Examining current leadership practices at Velabahleke High School and the effects they have on school academic performance.
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2017
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This study examines the current leadership practices at Velabahleke High School and their effect
on school academic performance. The current leadership practices and the current leadership of
the school. This team is called the school management team and it is made up of heads of
departments (HOD), the deputy principal, principal and grade controllers. This study focussed on
this team as well as all the teachers in the same school. The grade 12 results of the school over
the past five years are looked into.
The observation reveals that the school maintains an excellent pass rate.A quantitative method
was used in this research in a form of questionnaires which were sent to the educators at
Velabahleke High School. Respondents participated in the study voluntarily and the response
was positive Responses were captured manually after questionnaires were handed to the
educators at Velabahleke high school. Results were then analysed using descriptive analysis first
provided by Google Forms and further analysis were done in Microsoft Excel 2013. The targeted
population for this study was all the educators at Velabahleke High School and the school
management team. About 45 respondents participated in this study and they did so voluntarily
and they were made aware that they can stop their participation.
The findings on this study was mainly around the teachers perceptions of the leadership practices
applied by the school management team and whether these practices were a contributor to the
success of the school. It must be noted that this is the second best performing high school within
the entire UmlaziTownship with a constant matric pass rate of not less than 98% over the past 10
years. Therefore there was motivation to study their leadership practices and establish what the
educators’ perceptions on these practices are. The findings were also compared to the existing
literature in order to establish if there was similarities or differences in the previous studies
conducted along the similar education sector.The most dominant recommendation was around a
more decentralised power of decision making where the school management team delegates
some of the decision making, to be made in a collaborative effort with the entire education team.