Home⇛Psychology and Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal⇛vol. 27 no. 7 (2024)

Principals’ Leadership on Technology Integration and its Effect to School Performance: Basis for Training Development Program

Princess Pacon | Melchor Espiritu

Discipline: Education

 

Abstract:

This study aimed to determine the principals’ leadership on technology integration and its effect on school performance, which served as the basis for training development program during the school year 2023-2024. The perception of the respondents on the leadership of school principals on technology integration. With respect to the Respondents’ Perceptions on the Leadership of Principals on Technology Integration, the administrator-respondents obtained a grand weighted mean of 3.60, while the teacher-respondents obtained 3.50, which were both verbally interpreted as Strongly Agree. Significant difference between the perceptions of the two groups of respondents on the principals’ leadership on technology integration. There is no significant difference between the perceptions of the two groups of respondents except for technological competence, innovativeness, and effect on teachers’ performance. The performance ratings of the schools during the school year 2022-2023. The performance ratings of the schools during the school year 2022-2023 are 4.36, 4.48, 4.39, 4.42, and 4.39, respectively, and they were given an adjectival rating of Very Satisfactory. Significant correlation between the principals’ leadership on technology integration and the school performance. There is a very low significant correlation between the principals’ leadership on technology integration and school performance.



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