SCHOOL HEADS TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH TEACHERS AND LEARNERS PERFORMANCE

The integration of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in educational systems believed to aid in achieving educational goals has come out as a result of transforming cultural and socio-economic requirements. This study involved DepEd Computerization Program (DCP)-recipient secondary schools in the Division of Laguna, Philippines for at least three years. It focused on the extent of DCP implementation and investigated its impact in the school heads technology leadership and its relationship with teachers and learners performance. Findings revealed that teachers and students were found to be skilled in their ICT literacy while school heads have average technology leadership with limited ICT skills in relation to the standards particularly in information and data management. Teachers ICT-integration in the teaching-learning process was moderate and students Mean Percentile Score(MPS) was average. There were no significant relationships found between the school heads technology leadership and teachers ICT integration in the teaching-learning process. Further, teachers ICT integration had significant correlation with students MPS in the core subjects. Recommendations include the development and implementation of a vision and technology plan for the school, and a continuous ICT upskilling of the DCP recipients including the school heads role as technology leaders.