Emerging School Leadership amidst Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

School leadership is a complex and demanding role, adapting to change in uncertain times added challenges and difficulty in decision making. Their normal leadership practices and approaches are been put to their utmost. This study aims to generate a theory on emerging school leadership among school heads in providing education in this time of COVID-19 pandemic. Utilizing the Grounded theory approach to investigate the phenomenon of interest, obtained data through a semi-structured in-depth interview with ten (10) School leaders; using comparative and qualitative thematic analysis themes were compared with each other, and similar concepts were integrated. The results showed that in providing quality education in a time of pandemic is systemically planned, the curriculum was modified and established a partnership with the community sharing common goals towards the education of the learners. Maximizing and outsourcing funds to provide enough resources to address the needs (e.g. printing materials, COVID-19 virus equipment preventions, etc.) of the school and community. Implemented plans based on the context of the school, and concerns of the community. Parent’s active participation, telecommunication devices, and literacy in social media are significant factors in this new normal education. The study recommends the school leaders must enhance their (1) communication skills in disseminating information, listening to the concerns, and giving feedback, (2) immerse themselves in the status quo of their teachers, learners, parents, and community. (3) Skills in Information Communication technology for facilitating and monitoring distance learning modalities of the school