PRINCIPALS’ SUPERVISORY STRATEGIES AS CORRELATE OF TEACHERS’ EFFECTIVENESS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract

The study investigated principals’ supervisory strategies as correlate of teachers’ effectiveness in public secondary schools in Anambra State. Correlational survey design was adopted for the study. Three research questions and three null hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study was 6447 which comprised all the 262 principals and 6185 teachers in all the 262 public secondary schools in the six education zones of Anambra State (PPSSC, Awka, 2021). The sample of the study was 711 respondents consisting 26 principals and 685 teachers chosen from the population through purposive sampling technique. Two researcher-structured instruments titled "Supervisory Strategies Questionnaire (SSQ)” and Teachers Effectiveness Questionnaire (TEQ)” was used to collect data. The instruments were face validated by three experts drawn from the Faculty of Education, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Anambra State. Cronbach Alpha technique was used to determine the internal consistency reliability of the instruments. The research questions were answered using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (Pearson r) while the null hypotheses were tested with t-test for correlation.  The findings of the study include: that there is a high positive significant correlation between classroom visitation strategy and teachers’ effectiveness in public secondary schools in Anambra State; there is a high positive correlation between teaching demonstration strategy and teachers’ effectiveness in public secondary schools in Anambra State among others. Based on the findings, the following recommendations were made: that principals should intensify instructional supervision through regular classroom visitation and observation of teachers at least once every week as doing so will enhance teachers’ effectiveness in public secondary schools in Anambra State; and government should through Ministry of Education and Post Primary School Service Commission (PPSSC) train all the secondary school administrators/supervisors to be conversant with the use of all supervisory strategies in the supervision of teachers in their various schools.