Principals’ Effective Practice of Promoting School Achievement at High Performing Secondary Schools Malaysia

Abstract

The study aims to examine the effective practice of Promoting School Achievement among principals of High Performing Secondary Schools Malaysia. The framework of the study was adapted from Hallinger and Murphy [1], Latip [2], Surayya and Salleh [3] and Salleh & Hatta [4]. Data was collected using questionnaires survey from 418 respondents of principals and teachers of different genders, academic qualification, ethnicity, and, position of responsibilities at schools. The data gathered from the survey was analyzed in descriptive and inference statistics of the SPSS-Versions 23.0 programme. The findings indicated that the highest rank at ‘very effective’ practiced was function ‘Developing and Enforcing Academic Standards’ achieved mean 4.1097, second highest at ‘very effective’ practiced was function ‘Providing Incentives for Learning’ mean 4.0075 and third rank at ‘Effective’ level was function ‘Promoting Professional Development’ mean 3.6189. It is hoped that the findings of the study would substantively inspire principals and teachers to effectively facilitate students' academic performance in their respective schools and join hands in the collective effort of raising the work force compatible to meet national goals towards realization of Malaysia Development Plan 2030.