Teachers‟ Participation in Decision Making and Job Satisfaction in Basic Schools in the Asikuma-Odobenbrakwa District

Abstract

This study examined teachers‟ participation in decision making and job satisfaction in basic schools in the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District.The cross-sectional descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. Through the use of multi-stage (cluster and proportionate) technique and the simple random sampling procedures, 260 teachers were involved in the study. Questionnaire was used to gather the requisite data for the study. Data were analysed through the computation of descriptive and inferential statistics such as frequencies, percentages, mean of means distributions and multiple regression. The study established that to a moderate extent, teachers were involved in decisions pertaining to: the management of curriculum and instruction, management of physical and material resources, management of students‟ and teachers‟ activities, and management of school community partnership. Also, the majority of the teachers were fairly satisfied with their participation in school based decisions. Again, there was a moderate, positive correlation between teachers‟ involvement in school-based decision making and their job satisfaction. The study recommended that, the Ministry of Education (MoE), the Ghana Education Service (GES), and headteachers should highly involve teachers in decisions regarding advice on acquisition of text books for the new syllabus, and the registration of students for national exams (BECE) online.