The current job of correlation descriptive type had the goal to relate the teachers´ perception between management leadership and job performance of teachers in four public educational institutions from initial level schools in Callao. The type available non-probabilistic sample was integrated for 50 teachers. A survey was developed to determine the management leadership level and a remark record to determine the teacher work performance level. These instruments were evaluated obtaining an acceptable validity and reliability (by expert opinion and 98 ** 97 **) and a Cronbach's alpha of 0.97 ** and 848 **). It is important to mention the correlation among directive leadership and work and participation motivation dimension. However, there is not a significant correlation between the directive leadership and the responsibility dimension. The final conclusion was than a good directive lead...