Leading the Digital School: Exploring the Relationship between Learning Management System Practices and School Leadership in Senior High Schools

Employing a mixed method of research this study measured the usage of the five (5) components of Learning Management System (LMS) as practiced by school leadership in private senior high schools in the province of Laguna, Philippines. The five components, Student Database (SD), Curriculum Development (CD), Teachers’ Evaluation (TE), Teachers’ Monitoring (TM), and Resource Allocation (RA) as explored by Akram (2022), focusing on how (LMS) can revolutionize various school management functions. Qualitative recommendations were also solicited from selected informants to enhance usage of LMS in its five components. The school leaders and administrators used the platform as just a storage tool particularly for curriculum development, (CD) Teachers’ Evaluation (TE) and Teachers monitoring with less than fifty percent (50%) utilization. Student Database (SD) and Resource Allocation (RA) has more than fifty percent (50%) of intended LMS features are utilized. School leaders and administrators have a strong tendency to develop LMS programs using alternative tools like Google, MS word and Artificial Intelligence (AI). There was a feeling among school administrators and leaders of unfamiliarity, difficulty and lack of specific technical features on the current LMS platform. Although low usage cuts-through educational attainment and empirical barriers, it is recommended that institutions should sponsor extensive training on the LMS platforms their institutions is currently using.