Managerial Skills of School Heads and Its Relationship to Teachers' Job Gratification: The Case of Secondary Schools

This study examined the relationship between school heads’ managerial skills and teachers’ job gratification within public secondary schools in Eastern Kayapa District. Using a descriptive-correlational research design, empirical data were gathered from seventy-eight (78) teachers through standardized, validated research instruments. Two instruments were utilized: an adapted, 26-item Managerial Skills Questionnaire assessing five domains (technical, human, conceptual, communication, and supervisory skills) and an expert-validated, 40-item researcher-made Job Gratification Questionnaire measuring four key components (job security, work environment, job responsibilities, and community linkage) with an excellent Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient of 0.966. Statistical analyses, including mean, and Pearson correlation coefficient (Pearson-r), were employed to determine the relationships among variables. Hypothesis was tested at a 0.05 significance level to ensure the validity of the findings. Results indicated that teachers rated their school head’s managerial skills as very high as evidenced by an overall grand mean of 3.70. The school heads notably excelled in human, conceptual, technical, and supervisory dimensions though area like communication required improvement. Teachers also demonstrated very high job gratification posting an overall grand mean of 3.61. Specifically, they expressed immense satisfaction particularly in job security, community linkages, and job responsibilities with room for growth in work environment. A significant and positive correlation was established between school head’s managerial skills and teachers’ job gratification, implying the essential function of effective management in improving teachers' job gratification and maintaining school effectiveness. Based on these findings, the study recommends the development of a structured educational administration intervention program to enhance long-term teacher performance through strengthening managerial skills and sustaining high levels of job gratification.