THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEAD TEACHER LEADERSHIP STYLES AND HOW THEY CREATE EFFECTIVE PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN BANGLADESH

Primary Education

To establish effective primary schools is an increasing concern among the government policy-makers, practitioners, primary school teachers, primary related officers, guardians and communities in Bangladesh. The purpose of this study is to explore the relations between head teacher leadership styles and how they create effective primary schools in Bangladesh. The study sought to investigate the role of head teacher leadership styles in creating and sustaining effective primary schools in Bangladesh and aimed to reinforce the concept that the proper leadership style of head teacher is essential to establish an effective school. Qualitative methodology was used in this study with data collected via semi-structured interviews conducted through questionnaire style interview schedule by using a mobile phone, containing mainly open-ended questions from 5 professionals from the Kamalgonj Upazila, Moulvibazar, Bangladesh. Thematic analysis of the qualitative data indicated that an effective school had many important characteristics and to establish and sustain these characteristics, head teacher needs to play many roles and to play these roles properly proper head teacher leadership style is very important. The findings of this study indicated a positive relationship between head teacher leadership styles and effective primary school. There is no doubt about the role of head teacher leadership styles in creating effective school, but no specific leadership style is suggested. To increase the head teacher leadership quality, proper leadership training is necessary for the head teachers and primary related officers in Bangladesh. These findings are in line with many studies about the role of head teacher leadership styles in creating effective primary school.

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