Assessment of Supervisory Role Performance of Principals on Teachers Duties in Secondary School Kogi State

Assessment of Supervisory Role Performance of Principals on Teachers Duties in Secondary School Kogi State

CHAPTER ONE

Objectives of the Study

The objectives drawn to guide the study are to:

Examine the supervisory role performance of principal on punctuality of teachers and students in secondary schools in Kogi State
Determine the supervisory role performance of principals on teachers’ design of lesson plan/note in secondary schools in Kogi State
Examine the supervisory role performance of principal on teachers’ evaluation of students in secondary schools in Kogi State

CHAPTER TWO

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Introduction

In this chapter the researcher reviewed the various relevant and related literature on assessment of supervisory role performance of principal on teachers’ duties in secondary schools in Kogi State.

The Conceptual Framework of the Study

The conceptual framework of the study covers the following: Meaning of supervision

Meaning of supervisory roles Concept of duty

Supervisory role of Principals on punctuality of teachers in schools

Supervisory role of principals on the teachers’ design of lesson plan and lesson notes

Supervisory role of principals on the teachers’ evaluation of students in schools Supervisory role of principals on the conduct of extra curricular activities Supervisory role of principals on the teachers’ adherence to curriculum content. Empirical Studies

Meaning of Supervision

Supervision in education is a process of giving and receiving help to improve teaching performance. These include activities aimed at influencing the quality of teacher, and learning in the teaching learning process. From this definition we can say that supervision involves the following:

Improvement of instruction
Some agents to give direction
Some methodologies for handling the problem of improvement of

The learner is the central focus in supervision as the primary objective of supervision is to enhance the quality of instruction in the schools.

Ojogwu (2001) asserted that supervision creates the awareness of sound education philosophies in teachers and makes them to be aware of educational policies and reforms in schools.

Mandel (2006) opines that supervision provides opportunities for teachers to be groomed through discursive critical study of classroom interaction to carry out their teaching tasks in line with professional codes of conduct.

Charles (2009) sees educational supervision as a term used to identify the work duties of administrative workers in education. Educational supervisors make sure that the educational institution operates efficiency and within the legal requirements and rules. The purpose of this field is to make sure teachers are doing what they are supposed to be doing and that students are receiving the best education possible.

Meaning of Supervisory Role Performance

Nwanko (2003) opines that supervisory roles are duties to be performed by the person that has power and authority to do the following:

Give instructions and orders to surbordinates
Be held responsible for the work and actions of other

The supervisory role performances range from

Planning: A supervisor has to plan the daily work schedules in the school. At the same time divide duties to other teachers.

As a guide and leader: A principal who is a supervisor leads teachers by guiding them on the way to perform their daily tasks.

As a mediator: A principal as a supervisor is called a linking pin between teachers and students.

As an inspector: An important supervisory role performance is to enforce discipline in the school, and also checking teachers which include checking the progress of the school, recording the work performance of teachers, checking teachers punctuality, teachers evaluation of students, conduct of extra curricular activities and checking teachers lesson plan and lesson note.

As a counsellor, another supervisory role performance is acting as a counsellor to the staff problems by listening to their grievances and handling the grievances.

Paul (2003) opines that supervisory role performance also involves the supervision of work and the behaviour of students in the school through

Mentoring teachers to facilitate a supportive induction into the profession. Bringing individual teachers up to minimum standards of effective teaching.

Improving individual teachers’ competencies no matter how proficient they are deemed to be.

Working with teachers to adopt the curriculum to the needs and abilities of diverse groups of students.

Relating teachers’ efforts to improve their teaching to the larger goals of school improvement in the service of quality learning for all children.

CHAPTER THREE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Introduction

In this chapter the main purpose is to describe the various steps and techniques employed in collecting data. It presents the research design, the population, sample and sampling techniques, the research instrumentation and administration of instrument and method for data analysis.

Research Design

A research design is the plan structure and strategy of investigation conceived so as to obtain answers to research questions and to control variance. Akogun (2000) opines that research design is the framework (or plan) for data collection in the most objective and logical manner in order to test the research objectives. He further outlines the following guidelines for developing research design:

State the objectives
List the required variable

CHAPTER FOUR

PRESENTATION OF DATA AND ANALYSIS

Introduction

This chapter focused on the presentation, analysis and discussion of data collected from the principals, teachers and students’ opinion in the questionnaire administered. Mean, frequency, percentages and ANOVA was used to summarize, analyze and give a general description of the data collected. This is because ANOVA is used to determine the significant difference of opinions between sample groups. The five hypotheses stated in chapter one was tested at the level of rejection of 0.05.

CHAPTER FIVE

SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Introduction

This chapter presents the summary of the findings. It presents conclusions drawn from the study. The chapter finally presented some recommendations arising from the findings.

Summary

The study titled “Assessment of Supervisory Role of Principal on Teachers’ Duties in Secondary Schools in Kogi State sought to determine the influence of Principal supervisory roles on teachers’ duties. A total of five research objectives were formulated, five research questions were raised, five hypotheses were formulated and five basic assumptions were formulated. The significance of the study was outlined an the scope of the study includes 21 Principals, 190 Teachers and 337 SS1 and SS 2 students in secondary schools in Kogi State. Various concepts and studies relevant to the study were reviewed. Among those reviewed were: meaning of supervision, meaning of supervisory role, concept of duty, assessment of supervisory role of principal on teachers’ punctuality, assessment of supervisory role of principal on teachers’ design of lesson plan/lesson note, assessment of supervisory role of principal on teachers’ evaluation of students, assessment of supervisory role performance of principal on conduct of extra curricular activities and assessment of supervisory role of principal on teachers’ adherence to curriculum content. The study has five empirical studies of work of other people that is related to the study.

The main design adopted for the study is survey research design. The population of the study is 244 principals, 2,280 teachers and 6,800 students in Local Government in Kogi State. However, eight Local Governments were sampled with 21 schools and 21 principals and 190 teachers randomly picked and 337 SS1 and SS2 students randomly picked. The sample size for the study is 548. Questionnaire was used to gather the responses from the principals, teachers and students and the questionnaire was designed using the Likert rating scale. The content validity was used and pilot study was carried out in 5 secondary schools in Kogi State with 5 principals, 25 teachers and 70 SS1 and SS2. The reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach Alpha and the result shows alpha = .9310.

The recommendations of the study include:

Principal should intensify more and more in discharging their supervisory roles so that teachers can be dedicated to their duties by encouraging them to be more punctual. Also merit award should always be given to teachers who are punctual to school
Relevant textbooks should be provided by the State Government for students in order to help the students in their learning, also the textbooks will help teachers in prepare
Principals should ensure always that teachers break the content of each topic to be taught into weeks and enter into the diary

Conclusions

Based on the findings from this study, the following conclusion can be drawn. It could be deduced that supervisory role performance of principal enhances punctuality of teachers and students. All the principals, teachers and students held the opinion that:

Principal checks punctuality of teachers through attendance register and also do classroom
The principals, teachers and students also believe that principals check teacher lesson note beforeteaching
Principals ensured that teachers break the curriculum content into scheme of week.

The assessment of supervisory role of principals on teachers can enhance teachers’ effectiveness in the cause of discharging their duties. It can also be concluded that Principal monitoring teachers’ punctuality to school can help in proper coordination of school activities which also include teaching and learning in the classroom. Likewise

proper supervision of principal on teachers’ evaluation of students will go a long way to improve the students’ ability in comprehending what they are taught. It can also be concluded that as principals discharge their supervisory role in supervising teachers adherence to curriculum content it will make the teachers more conversant with the curriculum.

Recommendations

The following recommendations are made based on the findings of the study.

Principal should intensify more efforts in supervision of teachers and students punctuality. Also merit award should be given to teachers who are punctual to school
Relevant textbooks should be provided by the State Government for students in order to help the students in their learning. Also, the textbooks will help teachers in preparation of their lessons. Likewise principal should make sure teachers’ lesson notes are comprehensive for teaching before they go to the class to
Principal should make sure that teachers break the content of each topic to be taught into weeks and enter into the diary
Government and the Principal should ensure that the number of students in each class do not exceed 35-40 for effective evaluation of students. Also Principals should establish ways through which teachers can communicate to parents about the students’ academic performance after
The school authority should also provide more sporting facilities for the students in order to encourage more participation of students in various

Suggestions for Further Studies

Further studies should be carried out in the following areas:

This study should be repeated in other schools in another
Study should be carried out on the supervisory techniques that can be used by the Principal to enhance effective supervision of teachers in secondary
Study should be carried out on the assessment of leadership styles of Principal on Teachers’ commitment to work in secondary

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