Abstract:
The study was conducted to investigate headmasters’ administrative and management
practices on school performance in selected public senior high schools in Kumasi
metropolis. The objectives of the study were to determine how headmasters’ decision making practices affect school performance, establish how headmasters’ in-service
training practices affect school performance, establish how headmasters’ effective
communication practices affect school performance and to investigate how headmasters’
instructional supervision practices affect school performance. Descriptive survey design
using the mixed method triangulation research approach was adopted for the study. The
target population of the study was 1013. Purposive sampling technique was used to select
five schools. Purposive sampling technique was also used to select all the five
headmasters. The lottery type of the simple random sampling was used to select 56
teachers. Questionnaire and interview guide were used for the study. The pilot-test
yielded Cronbach Alpha of 0.83. The quantitative data were analyzed using statistical
methods including percentages and frequencies while the qualitative data were analyzed
using the constant comparative method. The study revealed that headmasters engaged in
rational decision making to promote teachers’ performance. Also, headmasters provided
teachers with experiences which enabled them to work together and grow professionally.
Headmasters engaged in upward and downward communication with teachers to promote
performance. Also, headmasters visited teachers in class to supervise their teaching. It is
recommended that headmasters should strategically involve teachers in decision making
since the study revealed that involving teachers in decision making promoted
performance of the school.
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