Visionary leadership across modern approach to curriculum development: cases from the Philippine schools

This study described and examined visionary leadership of school heads. The study employed descriptive research. It was participated by 200 randomly selected public secondary school heads in the Philippines. Researcher-made survey-questionnaire was utilized as the main research instrument. Findings showed that school heads visionary leadership style to modern approach to curriculum planning and development is immensely vital for it provided clearer directions and realistic visions on the hows and whys of curriculum design and development. In this line, the study concluded that school heads were visionary leaders in supervising and leading their teachers to craft progressive and modern curriculum responsive to the needs and readiness of their learners. Also, school heads put emphasis on curriculum development and imposition of modern teaching approaches. Further, visionary leadership style was highly effective in fostering positive school culture, performance and students’ academic performance. Hence, lack of stakeholder engagement was the most dominant challenge encountered by school heads in utilizing visionary leadership style to modern approach to curriculum planning and development.