IMPLEMENTATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL SUPERVISION IN ABAFRUANSA SECONDARY SCHOOL

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevailing implementation of instructional supervision in school to suggest possible solutions to the identified problems. It was focused on determining whether there were significant differences between supervisors and teachers on perceiving instructional supervisory skills, functions, processes and problems that were encountered in the practice. The method employed for the study was descriptive survey method. The study was conducted in secondary school found in the school, on the bases of purposive and simple random sampling techniques. Data were collected through a questionnaire, focus group discussion and document observation and were analyzed using frequency percentage. The findings of the study revealed that supervisor and teacher respondents agreed on the unsatisfactory practices of the instructional supervisory skills, functions and processes in the secondary schools of the wolkite city. It is also confirmed by the findings that the major problems of instructional supervisory services and supports were the incompetence of supervisors in the proper utilization of supervisory leadership skills, lack of knowledge in facilitating in-service education and organizing workshops for professional development and instructional improvement. Moreover, inadequate budget and insufficient manpower were found to be major hindrances in the practices of instructional supervision in the secondary school. As revealed by the findings, one to three classroom observations were conducted in semester