The Attitude of Head Teachers towards the Instructional Supervision of Beginning Senior High School Economics Teachers in the Kumasi Metropolis

Abstract

The attitude of head teachers towards instructional supervision has a greater impart on the professional development of Senior High School Beginning Economics teachers professional development. This study examined the attitude of Head teachers towards the instructional supervision of beginning senior high school economics teachers. The study was a quantitative research which adopted the descriptive cross-sectional survey design. In all, 98 Head teachers were selected for the study. Data was collected on a 5-point likert scale questionnaire strongly agree to strongly disagree. The descriptive statistics which comprise mean and standard deviation were used to analysed the data that was obtained. The study found out that Head teachers attach a great level of importance to beginning Economics teachers‟ instructional supervision. Again, it was found out that Head teachers encounter the fundamental Challenges of the instructional supervision process. Also, the most adopted approach to instructional supervision adopted by the school heads was the clinical approach to instructional supervision. Lastly, it was found out that there is a statistically significant difference between the level of importance private and public Head teachers attach to Beginning SHS Economics teachers' instructional supervision. It was recommended that the Ghana Education Service must set up an independent body to monitor the supervisory activities of Public Senior High School Heads.