PRINCIPAL’S SUPERVISORY STRATEGIES AND JOB PERFORMANCE IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, ABUJA

Abstract

This study investigated Principal’s Supervisory Strategies and Job Performance in Senior Secondary Schools in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The objectives of the study were to identify various supervisory strategies employed by Principals to enhance teachers ’job performance in public senior secondary schools in FCT, Abuja and establish the level of teachers’ job performance in public senior secondary school in FCT, Abuja. Two research questions and one null hypothesis were raised to guide the study. Correlational survey research design was adopted for the study, from a population of 3999 teachers and 64 principals, a sample size of 346 teachers and 19 principals were taken using Krejcie and Morgan (1970)’s table for determining the sample size of a finite population. Stratified proportionate sampling technique was used to select the respondents from 19 schools. Two research instruments titled “Principal Supervisory Strategies Questionnaire” (PSSQ) and “Teachers Job Performance Questionnaire “(TJPQ) were developed to elicit data from the respondents. The instruments were face and content validated and their reliability ascertained using Cronbach’s alpha which yielded indexes of 0.71and 0.64 respectively. Research questions were answered using mean scores and standard deviation, while the null hypotheses were tested using linear regression analysis at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that there is significant relationship between principal’s supervisory strategies and teachers’ job performances in public senior secondary schools in FCT, Abuja. Based on the findings it was recommended amongst others that the FCT Secondary Education Board should organize leadership training programme for principals in order to update their knowledge of supervisory strategies and acquire contemporary supervisory skills to effectively perform school based supervision.