Journey of school principals in coping the demands and challenges of school development

Abstract

This transcendental phenomenological study focused on analyzing and scrutinizing the lived experiences of school principals in the City Schools Division of Cabuyao. This study is geared towards achieving the central question of determining the journey of school principals in coping with the demands and challenges they encountered for school development. The researchers deemed that conduct of Key Informant Interview was suitable for attaining the problem's statement. Since the research problem of this inquiry focused on describing and understanding the lived experience of public school principals, which is a phenomenon in academia, the researchers used phenomenological research design. The study reflected the challenges and demands encountered by the school heads as well as the strategies and techniques they utilized to surpass them all. This study also provided an illumination that the school heads need to extend the horizon and tried their best to attain the acme of school success.