Relationship between head teacher’s leadership style and teacher commitment in the preparation of professional documents

School leaders are considered to be the interpreter and the connector between the school's system goals and priorities and specific teacher practice. Given the core role teacher commitment appears to play in a school set up it is reasonable to assume that any reforms deemed desirable by schools and systems are likely to be successful if such changes are interpreted for teachers in a way that relates to their commitment. Thus, school leaders are of crucial importance in establishing and maintaining a team of committed teachers. Professional documents are documents that are used by the teachers in the preparation, implementation and evaluation of the teaching / learning process. They include schemes of work, lesson plans, records of work and progressive records. They are meant to make teaching and learning more effective. Therefore, there is a need for head teachers to ensure teachers have a commitment in the preparation of professional documents for an effective learning process. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between head teacher’s leadership style and teacher commitment in the preparation of professional documents. The study was descriptive research design using the survey method. A sample of 96 teachers was randomly selected from the district. A stratified sampling was first adopted for the study. This was followed by proportionate random sampling from each sub-population. Data analysis was done using both descriptive (frequencies and percentages) and inferential statistics (Pearson product correlation coefficient). The major findings of the study indicated that there is a correlation relationship between head teachers, leadership style and teacher commitment in the preparation of professional documents, though not significant. From findings, the study recommends that TSC (Teachers Service Commission) and MOE (Ministry Of Education) should increase the number of the in-service course on management for head teachers, especially the newly promoted head teachers.