Servant Leadership of School Heads, Organizational Culture and Teamwork: A Causal Model on Teacher Engagement of Public Secondary School Teachers

This study aims to determine the best-fit structural model for teacher engagement of public secondary school teachers in Region XI, Philippines. It examines the interplay between exogenous variables: servant leadership of school heads, organizational culture, and teamwork on teacher engagement. It tries to understand how these factors influence each other and contribute to fostering a more engaging environment for teachers. The study utilized a descriptive correlational technique through structural equation modeling (SEM). Selected were 400 respondents using stratified random sampling. Findings show that servant leadership of school heads; organizational culture; and teamwork showed significant relationships with the endogenous variable, teacher engagement. Further, results showed that the best-fit model is the Generated Model 3 showing a direct causal relationship of the exogenous and endogenous variables. Furthermore, structure modifications revealed that servant leadership of school heads was grounded by the retained indicators: building community and empowering people which is highly reinforced by organizational culture, described by retained indicators- organizational management and organizational cohesion. Likewise, teamwork was strengthened by the retained indicators: communication and coordination. When the results of this study are given consideration, the goal of quality education in the Sustainable Development Goals that is quality education is positively achieved which resulted from highly engaged teachers.