Leadership Behavior, Strategic Leadership and Instructional Leadership of School Heads: A Structural Equation Model on Teacher Engagement in Region XI

The purpose of this study was to determine the best
fit model of teacher engagement. Specifically, it established the
interrelationship among school principal leadership behavior,
strategic leadership and instructional leadership of selected
schools in Region XI. Quantitative research design and
structural equation model were utilized in this study. The data
were gathered from the 400 teachers of selected schools in
Region XI. There were four sets of survey questionnaires used
in data gathering. Findings revealed that the level of school
principal leadership behavior, strategic leadership and
instructional leadership were high, and high for teacher
engagement. There were significant relationships between and
among school principal leadership behavior and teacher
engagement, strategic leadership and teacher engagement and
instructional leadership and teacher engagement. Importantly,
parsimonious model suggested that school principal leadership
behavior and strategic leadership and instructional leadership
are drivers of teacher engagement of respondents in the study.
Conclusive statements were drawn based on the findings of the
study; the level of school principal leadership behavior is very
high level. strategic leadership and instructional leadership
correspondingly is high respectively. The level of instructional
leadership is very high and the level of teacher engagement is
high. On the other hand, there were significant relationships
between the exogenous variable and teacher engagement.
Furthermore, generated model 4 fits teacher engagement. This
means that the causes of the teacher engagement lean on the,
principal leadership behavior, strategic leadership which are
stimulated by the academic leaders and educational advocates.