ASSIGNED STAFF TASK SUPERVISORY STRATEGY OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AS CORRELATE OF TEACHERS EFFICACY IN SECONDARY IN SOUTH EAST NIGERIA

Abstract

This study explored Assigned Staff Task Supervisory Strategy of School Administrator as a Correlate of Teachers’ Self-Efficacy in Public Secondary Schools in South East, Nigeria. Two research question and two null hypotheses provided direction for the study. The study adopted a Correlational Research Design. The population of the study comprised all the 18,758 teachers in the 1244 public secondary schools in 24 Education Zones in South-East, Nigeria. A sample of 960 teachers in 79 public secondary schools in South East Nigeria was used for the study. Multi-stage sampling technique was use to draw the sample. The instrument for data collection were two questionnaires, Assigned Staff Task of School Administrator Questionnaires (ASTSAQ) and Teachers Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (TSEQ) constructed by the researcher. Five experts in the area of Educational Management and Educational Measurement and Evaluation validated the instruments. The reliability of the instrument was determined using the test-retest reliability method and it yielded an overall reliability indices of 0.82 and 0.61. Pearson’s r, R² (coefficient of determination) was used to analyses the research question while Linear regression analysis was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 of significance. The result of the analysis revealed that there exists a moderate positive relationship between school administrator determination of staff task and assigned staff task as it relates to teachers self-efficacy. Based on the findings the study recommended among other things that, In order to have effective resource inputs, curriculum delivery and Students’ learning outcome require effective task determination by school administrator. Also in order to have institutional governance there must be effective collaboration and goal-oriented synergetic interrelationship between the school and the relevant stakeholders in its environment.