Abstract:
This study was conducted in public secondary schools located in Buenavista District found in the province of Agusan del Norte and descriptive research method was used in this study. The researcher used a checklist-questionnaire method to find out the relationship of the variables. The study was conducted to assess and evaluate the extent of the administrative functions of school heads of secondary schools found in Buenavista District, Division located in the province of Aguasn del Norte as a basis for creating an enhanced training program for school heads. It envisioned to find out the significant answers to the following questions: (1) What is the profile of the respondents as school head in terms of age, gender, civil status, highest educational attainment, years in service, rank/position, and trainings and seminars attended; (2) What is the profile of the respondents as teachers in terms of age, gender, civil status, highest educational attainment, years in service, rank/position, and trainings and seminars attended; (3) What is the extent of administrative functions of school head in the District of Buenavista as regards to student personnel administration/supervision of instruction, staff personnel administration, school-community relation, management of school finances/business administration, management of school physical facilities, and general tasks as assessed by the school-heads and teachers; (4) Is there a significant difference on the administrative functions of school heads when both school head-respondents are grouped according to their profile; (5) Is there a significant difference on the administrative functions of school heads when teacher-respondents are grouped according to their profile; (6) What action plan could be crafted as an enhanced training program for school heads? Through the problems stated, the researcher came up with the following null hypothesis: there is no significant difference on the administrative functions of school heads when school head-respondents are grouped according to their profile and there is no significant difference on the administrative functions of school heads when teacher-respondents are grouped according to their profile. After administering the questionnaire, the researcher used percentage in getting the profile of both respondents which includes age, gender, civil status, highest educational attainment, rank/position, years in service, and trainings and seminars attended. Ranking is utilized to show the positional importance of an item to the others, especially the profile of both respondents. The weighted mean used to compute the extent of administrative functions of school heads as regards to student personnel administration/supervision of instruction, staff personnel administration, school-community relation, management of school finances/business administration, management of school physical facilities, and general tasks as assessed by both the school heads and teachers. To test the significance of the variables, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), used to identify the significant difference on the administrative function of school heads when both respondents are grouped according to their profile.
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