Distributed Leadership of School Heads and Organizational Commitment of Public Secondary Teachers of Panabo City Division

The study uncovered the relationship between distributive leadership of school heads and organizational commitment of teachers in public secondary schools of Panabo City Division. Also, it investigated the association of the involved variables and the domains of distributive leadership of school heads that significantly influence the organizational commitment of teachers. With the use of probability sampling, 150 secondary teachers in the public schools were selected as the respondents. Utilizing the descriptive-correlational survey method, the data collated were analyzed through the use of Weighted Mean, Product-Moment correlation and Regression Analysis. Results revealed that there was an extensive distributive leadership of school heads and an extensive organizational commitment of teachers. Furthermore, there was a significant relationship between the two variables. Moreover, all domains of distributive leadership of school heads were found to have significantly influence on organizational commitment of teachers. Based on the findings, it was further suggested that higher officials in the Department of Education may identify means on how to help the school heads in strengthening their distributive leadership to ensure a reinforced organizational commitment among teachers. KEYWORDS: Distributive leadership, organizational commitment, descriptive correlation, Panabo City Division