Instructional Supervision Strategies of School Heads and Performance of Teachers

AUTHOR(S)

FLORAMIE B. AGUMEN

ABSTRACT

— Instructional supervision is a backbone of educational improvement necessary to help educators and educational administrators in doing their jobs in a better fashion. It is needed in education to ensure uniformity and effectiveness in teaching and serves as a tool to promote teaching and learning in schools. One of the responsibilities of the school heads is to conduct instructional supervision to ensure that teachers are doing well in their task to delivery the lessons to the learners. Instructional supervisors need to engage different strategies in the conduct of instructional supervision to make learning meaningful to the learners. Hence, it is in this premise that the researcher decided to conduct this study to determine the significant relationship between the of instructional supervision strategies of school head and performance of teachers based on Classroom Observation Tool (COT. Utilizing the survey adopted from the analysis of Bibon’s (2022) Teachers’ Instructional Practices and Learners’ Academic Achievement in Science and the Classroom Observation Tool (COT), the study revealed a significant relationship between the extent of instructional strategies used by school heads and the performance level of teachers in classroom observation using the Classroom Observation Tool (COT) The high correlation shows that adequate instructional supervision positively impacts teacher performance, contributing to improved teaching practices and better learning outcomes. This finding reiterates the importance of school heads in directing, guiding, and facilitating teachers’ growth through formal and purposeful supervision. Keywords — Instructional Supervision Strategies, School Heads, Performance, Teachers