Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to assess the leadership practices of heads of senior high
schools in the Kumasi Metropolis. The objectives of the study were to investigate
leadership practices commonly exhibited by heads of public schools, find out the
perception of heads of senior high schools regarding their leadership roles, examine the
challenges associated with leadership roles and to assess strategies that could be adopted
to improve leadership practices in senior high schools in the Kumasi metropolis. The
research design for the study was descriptive survey. The target population was senior high
school teachers in the Kumasi metropolis. The accessible population comprised eighty (80)
teachers. Purposive sampling technique was adopted to select the participants for the study.
Questionnaire was the instrument used for the study. Data collected were analyzed using
descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages. The reliability test yielded
Cronbach Alpha of 0.76. The study found among others that most heads do not set a
personal example of what they expect from others. Heads of schools focus on academic
performance of their schools do not focus on sports development as well as infrastructure.
Effective accommodation and in-service training of newly recruited teachers were
challenges in leadership practices. It is recommended based on the findings that heads of
senior high schools should set personal example of what they expect from others. Also
heads should assist teachers to go for workshops, refreshers courses and in-service training
as well as appointing accomplished tutors into leadership position in the school to help
improve leadership practices of heads of senior high schools.
Description:
A Project Report in the Department of Educational Leadership, Faculty of
Education and Communication Sciences, submitted to the School of Graduate
Studies, University of Education, Winneba, in partial fulfilment of the requirements
for award of the Master of Arts (Educational Leadership) degree
DECEMBER, 2018