Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the instructional leadership behaviours of
heads of Senior High Schools at Builsa North Municipality. The objectives of the
Study were to find out common instructional leadership behaviours heads mostly
used, assess the effective instructional leadership practices of heads and to find out
strategies adopted to improve instructional leadership behaviours of heads in senior
high schools at Builsa North Municipality. A descriptive survey design was employed
with quantitative approach for the study. The target population for the study was
teachers in senior high schools. The accessible population was 261 teachers in three
selected senior high schools. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the
schools. Simple random sampling was used to select 78 respondents for the study.
Questionnaire was used for the study. Data were analyzed descriptively and presented
with descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages. The pretest yielded
Cronbach Alpha of 0.82. The study found that instructional leadership behaviours
heads mostly used included coordinating the school curriculum and monitoring the
use of school curriculum. The study also revealed that heads were effective in their
instructional leadership practices. It is recommended that the Municipal Directorate of
Education should encourage heads to adopt the measures to improve instructional
leadership behaviours as revealed by the study to further promote effective teaching
and learning.
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-Kumasi, in partial fulfilment of the requirements
for the award of Master of Arts (Educational Leadership) degree
