INVESTIGATING PRINCIPALS ROLES IN TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS IN WARRI-SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF DELTA STATE

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to evaluate how principals' roles affected the efficacy of public senior secondary school teachers in Delta State's Warri-South Local Government Area. Four main goals shaped the research: to assess how principals' supervision styles affect teachers' effectiveness; to look into how principals' communication styles affect teachers' effectiveness; to find out if teachers' participation in decision-making is correlated with teachers' effectiveness; and to assess the general level of teaching effectiveness among the local teachers. Data were gathered from 180 teachers in public secondary schools in the Warri-South Local Government Area who were chosen through simple random sampling out of a population of 328 teachers. The study used an ex-post-facto research design that combined correlational and descriptive methods. The respondents' information was gathered using a structured questionnaire called the "Principals’ Role in Teacher Effectiveness Questionnaire (PRTEQ)". The results showed a significant correlation between improved teacher effectiveness and principals' communication practices, a significant relationship between teachers' effectiveness and principals' involvement in decision-making, and a significant relationship between teacher effectiveness and the quality of principals' supervisory practices. The study also discovered that the local teachers had a high degree of effectiveness in the classroom. In light of these results, principals should improve their communication, supervision techniques, and decision-making involvement in order to further boost teacher effectiveness in public secondary schools.