ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP STYLE ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Abstract

This study investigated impact of transformational leadership style on students’ academic achievement in English language Owerri Municipal Council of Imo State. Based on the purpose of the study, one research question guided the study. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised all 18 Principals and 1, 267 SS2 students. The instruments used for data collection were transformational leadership style questionnaire adapted and developed by Leithwood and Jantzi (1999) and English language Achievement Test (ELAT). The validity of the instruments was done by two experts in Measurement and Evaluation and one expert in Educational Foundation and Administration. The reliability of the instruments was 0.93 and 0.90, determined using Cronbach Alpha and Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) statistics. Data collected were analyzed using correlations. Thus, it concludes that, transformational leadership styles have positive relationship with student’s academic achievement.