The study sought to explore the effects of leadership style on teacher’s performance at Kinondoni Municipal in Dar es Salaam. The study was guided by three objectives, namely; (i) to determine the effect of Autocratic leadership style on public secondary schools Teachers’ performance (ii) to determine the effect of Democratic leadership style on public secondary schools Teachers’ performance and (iii) to determine the effect of Laisse-Faire leadership style on public secondary schools Teachers’ performance. A quantitative research approach with descriptive survey design was used. A sample of 536 was drawn from 804 teachers as respondent. Simple random sampling was used to get respondents. Descriptive statistics and correlation analysis were used to analyse data. The study found that Autocratic leadership style was significantly negatively correlated with teachers’ performance; secondly it was found that Democratic leadership style was positively correlated to teacher’s performance and lastly the study found that Laissez faire leadership style was also positively and significantly related to teacher’s performance. Therefore the study recommends that the local government authorities where Kinondoni municipal council belong should make sure that all head teachers and head mistresses are trained on leadership skills whereby they will be effective in motivating, creating positive visions and involving other teachers in planning and executing school issues also among the three leadership styles studied on their effect on teachers performance, following the findings it is highly recommended that head teachers and head mistresses apart from using all leadership style. When teacher perceive the kind of leadership the headmaster or headmistress is applying have both positive and negative effect on the teacher’s performance.
Keywords: Autocratic Leadership Style and Democratic Leadership Styl