THE SCHOOL HEAD: AN AGENT OF CHANGE

AILEENE L. DUE

Where can we find a good leader? Any government or public office is now quantified in its capacity on how it answers effectively to change. In this sense, leadership and managerial skills are requisite.

Leadership, as always defined by many, is a prowess to direct, influence, convince and persuade people within the group in unison towards one direction to attain the set goals of the organization.

The leadership role of the school head is actually one of the delicate responsibilities he handles for he leads diversity of people. He needs to understand that there are more capable individuals. Some are experienced and some are neophytes who need scaffolding. This simply means that he is leading/managing people with ample differences in various aspects. He needs to balance everything and ensures that each of them performs at the finest level despite of these differences.

The school head performs different forms and levels of HR strategic approach as a response to the aspiration of the government to quality change. A strategic approach to HR necessitates rational and logical systems. All the tasks of HR function collectively and strengthen each other. These work beneath a cohesive goal and that is to increase the performance of the organization.

The HR organization offers opportunities to guarantee the growth and protect the wellbeing of both teaching and non-teaching staff and it enables them to effectually reply to the demands of its swift changing environment.