Thesis ( Ed.D - Educational Management ) - Mariano Marcos State University,2019.

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The study employed a descriptive survey to determine the managerial competence of basic education women leaders along conceptual, technical, and human skills. Specifically, it looked into their socio-demographic profile in terms of age, educational attainment, length of service as an administrator, and present administrative, position. It also dealt with the problems and challenges they encounter and how do they overcome such adversities. The study, being a process and output-based research undertaking, has resulted to the formulation of leadership model. The needed data were gathered using the Managerial Skills Questionnaire developed by (Goodarzi, 2002). A portion of the women administrators’ questionnaire was allotted to their demographic characteristics. They responded to 43 items with sub indicators in Managerial Skills Questionnaire using a five- point Likerst Scale ranging from 1 (incompetent) to 5 (Very Highly Competent). The data gathered through the questionnaire were substantiated by informal interviews using a non-structures script. A content validation instrument was developed by the researchers and was used by a panel expert to determine the validity of the leadership model in terms of structure, content and usefulness. Results revealed that the basic education women leaders in the Schools Divisions of Ilocos Norte, Laoag City,a nd City of Batac are of varying ages from young adulthood to middle adulthood, majority are master’s degree holders almost half of them has an administrative experience within the range of 1-5 years, and they are dominated by principal I followed by Principal IV. The basic education women leaders are very highly competent in demonstrating their managerial skills along its three domains. The most common challenges that they have encountered include gender roles, stereotyping, ageism, racial bias, and trust and ethics. Based on the results of the survey, the 3H (Head, Hand, and Heart) Leadership Model was formulated and was evaluated by the panel of evaluators as highly valid in all the three components. The findings have proven a premise of Katz’s theory that women leaders are expected to always demonstrate their conceptual, technical, and human skills in order for them to perform their leadership roles efficiently and effectively.