Perceptions of the practices of basic school head teachers’ instructional supervision at the Asokore Mampong Municipality

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate “perceptions of the practices of basic school head teachers’ instructional supervision at Asokore Mampong Municipality”. The study sort to find out how head teachers perceived instructional supervision, determine their instructional supervisory practices, ascertain the perceived impact of head teachers’ instructional supervisory practices on teachers’ performance and establish the correlation between head teachers’ perceptions and their practices. The descriptive survey design was used for the study with quantitative approach. The target population for the study consisted of all head teachers and assistants in public basic schools in the Asokore Mampong Municipality. Census sampling method was employed to select the accessible population of 110 head teachers for the study and questionnaire was used to collect data. 100 respondents who completely answered all the questionnaire items was used for the analysis of this study. The data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics and presented in tables, frequencies, percentages, mean, standard deviation and correlation test. Among others, the study found that head teachers perceived instructional supervision to be concerned with commending teachers for improved instructional behaviour, conferencing with teachers to plan for observation of lesson and providing in-service training to teachers to improve their skills. It was recorded that instructional supervision contributes to continuous professional development of teachers. The study found that there was a positive correlation between head teachers’ perception and their practice of instructional supervision.