Student Body Organization Practices and The Transformation of Student-Leaders Among Empowered Secondary Schools in The Division of Agusan Del Norte, Northeastern Mindanao, Philippines.

ABSTRACT. This study analyzes the relationship between student body organization practices and leadership transformation among 87 student leaders from selected empowered secondary schools in Agusan del Norte, Philippines, using a descriptive research design and total enumeration. Organizational practices: participatory democracy (M = 4.32, SD = 0.48), servant leadership (M = 4.45, SD = 0.41), and collaboration (M = 4.38, SD = 0.44); were rated high. Leadership transformation was also high in the personal (M = 4.40, SD = 0.43) and interpersonal (M = 4.36, SD = 0.46) domains, but moderate in the community domain (M = 3.62, SD = 0.57). Pearson correlation analysis indicated significant positive relationships between organizational practices and leadership transformation (r = 0.58– 0.71, p < 0.01). These results indicate generally favorable outcomes but identify weaker performance in community engagement and inconsistencies in participatory implementation. Targeted leadership interventions are recommended to strengthen authentic student governance and community- oriented leadership development.