The Influence of Transformational Leadership Practices of School Principals on the Delivery of Educational Services

School principals are often seen at the forefront of setting the school's tone. Their leadership styles and practices significantly impact the school operations and the delivery of educational services. Thus, the present research work probed the level of transformational leadership behaviors exhibited by the principals and the teachers' perceptions of transformational leadership behaviors in delivering educational services. Further, the extent of influence of transformational leadership behaviors on teachers ‘effectiveness and the challenges encountered along with transformational leadership practices were considered by this study. Adopting the mixed methods in treating the data provided by the samples, it was revealed that the school principals exhibited a very high level of transformational leadership behaviors in promoting instructional services as evidenced by the mean value of 4.74, and in fostering interpersonal effectiveness, with a mean value of 4.66, while a high level of enhancing professional proficiency, obtaining a mean value of 4.38 The teacher informants viewed the transformational leadership behaviors of the school principals as the key to fostering shared ownership of the schools’ vision, building trust and collaboration, and creating professional growth opportunities. The school principal's transformational leadership behaviors greatly influence effectiveness, and instructional quality with a mean value of 4.49, professional proficiency at 4.46, and interpersonal relations acquiring a mean value of 4.50. The challenges encountered by the teachers concerning the school's transformational leadership practices were the limited resources for training, lack of necessary resources for implementation, and issues such as passivity, resistance, and difficulty in sustaining motivation. These findings enabled the researcher to propose some strategies to strengthen the impact of school principal transformational leadership through training, allocating resources, fostering collaboration, and promoting motivation.