UNDERSTANDING THE LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES OF WOMEN SCHOOL

This research primarily aimed to determine the effect of the leadership competencies of women school heads on the school climate and performance of the secondary schools in the division of Laguna, School Year 2019-2020. Specifically, it investigated on the following: the profile of the women school heads in terms of:agehighest educational attainment andlength of service, the level of leadership competencies of the women school heads based on the assessment of the public school teachers in terms of:emotional intelligencesocial intelligenceconflict management andinnovativeness and flexibility, the level of school climate based on the assessment of public school teachers in terms of:safetyteaching and learninginterpersonal relationship andinstitutional environment, the level of school performance based on the assessment of public school teachers in terms of:students achievementdiscipline referralattendance rate andteachers satisfaction, significant relationship between the leadership competencies of the women school heads and the school climate, the significant relationship between the leadership competencies of the women school heads and the school performance. The study used the descriptive research design and utilized 20 secondary schools in Laguna headed by women school heads. The respondents were 300 teachers from the given schools and through the approval of the schools-division superintendent of Laguna, the schools headed by women school head was selected through random sampling. The researcher administered the researcher-made survey questionnaire among 300 respondents from the given schools. Then, the research data were collected and interpreted and analyzed the data. In order to collect the necessary data for this research, a researcher-made questionnaire was formulated and distributed to the respondents. The survey questionnaire was composed of 2 parts, part A focused on the leadership competencies of the school heads while part B entails the school climate and the school performance. The respondents answered the survey questionnaire using likert scale of 1-5 where in 5 was the highest and 1 was the lowest.In order to compute, interpret and analyze the collected data, the research utilized the following statistical treatment: 1. Mean and Standard Deviation to determine the profile of the school heads and the school climate and school performance. 2. Pearson r was used to determine the effect of leadership competencies of woman school heads on the school climate and school performance of the secondary schools in the division of Laguna, school year 2019-2020.