LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOR AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE OF PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS: BASIS FOR A PROPOSED LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

The study was conducted to determine the leadership behavior and emotional intelligence of secondary mathematics head teachers in aid of developing a leadership capacity-building program. The study involved 19 head teachers in Mathematics and 221 Mathematics teachers in the public schools in the Division of Bulacan. The descriptive correlational method of research was used in the study, utilizing the Leader Behavior Description Questionnaire Form XII (LBDQ-Form XII) and the Emotional Intelligence Form (EI-Form) adapted from Stogdill, Silver, and Claret as primary data-gathering tools. The findings revealed that there were no significant differences as to leadership behaviors and as to emotional intelligence when grouped according to profile characteristics except for predictive accuracy when grouped according to the length of service. The findings also revealed that there was a negligible relationship between the leadership behaviors and the emotional intelligence behaviors of the head teachers. Based on the results of the assessments, a proposed leadership development program was conceptualized to further enhance the leadership and emotional intelligence capabilities of the head teachers.