IMPLEMENTATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL SUPERVISION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH TEACHERS’ PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NANDI NORTH SUB-COUNTY, KENYA
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2021-05
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This research study was tailored to investigate the implementation of instructional
supervision and its relationship with teachers’ performance in public secondary
schools in Nandi North Sub-County. Descriptive-correlational research design was
adopted in which Instructional Supervision and teachers’ Performance Questionnaire
were used to obtain relevant data from 187 teachers in 15 selected Public Secondary
schools using the simple random sampling techniques. Purposive sampling technique
was used to select 42 HODs who were interviewed. Descriptive statistics and
Spearman’s rank-order correlation coefficient at 0.05 level of significance were used
to analyze the data generated and answer the research questions. The study relied on
theory Z by William (1980) which is a supervision model that grew from perceived
inadequacies with theories X and Y. Based on TPAD scores the performance of the
teachers was above average. The study reveals that the extent of implementation of
instructional supervision in lesson preparation, preparation of assessment materials,
lesson implementation, and innovation and creativity is good. There is no significant
relationship between instructional supervision in lesson preparation (rs = .031, p =
.679 > .05), preparation of assessment materials (rs = .132, p =. 072 > .05), and
innovation and creativity in teaching (rs = -.036, p = .627 > .05) and teachers’
performance based on TPAD scores. There is a significant relationship between
instructional supervision in lesson implementation (rs = -0.152, p = .038 < .05) and
teachers’ performance based on TPAD scores. The relationship is weak and inverse,
which implies that principals tend to supervise the lesson implementation of teachers
whose performance is wanting. One important way of improving instruction is
through regular supervision of all teachers by principals of schools and by fully
implementing instructional supervision.