PRINCIPALS’ INSTRUCTIONAL SUPERVISORY ROLES AND TEACHER JOB PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EKITI STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

performance in public secondary schools in Ekiti State. The study was
guided by two objectives with corresponding two research questions
and hypotheses. The correlational survey research design was adopted
for the study. A sample size of 693 teachers was selected from the
population of 6936 using the multistage and simple random sampling
techniques. The researchers’self-designed questionnaire that consisted
of 12 items was used for data collection. The instrument was titled
"Teacher Questionnaire on Principals' Instructional Supervisory Roles
and Teacher Job Performance (TQPISRTJP). The instrument yielded 0.86
as the index of rational validity. The coefficient of internal consistency of
the instrument was 0.76 and it was determined using Cronbach Alpha.
The research questions were ansered using mean and standard
deviations while Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) was used
to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the
study indicated that there was a significant relationship between the
principals' role of classroom observation and teacher job performance in
public secondary schools in Ekiti State(r-cal=0.254 and r-tab=0.194) and
there was a significant relationship between the principals' role of staff
evaluation and teacher job performance in public secondary schools in
Ekiti State(r-cal=0.340 and r-tab=0.194). One of the recommendations
of the study was that the Ekiti State Ministry of Education needs to
organize workshops, conferences, symposia and seminars for principals
to enable them identify teachers’ weaknesses and develop strategies to
help them overcome the weaknesses and perform their job effectively.