APPROACHES TO SUPERVISION OF INSTRUCTION AS CORRELATE OF TEACHERS JOB PERFORMANCE IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN DELTA STATE

Abstract

This study determined the relationship between the approaches to supervision of instruction 
and teachers job performance in public secondary schools in Delta State. The study adopted a 
correlational design. A sample size of 400 respondents which comprised of 21 principals and 
379 teachers was used for this study. The study adopted a multi-stage sampling technique. The 
instruments for data collection were 26 item questionnaire titled ‘’ Supervision of Instruction in 
Secondary School Scale (SISSS and a 20-item ‘’ Teachers Job Performance Scale (TJPS)’’. 
The instruments were validated by three experts, two (2) from Educational Management in the 
Department of Educational Management and one (1) from Measurement and Evaluation in the 
Department of Science Education, all in the College of Education, Michael Okpara University 
of Agriculture, Umudike. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to 
determine the stability of the instrument while Cronbach Alpha method was used to determine 
the internal consistency of the instruments. These yielded 0.85 and 0.77 coefficient for the 
stability of SISS and TJPS respectively as well as 0.77 and 0.79 for internal consistencies of 
SISS and TJPS respectively. Two briefed research assistants helped in the administration and 
collection of the instruments. Out of 400 copies each of the two instruments administered, 388 
well-responded copies of the each instruments which is 97% return rate were used for data 
analysis. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient statistics was used to answer the 
research questions raised for the study while linear regression analysis was used to test the 
null hypotheses was tested with multiple regression at 0.05 level of significance. The findings 
showed among others that clinical supervision of instruction significantly to a very high extent 
relate with teachers’ job performance in secondary schools in Delta State while differentiated 
and contextual approaches to supervision of instruction significantly to a high extent relate to 
teachers’ job performance in secondary schools in Delta State. The study recommended among 
others that government and school proprietors should expose school administrators to regular 
training and workshops on effective use of clinical supervision of instruction in their respective 
schools.