Supervision and Performance of Teachers in Senior High Schools in the Dormaa Municipality

Abstract

ABSTRACT The study investigated the effect of supervision on performance of teachers in senior high schools in the Dormaa municipality. The study was approached quantitatively with correlational research design. The study specifically pursued the following research objectives, to assess the factors influencing supervision of teachers at Ghana Education Service in the Dormaa Municipality, to assess the effect of supervision on performance of teachers at Ghana Education Service in the Dormaa Municipality. A structured questionnaire was used to gather data from the surveyed respondents. A valid questionnaire of 140 were retrieved from a total sample of 155 teachers from four senior high schools in the Dormaa municipality. The IBM statistical package for social science (SPSS) analytical software version 26 was used to process the data and analysed the data using mean scores and linear regression statistical tools. The study found that the factors that influence supervision exercise had little effect on the supervision process. Also, supervision was found to have significantly and positively effect on employee performance at the selected school. The study further found that the supervision exercise is bewailed by numerous challenges, such as untimely information, lack of logistics, inadequate training of supervisors among others. The study recommends implementation of supervision must be accompanied by mechanisms or policies that create the opportunity to harness employees' performance. Again, staff job satisfaction should be the top priority of supervisors. When staff members feel secured, recognised and allowed to use their skills and abilities better performance is assured. Also, needed resources should be allocated to the supervisory process to facilitate the realisation of its intended goals.