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Nestle Joy R. Arguilla, Davao del Norte State College, PhilippinesAriel O. Gamao, Davao del Norte State College, Philippines
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The study aimed to investigate the crisis leadership practices of school heads in Region XI. This study employed a concurrent mixed method approach; QUAN and QUAL data were collected simultaneously to understand the phenomenon comprehensively. Descriptive design was used to provide comprehensive description in level of crisis leadership, while interpretative phenomenology to explore school heads experiences in leading crises. In QUAN, descriptive method was used to identify school heads' crisis leadership levels through the lens of their subordinates utilizing an adopted survey questionnaire by Turgeon (2017). Moreover, interpretative phenomenology to examine their leadership strategies, and explore the insights of these strategies on crisis leadership outcomes through an in-depth interview guide question. Complete enumeration was utilized in identifying the participants of the study. As a result, one hundred twelve (112) subordinates and five (5) school heads were informants. Five (5) schools representing one per province of Region XI served as the locale of the study. Findings in the QUAN data, indicators such as: participatory management, resourcefulness, and sense-making got overall men of 4.22 describe as very high. It means that the school heads showed unprecedented crisis leadership skills, providing effective and efficient responses to the situation. While, QUAL provides that school heads experienced declining student’s enrollment, human resource turnover, financial resources, and stakeholder’s expectations as challenges. In addition, strategies was also identified by the school heads exercising to improved academic outcomes, strengthen institutional capacity building, efficient utilization of available resources, and foster open communication in providing shared ownership. Moreover, demonstrating agility, setting clear vision, being adaptable, and consistent communication with the stakeholders where the clustered themes generated as school heads insights in effectively and efficiently leading schools in crises.
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Conference: ACEID2025Stream: Educational policy
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Arguilla N., & Gamao A. (2025) Crisis Leadership of School Heads in Private Basic Education Institutions in Region Xi, Philippines: A Concurrent Mixed-Method ISSN: 2189-101X – The Asian Conference on Education & International Development 2025 Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 633-639) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2189-101X.2025.49
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2189-101X.2025.49
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