PRINCIPAL:

A leader, a manager or

both?

Prepared by:

Dana Sue U. Rojo, MAEM, MEdStud

ROLE

FUNCTION

ROLE/S

LEADER

MANAGER

DIFFERENCE

LEADER (Goal-oriented)

FOCUSED IN ACHIEVING THE GOALS

FUNCTIONS/TASK AREAS

1. Instructional supervision

2. Personal formation

3. custody of school spirit and culture

4. School representation

5. Vertical and horizontal unity

6. Governance

INSTRUCTIONAL SUPERVISION

1. Teachers and teaching1.1 Teacher selection and hiring

1.2 Syllabi and LPs

1.3 Classroom Mgt

1.4 Instructional aids and materials

1.5 Faculty Development

INSTRUCTIONAL SUPERVISION

2. Learners and Learning

2.1 Student recruitment and

admission

2.2 Diagnosis

2.3 Achievement

2.4 Enhancement or

Remediation

INSTRUCTIONAL SUPERVISION

2.5 Curricular programs (co/extra)

2.6 Textbooks, library and other learning

resources

PERSONAL FORMATION

1. Of parents

2. Of teachers

3. Of students

4. Of rest of personnel

CUSTODY OF SCHOOL SPIRIT AND CULTURE

POLICIES

PROGRAMS

ACTIVITIES

DIRECTIONS

SCHOOL REPRESENTATION

PRESTIGE/RECOGNITION

VERTICAL/HORIZONTAL UNITY

GOVERNANCE

Principal

Faculty Faculty Faculty

Asst. Principal

MANAGER

Routine behaviors

POLICE (Planning, Organizing,

Leading, Initiating, Controlling, Evaluating)

POSDCORB (Planning, Organizing,

Supervising,

Coordinating, Regulating/control, etc)

FUNCTIONS/TASK AREAS

1. Supervision of secretarial work

2. Management of resources

Supervision of secretarial work

1.Follow up major decisions2.Linkage/dealings with

DepEd3.Correspondence

(outside/within office)4.Admission and enrolment

Financial/Material resource mgt

1. resource utilization – human, fiscal, & other

materials

2. budget formulation and implementation

3. funds generation (IGPs)

4. scholarship and grants

5. accounting

6. inventory

7. building improvement and maintenance

PRINCIPAL: A leader, a manager or both?

iNSIGHT

It’s not whether a principal is a leader or a manager but whether these two roles are in balance and complement

each other.