Instructional supervisory skills of headteachers of junior high schools of Old-Tafo Municipal

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the instructional supervisory practices head teachers of Junior High Schools in Old-Tafo Municipal provide. The study population comprised of all 86 Junior High School teachers and 10 head teachers, out of the 86 teachers, 75 was the response rate, while 10 head teachers participated in the study. Questionnaire in the form of Likert format ranging from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (4) was used to collect data. The reliability estimates for teachers was 0.83 cronbach alpha. The methodological inquiry was the mixed method (both quantitative and qualitative approaches) using descriptive design. The statistical analyses tools used for the study was frequency, percentages and mean. Findings indicated that head teachers dominantly employ human skills in carrying out the instructional supervisory practices. Also, the instructional supervisory practice head teachers dominantly employ in their practice was checking of teacher’s records. Lastly, the study revealed that heads and teachers dominantly employ human skills in carrying out the instructional supervisory practices. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that, head teachers should organize in – service courses for teachers on the nature and significance of the instructional supervision and put much emphasis on supervisory skills that relate to human relation skills. Lastly, head teachers should educate the teachers on the significance of checking the teacher’s records.