Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to investigate the supervisory practices of headteachers of
Junior High Schools in the Sekyere South District of the Ashanti Region. Objective of the
study were to identify the supervisory practices of headteachers; to explore challenges
headteachers face in performing the supervisory functions and to identify strategies that the headteachers use to improve supervision in Kona Circuit. The target population of the study was all the headteachers and teachers of the public junior high schools within the Kona Circuit. Purposive sampling was used to select all the 12 headteachers. Simple random sampling was used to select 64 teachers. The researcher used descriptive survey design for the study and closed ended questionnaire to collect data for the study. The data was processed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software package version 26.0. The data was analysed with the use of frequencies and percentages. The reliability test yielded Cronbach Alpha of 0.81. The study revealed that supervisory role performed by the headteachers were orientation of new teaching staff, checking teacher’s record of work, provision of in-service training, monitoring punctuality of teachers and student, teacher motivation and lesson observation. Again, it was found out that teachers' resistance to supervision, inadequate teachers, poor human relations, financial constraints, lack of adequate training and support, and teachers’ perception of instructional supervision were the challenges the headteachers faced in performing the supervisory functions. The study therefore recommended that Government should intensify actions to ensure that Junior High schools teachers are provided the opportunities for re-training.
Description:
A Dissertation in the Department of Educational Leadership, Faculty of Education
and Communication Sciences submitted to the School of Graduate Studies, Akenten
Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development, in
partial fulfilment of the requirements for award of the Master of Arts (Educational
Leadership) degree
DECEMBER, 2021