Instructional supervision practices of school heads and academic performance of learners of elementary schools in Eastern Samar division

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lilia Pombo Capangpangan
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Instructional Supervision ◽  
Supervision Practices ◽  
School Heads

scholarly journals Principals’ Instructional Supervision Practices: Key to Kiswahili Academic Performance

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (28) ◽  
pp. 128
Author(s):  
Rose Mwanza ◽  
Lucia Musyoka
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
School Principal ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
Instructional Supervision ◽  
Supervision Practices

This study evaluated the principals’ instructional supervision practices as key to Kiswahili academic performance in public day secondary schools in Nairobi County, Kenya. Secondary school principals’ instructional practices are paramount in enhancing academic performance among secondary school students. Quality and relevant instruction ensures excellent academic Kiswahili achievement of students. Through instructional supervision offered by the principals, teachers are stimulated, supported and motivated to instruct the students well. For instructional supervision to fully benefit schools, both the principals and the teachers need to play a meaningful and effective role. The improvement of school through instructional supervision has been a concern for education stakeholders in Kenya during colonial and after colonial periods. As a result, Education Commissions which were formed to evaluate the education system in Kenya addressed the status of Kiswahili. The education Commissions included Phelps Commission of 1924 which recommended the use of vernacular and Kiswahili for teaching practical subjects, and Presidential Working Party for the Establishment of Second University of 1981 which called for teaching of Kiswahili as a compulsory and examinable subject in both primary and secondary schools. The current study targeted 26 public day secondary schools, 26 principals, 26 heads of department of Kiswahili and 2664 students. Both probability and nonprobability sampling techniques were used in the study. The objectives of the study included: What instructional materials are used by Kiswahili teachers to ascertain performance in Kiswahili; what measures are put in place by secondary school principal to realize performance in Kiswahili; what are the strategies directed towards enhancing Kiswahili teachers’ skills in public day secondary schools in Nairobi County. Descriptive research design was adopted for the study. Data analysis techniques included stratified random sampling, proportional allocation, simple random sampling design and purposive sampling designs. Instruments for data collection included two sets of questionnaires and interview guide. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to calculate frequencies and percentages. The key findings of the study were that lack of the instructional materials may have contributed to poor performance in Kiswahili; school principals executed their duties properly as concerns Kiswahili teachers’ lesson attendance and that lack of concern of principals in what students learn in school may have led to poor performance in Kiswahili.

scholarly journals Instructional Supervision Towards Teacher’s Quality of YIK Religious Secondary Schools in Kelantan, Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Nasuha binti Haji Musa
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Instructional Supervision ◽  
Quality Teachers ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Supervision Practices ◽  
Collective Development ◽  
Supervisory Practices

The Malaysian Education Blueprint (MEB) 2013-2025 emphasized on principals’ supervisory practices and teachers’ quality to enhance 21st-century international quality education. The lack of professional training for principals and the decline of teacher’s quality according to Yayasan Islam Kelantan (YIK) report (YIK, 2017) have affected the government’s aspirations. This problem requires a solution because the instructional supervision is a catalyst of teachers’ professional values and quality. Meanwhile, teachers’ quality is related to teaching professionalism practices, knowledge, understanding as well as teaching and learning skills. This study is essential for principals’ instructional supervision improvement and enhancing teachers’ quality. A quantitative, cross-sectional survey approach was adopted using a standardized three-section questionnaire comprising Section A: Respondents’ Personal and Professional Backgrounds, Section B: Instructional Supervision and Section C: Teachers’ Quality. The study sample comprised 360 teachers in YIK Religious Secondary Schools. A descriptive and inferential data analysis was generated using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) 20 Version. The improved quality among teachers was the result of holistic supervisory practices of principals namely, directive guidance, collective development, professional development, curriculum development and action research guidance. Thus, it is significant that principals understand the practical dimensions of supervision in order to improve teachers’ quality in YIK Religious Secondary Schools in Kelantan. It is recommended that YIK focuses on instructional supervision practices to produce quality teachers as the principals’ instructional supervision is highly potential catalysts for quality teachers.

scholarly journals ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY MODE (ADM) PROGRAM DELIVERY AND PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nelson E. Lucero
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Delivery Mode ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Alternative Delivery

Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) of instruction had become an option of schools, parents, and learners to access education. Despite its implementation for several years, research on its delivery and students’ academic performance was not endeavored. Hence, this study was conducted to determine the relationship of Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) program and performance of the students. The respondents of the study were 30 students from nine elementary schools in the Division of Digos, Davao del Sur. Results showed that most of the respondents enrolled in the Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) were male, at age 11, and were laborers. Most of them were low performers. The respondents rated the Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) implementation as moderate. It further revealed that there was no significant difference in the level of implementation of Alternative Delivery Mode in terms of gender and age but it showed significant relationship between the level of implementation of the program and the performance of the students. Intensification of Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) was recommended. <p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0720/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

scholarly journals Educational Leadership in Our Peculiar Institutions: Understandings of Principals in Segregated, White-Staffed Urban Elementary Schools in the United States

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tonya M. Milligan ◽  
Craig B. Howley
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Racial Differences ◽  
The United States ◽  
Urban Elementary Schools ◽  
Moral Agents ◽  
The World ◽  
School Heads ◽  
National Systems ◽  
The U.S

This study explores how 10 principals in mostly-Black U.S. urban elementary schools staffed by mostly-White faculty understood and experienced the manifestations of racial differences. Narrative inquiry with nearly 700 pages of transcript data yielded three themes: (1) gradients of color-conscious leadership, (2) principals as moral agents, and (3) working within a context of fear. Difficult though these stories and challenges are in the U.S., practices and policies elsewhere in the world also produce such situations and experiences, and the dynamics evident in the stories told by these school heads may prove relevant to investigations in other national systems.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of the Strategic Planning and Academic Performance among the Public Secondary Schools in Babati District, Tanzania

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (Issue 1 (January to March 2021)) ◽  
pp. 82-86
Author(s):  
Peter Kwaslema ◽  
Daniel Onyango
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Strategic Plan ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Community Members ◽  
School Communities ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
Speed Up ◽  
Study Population ◽  
School Heads

This study sought to establish teachers’ perception on the schools’ effectiveness in the development of the strategic plan, the perception of teachers on how the implementation of the strategic plan affects the academic performance and what should be done to ensure an effective strategic planning. The study used a mixed research approach while employing the convergent parallel design. The study population consisted of 2,844 stakeholders from 5 sampled schools whereby 185 respondents were drawn. The study concluded that there was effectiveness in the development of the Strategic Plan; the implementation of the strategic plan contributed to improved academic performance and various strategies were used by heads of schools to ensure that strategic plans were implemented. The study recommends that to be more effective in developing strategic plans, heads of schools should involve all stakeholders and hire experts to facilitate strategy formulations. Secondly, school heads should educate the school communities about benefits derived from effective implementation of strategic plans so that they can fully be committed to its implementation. Finally, school heads should come up with new strategies that will minimize resistance by school community members so as to speed up adoption as opposed to being pushed all the time by heads of schools in order for them to comply.

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