Solving complex social problems. Leadership Quarterly, 11(1), 11-35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1048-9843 (99)00041-7
32. Musaazi, J. C. S. (1982). The theory and practice of educational administration, London, Macmillan Press.
33. Olu, A. (2009) Assessment and contemporary issues in education, Ile-Ife, OAU Press Ltd.
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41. Udeozor R.K. (2004). Educational administration: Perspective and practical implications, Nima, Rex Charles and Patrick Ltd. University Press.
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2022-07-16
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Judith, N.-O.C. 2022. Principals’ Leadership Skills for Teachers’ Job Performance: A Conceptual Perspective. International Journal on Integrated Education. 5, 7 (Jul. 2022), 59-68. DOI:https://doi.org/10.17605/ijie.v5i7.3351.
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