CLASSROOM AND INTER-SCHOOL VISITATION TECHNIQUES UTILIZED BY PRINCIPALS AND SUPERVISORS FOR PROMOTING TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE.

Abstract

This study focused on ascertaining the extent of utilization of supervisory techniques by principals and
supervisors for promoting teacher effectiveness in public secondary schools in Anambra State. Four
research questions and four null hypotheses guided the study. The study was carried out in all the public
secondary schools in the six education zones in Anambra State. The study adopted a census-survey
research design on a population of 350 (268 principals and 82 supervisors) respondents. A 35-item
researcher constructed questionnaire was used to rate the extent of utilization of supervisory techniques
as it relates to; demonstration, classroom visitation, inter-school visitation and micro-teaching. The
instrument was validated by three experts, while a grand reliability index of 0.83 was obtained using
Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient. Mean scores were used to answer the four research questions
while z-test was used to test the four null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The major findings
of the study indicated that both principals and supervisors utilize classroom and inter-school visitation
techniques for promoting teacher effectiveness in public secondary schools in Anambra State to a
moderate extent. Though they both utilize supervisory techniques to a moderate extent, the supervisors
seem to record higher utilization of these techniques compared to the principals. It was recommended
among others that the State Education Commission, especially the Post-Primary School Service
Commission (PPSSC) should embark on monitoring scheme to ensure that principals utilize the
supervisory techniques to a high extent.