This study was undertaken to identify the school related situations that affect the management of specific institutional heads in a private educational institution and a state university or government school in Manila as perceived by themselves. The quantitative method of research is employed . This method answered the questions raised to specify the factors that affect the effective management skills of administrators or institutional heads. Conclusion was drawn. The government and private institution administrators were predominantly women dominated, manifest concern to those they are expected to work with, since they know their responsibilities, aware of their academic and administrative as well as interactive function as tasks, and majority of them have had more than five years of teaching experience, aware of administratively monitoring densely populated institutions and extended their time whenever necessary. It is recommended that every administrator, regardless of the amount of satisfaction they obtained as head, will have dissatisfying effects in the job, mental health strategies should be developed to deal with problems and dissatisfaction that may arise in the job. Evaluating what problems affect their job performance and what can be done to improve the situation are good strategies to their problems as administrators.

Keywords : Government and Private School Administrators, School Related Situations, Effective Management Skills, Job Performance.