School Management Assessment of Teachers in Secondary Schools in Ondo State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined the assessment of teachers by school management in terms of general attitude to work, teaching and management. A survey design was adopted for the study. The study sample was 227 principals representing 61% of the school principals in the state. The principals were selected using stratified random sampling with school location as strata. An instrument, School Management Assessment of Teachers’ Inventory (SMATI) was used to collect data. It consisted of 20 items, that elicited information on the behavioural dispositions of the teachers. The SMATI had an internal consistency reliability of 0.72. Data collected were analysed using Pearson-r. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between teachers attitude to work (r = 0.325, p<0.01), teaching (r=0.435, p<0.01, and management (r=194, p<0.01). The study concluded that teachers general attitude to work and teaching for effective service delivery could be enhanced through school management regular assessment of teachers in the area of curriculum delivery which required effective capacity building.

Keywords: School Management Assessment, Teachers Attitudes, Effective Service Delivery, Capacity Building.