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Administrators’ Quality Assurance Strategies and Teachers’ Job Performance in Public Senior Secondary Schools in Port Harcourt Metropolis

Prof. Eric C. Amadi & Dick Akeobarasuam Ibipiriene

Abstract

The study investigated administrators’ quality assurance strategies and teachers’ job performance in public senior secondary schools in Port Harcourt Metropolis Rivers State. The study was guided by three objectives from which three research questions and hypotheses were drawn. The Correlation Coefficient research design was used for this study. The population of the study comprised 1985 principals and teachers of public schools in Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The sample size determined was 322 using the Krejcie and Morgan table. Proportionate stratified sampling was employed to ensure fair representation from both Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas. The instrument used for data collection in this study were self-designed questionnaires titled ‘Administrators’ Quality Assurance Strategies Questionnaire” and Teachers’ Job Performance Questionnaire”. Cronbach Alpha test was used to test the reliability and yielded coefficients of 0.86, 0.85 and 0.83, which showed the instruments were reliable. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to answer research questions while the t-ratio transformation statistics was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed among others that there is a moderate positive relationship between instructional supervision and teachers’ job performance in public senior secondary schools in Port Harcourt Metropolis. The study concluded that several factors, including instructional supervision, monitoring, availability of instructional materials, mentorship programmes, and the sharing of best practices, have a significant influence on Teachers’ job performance in public senior secondary schools in Port Harcourt Metropolis. It was recommended among others that school administrators should implement structured and continuous instructional supervision to provide regular feedback and s

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