"THE EFFECT OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP STYLES ON TEACHER ACADEMIC MEAN SCORE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KAKAMEGA CENTRAL SUB COUNTY" (Print) (original) (raw)

The main objective of the study is to investigate the effect of transformational leadership styles on teacher academic mean score in public secondary schools in Kakamega Central Sub County. The study was guided by research objective: To find out the effects of transformational leadership style on teacher academic mean score in Kakamega central sub county. The study used a cross-sectional survey design which is both descriptive and quantitative in nature. The target population was 24 secondary school head teachers and 580 secondary school teachers. The sample size was 12 secondary school teachers and 174 secondary school head teachers. Transformational leadership style has significant positive effect on teacher academic mean score. Schools facilities used as intervening variable had a significant effect on teacher academic mean grade. Transformational leadership style was a significant predicator of teacher's academic mean score. Transformational leadership styles accounted for 30.1% of variance in efficiency. Transformational leadership style had significant effect on teacher academic mean score as Transformational leadership style had significant effect on teacher academic mean score and it accounted 30.1% variation on teacher academic mean score. It was recommended that government should come up with policy that will help secondary school to incorporate good transformational leadership styles in secondary school as well as head teachers should prioritise leadership style as it has significant effect on teacher mean score.