Principal Leadership Practices and Teacher’s Commitment In Secondary Schools of Buno Bedele Zone

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to assess the principal leadership practice and teacher’s .commitment in secondary schools of BunoBedeleZone. To achieve the intended objective of this study descriptive research method was used with quantitative and qualitative approaches. Data were collected from 201 sample respondents of teachers through questionnaire and qualitative data were collected through interview from principals. The collected data were analyzed using percentage mean, standard deviation and Pearson correlation. the findings of this study were the status of school principal leadership practice in the selected secondary schools of BunoBedele zone was medium since the mean score was 3.43, the extent to which teachers are committed in the secondary schools of BunoBedele zone was medium, practices of teachers’ commitments was at medium level since the mean score was 3.47,.challenges of principal leadership practice in the selected in secondary schools of BunoBedele zone were characteristics of student population challenge the school leader ship practice to allocate the available sources of funding, budget Constraints challenges for leadership practice, lack of school facilities is the challenges for school leadership, presence of challenging for principals to learn their new roles in the context of organizational change within their school, lack of material resources and level of conflict between teachers and principal. Finally, based on the above\findings recommendations were given. The recommendations were the status of school leadership practice, the extent at which teachers committed and the teachers’ commitment practice will be improved to increase the teachers’ commitments and the challenges to school leadership practice will be reduced and avoided through the effort that will be made by teachers, principals, PTAS and different levels of educational office and stakeholders