Principals Instructional Supervision as a Correlate of Teachers Job Performance in Public Secondary Schools in Benue State
Author: Tyokyaa, C.i. Ph.D & Nwaogwugwu, Julia Adaure
Abstract: This study investigated principals’ instructional supervision of teachers’ job performance in public secondary schools in Benue State. Two specific objectives were formulated. Two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated to investigate principals’ instructional supervision as a correlate of teachers’ job performance in areas of classroom visitation and classroom observation. The study employed a correlation survey design. A sample of 545 respondents which comprised 172 principals and 373 teachers were selected. Two self-constructed and structured questionnaire instruments namely: Teachers Job performance Questionnaire (TJPQ) and Principals Supervisory Strategies Questionnaire (PSSQ) were used for data collection. Mean and Standard deviation was used to answer the research questions while Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was adopted for testing the two null hypotheses at a 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study showed that the principal’s supervisory roles in terms of classroom visitation and observation had a positive relationship with teachers’ job performance. Based on the findings of the study, it was concluded that classroom visitation and observation have a significant relationship with teachers’ job performance. Consequently, it was recommended that principals should regularly indulge in classroom visitation and effectively hold classroom observation to enhance teachers’ job performance.