Principals’ Application Of Administrative Strategies For Enhancing Teachers Job Performance In Secondary Schools In Anambra State

Abstract

This study ascertained principals’ application of administrative strategies for enhancing teachers job performance in secondary schools in Anambra State. The study was guided by five research questions and five hypotheses which were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 6,654 respondents made up of 258 principals and 6,396 teachers in the 258 public secondary schools in Anambra State. Proportionate sampling technique was used to sample 708 respondents which consisted of 39 principals and 669 teachers. The researchers-developed instrument titled ‘‘Principals’ Application of Administrative Strategies Questionnaire (PAASQ)’’ was used for data collection. The researchers together with five research assistants collected data for the study using direct approach and 97% return rate was recorded. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyse the research questions, while t-test was used to test the null hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed among others that the monitoring strategies applied by principals for enhancing teachers’ job performance in secondary schools in Anambra State include; observing teachers’ classroom instructional delivery, inspecting of teachers’ lesson plans and notes, observing teachers’ attendance of school assemblies and checking of teachers’ coverage of scheme of work.  Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that State Post Primary school Service Commission should encourage and support principals to participate in international conferences in order to acquaint themselves with knowledge of participatory decision making strategies in the school system outside the shores of Nigeria.