Synergic Strategies, SSLG, Empowering Student Leaders, Paradigm Shifts, Student Leadership, Region XII

Student leaders are catalysts for promoting development, peace, and security, thus, they must be empowered and supported because they have the power to effectively change the world into a better place for everyone once given the necessary resources. This study explored the influence of synergic strategies for empowering student leaders of the Supreme Secondary Learners Government (SSLG) of DepEd Region XII vis-a-vis the implementation of the programs, projects, and activities (PPAs) in their respective schools. Using explanatory sequential mixed methods research, 363 SSLG student leaders completed the adopted quantitative survey questionnaire and 20 of them undergone in-depth interview and focus group discussion for the qualitative phase. Results indicated, that there is significant influence between the synergic strategies for empowering student leaders of the SSLG and the implementation of the PPAs. Findings show that despite having significant influence in the implementation of the PPAs, small schools have the greatest number of partially implemented PPAs. Hence, the need for paradigm shifts for student leadership. The least implemented PPAs and their causes emerged and became the basis for the paradigm shifts embedded in a resource material called Synergic Strategies for Empowering Student Leaders (SSESL).