Principles’ Supervisory Behaviour and Teachers ‘Job Attitude in Ikono Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom

Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between principals’ supervisory behaviour and teachers’ job attitude in secondary schools in Ikono Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The main purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between principal’s instructional evaluation ability, principals’ observation ability, and principals’ involvement of teachers in decision-making and teachers’ job attitude in Ikono Local Government Area. Five research questions and Five hypotheses were formulated to give direction to the study. Ex-post facto research design was used in the study. A total of 255 teachers from a population of 360 teachers in secondary schools in Ikono Local Government Area were used for the study. Data for the study were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire titled “Principals’ Supervisory Behaviours and Teachers’ Job attitude Questionnaire (PSBTAWQ)”. The data were analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and all the hypotheses were tested at .05 significance level. All the null hypotheses tested were rejected, showing that principals’ instructional evaluation ability, principals’ observation ability, principals’ involvement of teachers in decision making significantly relate to teachers’ job attitude. Thus, it was concluded that principals’ involvement of teachers in decision-making have significant relationship with teachers’ job attitude. It was therefore recommended that principals should allow teachers to participate in decision-making for better performance towards achieving the educational goals objectives.