Relationship between heads leadership styles and teacher effectiveness in senior high schools at Bantama Sub Metro in the Kumasi Metropolis

Abstract

The study investigated relationship between heads leadership styles and teacher effectiveness in senior high schools at Bantama sub metro in the Kumasi metropolis. The objectives of the study were to find out the effectiveness of teachers of senior high schools, identify the leadership style mostly used by heads and to establish relationship between leadership styles of heads and teacher effectiveness. Two research questions and one hypothesis were formulated to direct the study. Descriptive survey design was employed for the study. The study involved only teachers and the sample size was 94 respondents. Purposive sampling was used to select the teachers. Questionnaire was used to gather data. The pre-test yielded reliability coefficient of 0.78. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, means and standard deviations, percentages and frequencies and Pearson Product -Moment Correlation Coefficient. Findings revealed that heads mostly used transformational leadership style in managing teachers. Statistically significant, positive and strong relationship was found to exist between heads leadership styles and teacher effectiveness. It was recommended that heads should reinforce the use of transformational leadership style in the schools. It was again recommended that heads should advocate for sustaining the use of appropriate leadership styles depending on the situation.