School Heads’ Instructional Support to Secondary Teachers in Malinao District

This study examined the school heads’ instructional support to the secondary teachers in Malinao District. Specifically, it answered the following sub-problems: 1) What are the strands that school heads provide as instructional support to teachers?; 2) What is the level of school heads’ instructional support to teachers along: a) content knowledge and its application within and across curriculum areas; b) research-based knowledge and principles of teaching and learning; c) positive use of ICT; d) strategies for promoting literacy and numeracy; and e) strategies for developing critical and creative thinking; 3) What are the effects of the instructional support to the teachers?; 4) What are the problems encountered by the teachers on the instructional support of school heads?; and 5) What innovative plan may be proposed to address the problems? The study utilized the descriptive method of research to ascertain facts and generate ideas on the school heads’ instructional support to the secondary teachers in Malinao District.