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The study was carried out to determine the relationship between “Principals’ Team Management Skills and Job Performance of Secondary School Teachers in Akwa Ibom State North-East Senatorial District. Three research questions and three research hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Correlation research design was adopted for this study. The population of this study consisted of all the 86 principals and 3200 teachers from all the 86 Public Secondary Schools in Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District. The sample of this study consisted of 62 principals representing 72% of the population of principals and 448 teachers representing 14% of the population of teachers. Multi-stage sampling technique was used for this selection. Two researcher-developed instruments titled “Principals’ Team Management Skills Questionnaire” (PTMSQ) and “Teachers’ Job Performance Questionnaire” (TJPQ) were used for data collection. However, teachers were the raters for “PTMSQ” while the principals rated the “TJPQ,” These instruments were face validated by two experts from the Department of Curriculum Studies, Educational Management and Planning, University of Uyo. The reliability coefficients of the instrument were determined using Cronbach Alpha Analysis, which yielded indices of 0.83 and 0.85 for PTMSQ and TJPQ respectively. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to answer the research question and to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that principals’ delegation skills, communication skills and Discipline skills significantly relate to job performance of secondary school teachers in Akwa Ibom North-East. Senatorial District. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others, that principals should endeavor to delegate duties based on areas of specialization to enhance good job performance by teachers.