Instructional leadership behaviours of heads of senior high schools at Builsa north municipality

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.