Examining Strategies School Managers Employ to Motivate Teachers: A Case of Secondary School Teachers in Kyenjojo District, Western

Abstract

In order to realize the educational objectives it requires motivated and satisfied teachers however, majority of teachers in Uganda are not motivated. This is shown by the instability in the teaching profession, such as poor performance of teachers, high turnovers, and absenteeism and in the end the learner is highly affected because most fail to get the required education. People need to develop their potentials and this can only be done if their esteems are high.  Teachers need to be appreciated at their work places in order to induce creativity and motivation in them. Despite these observations, it is not clear which strategy would account best for teachers’ motivation and job satisfaction in Uganda. This study examines the strategies school managers use to motivate teachers. Descriptive Survey design was used to gather factual information from the targeted population without creating contradiction. The purpose of descriptive surveys, according to Ezeani (1998), is to collect detailed and factual information that describes an existing phenomenon. On the other hand, Kothari (2003) says   this method is easy for securing information concerning an existing phenomenon from all or a chosen number of the population of the concerned universe. Strategies school managers employ to motivate teachers were measured by survey in a sample of 50 teachers The target population, from which the sample was drawn for the study, consisted of thirty (30) teachers  in public and fifty (50) teachers  in private secondary school, plus  (8)  principals in both public and private Secondary Schools of Kyenjojo District. The study used both probability sampling and non probability sampling designs. In general eight (8) secondary schools in Kyenjojo District provided eighty eight respondents (89). This sample represented the general teacher population in both public and private schools Kyenjojo who are employed byUganda Teacher Service Commission (U.T.S.C). The general number of teachers in Kyenjojo could not be established, because some teachers are registered by U.T.S.C and others are privately employed. The findings of the study were: head teachers allow their teachers to go for in service training as a strategy for motivating teachers among others strategies as elaborated in the findings.

Key Words: Strategies, Managers, Motivation and Teachers