Instructional Competence via Leadership Practices among University Faculty Designated with Administrative Functions

This study created a model of instructional competence (IC), with leadership practices (LP) as predictors, of faculty designated with administrative functions of the university. It was conducted in a recognized state university in the Philippines. It has the characteristics, status, and mandates of a typical university in the country. There were 65 out of 97 (64%) faculty-respondents selected through purposive sampling with at least one-year experience of handling administrative functions. Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, partial component analysis, and regression analysis. The findings of this study enable the researchers to come up with a modified five practices of exemplary leadership (MFPEL) written as indexes which lead to the creation of Leadership by Heart model. The MFPEL includes the index of Modeling by Heart, index of Encouragement and Innovation, index of Taking Risk but Inspired a Shared Vision, index of Encourage the Heart and index of Enable others to Act from the Heart. Also, among the five components of the MFPEL, only modeling by heart, taking a risk but inspire a shared vision and enable others to act by heart account significantly on the variations in IC at different levels.

Keywords – organizational leadership, teaching competence, faculty designations, practices of academic leaders