Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to examine the state of Instructional Supervision by
headteachers in Public Junior High Schools within the Awutu Senya East
Municipality, in the Central Region of Ghana. The study considered Instructional
Supervision Model, which indicated the practices and the governing values that goes
with the supervision. The study employed mixed methods descriptive survey research
design. The study engaged multi-stage sampling using stratified, simple random and
quota sampling techniques for quantitative data. For qualitative date, all interviewees
were approached purposively and voluntary were engaged at their own convenience
time, place and unit of communication. The sample used for the study were seventy eight (78) respondents. The findings identified the major causes of poor supervisory
techniques by headteachers in the Awutu Senya East Municipality were lack of
funding, inadequate materials for instructional supervision and no support from the
municipal education directorate, inadequate of skills and knowledge for instructional
supervision and inadequate training for the supervisors. Also, the finding from the
study indicated that most challenges faced by headteachers as supervisors in
discharging their duties was financial constraints which lead to inability to procure
logistics and materials, as well as inability to motivate headteachers. The study
depicted that the various ways by which ensuring instructional supervision practices
by headteachers could be improved by periodic training on modern trends, provision
of adequate and sufficient materials for instructional supervision among others. Based
on the findings, some of the recommendations made were; the Head of Educational
Inspectorate Unit (HoEIU) in Awutu Senya East Municipal must put an interim
supervision training programme in place to train headteachers before taking up their
supervisory appointments. The challenges of supervisors must be met by the
Municipal Directors of Education and the Ministry of Education must supply logistics
to supervisors their day-to-day operational activities. to enhance their mobility.
Accommodation must be provided to headteachers on campus to ensure quality
supervision.
Description:
A thesis in the Department of Educational Administration and Management,
Faculty of Educational Studies, submitted to the school of
Graduate Studies, in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the award of degree of
Master of Philosophy
(Educational Administration and Management)
in the University of Education, Winneba
