Head teachers’ supervisory roles and teachers’ performance in primary schools of Tororo district, A case study of Malaba town council

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2024
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Busitema University
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The general objective of the study was to examine the effect of head teacher’s supervisory roles on the teachers’ performance in Primary Schools of Malaba Town Council of Tororo District. The objectives that guided the study were, (i) to examine the extent to which head teachers’ observational supervisory role affects the teacher’s performance, (ii) to assess the extent to which head teacher’s instructional supervisory role affects the teacher’s performance, and (iii) to analyze the extent to which head teacher’s monetary motivational role affects the performance of teachers. The research design used was cross sectional and case study. The sample size of the study was 98 respondents. Data was analyzed in two ways; demographic profile, percentage was used, SPSS was used to analyze data in order to get mean per statement. Findings; for all the objectives, overall mean was 2.51 indicating moderate level of positive effect, thus, head teachers implemented their roles to extent of registering moderate positive effect on teachers’ performance. Conclusion; about the effect of head teacher’s supervisory roles on teacher’s performance, guided by 2.51 as mean of all the objectives, it is concluded that head teachers supervised the teachers to the extent of registering moderate positive results. Recommendations; for all the three objectives, the mean outcome 2.51, indicating that head teachers as they supervised the work done by the teachers registered moderate positive effect. This is not to the expectation of the stakeholders. It is recommended that parents should be encouraged to pay school dues on time such that activities of the schools, including planning for lunch can be done at the right time, and likewise the Ministry of Education and Sports should support primary Schools by making sure that their budget for running the schools are stepped up as UPE funds such that the head teachers as administrators may be able to run the school effectively in order to achieve the set objectives in a particular year planned for such that teachers may be able to do their work well to the extent of producing the best results at the end of the academic year.
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Muduwa, J. (2024). Head Teachers’ supervisory roles and teachers’ performance in primary Schools of Tororo District, a case study of Malaba Town Council [Research report]. Busitema University.