The Current Status Of School Based Instructional Supervision Practices And Challenges In Secondary School Dandi Woreda

Abstract

The purpose of this study was conducted the current status of school based instructional supervision practices and challenges in secondary school Dandi Woreda. To realize this title three basic questions related to school based instructional supervision practices, the major contributions of school based instructional supervision for the professional development of teachers and the major challenges school based instructional supervision in secondary schools of Dandi Woreda. The study was employed a descriptive survey design that involved the use of both qualitative and quantitative approaches in data gathering and analysis. Data was gathered from both primary and secondary sources. Primary sources were 136 teachers, 30 school- based supervisors 6 school principals, 5 vice principals and 2 secondary school supervisors. Simple random sampling technique was employed to proportionally select teachers from six government secondary schools namely Ginchi, Artist Hachalu Hundessaa, Abebe Kernsa, Gelesa, Kotoba and Boda secondary schools. While purposive sampling was employed to select school- based supervisors, school principals, vice principals and secondary school supervisors. To collect the relevant primary data, questionnaire interviews and Document analysis were employed. Interview and document analysis were conducted to triangulate the information obtained through questionnaire. The quantitative data were first edited, organized, tabulated and then analyzed using five liker scales, percentage, frequency and chi-square test by using SPSS v.20.0, while qualitative data from interview was narrated and analyzed to support the qualitative analysis. On the basis of these findings ineffectiveness of the practices of supervisory options matching with the individual teacher’s developmental level, and inability of supervisors to apply the necessary procedures for classroom observation properly. On the other hand, the challenges influencing the school-based supervision, lack of relevant training programs for supervisors, scarcity of experienced supervisors in school-based supervision activities, lack of supervision manuals in the schools and shortage of allocated budget for supervisory activities. Finally, based on the findings and conclusions recommended to give relevant in-service trainings for supervisors to upgrade their supervisory activities, necessary resources such as supervision manuals and an adequate budget for the success of supervision at the school level was suggeste