Abstract:
The culture of an educational institution is seen as the driving force which
marshals the school and its resources into productive teaching and learning that
leads to school success. This study examined the influence of school culture on
teacher commitment in Senior High Schools in Lower Manya Krobo
Municipality. The study draws on quantitative research approach with positivism
as philosophical paradigm where a cross sectional survey was used as the study
design. Census technique was employed to collect data from all the teachers in the
Senior High Schools, and with the use of questionnaire data was collected from
396 teachers. Frequencies and percentages, means and standard deviations,
process procedure, Multiple Linear Regression and One-Way Multivariate
Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) were used to analyse the data for the study.
The findings of the study indicate that generally, the culture of the schools is
positive. It further emerged from the study that teachers have high level of
commitment. Also, a significant high positive relationship exists between school
culture and teacher commitment. The study recommended that heads of
educational institutions should ensure the development and maintenance of
effective school culture for high teacher commitment and effective school
development. Again, heads of schools and Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs)
should provide the needed assistance, incentives and other enabling environment
that will enhance teachers’ interests in the school and boost their commitment
levels.
