Reality of Supervisors’ Clinical Supervision Practice in Kuwaiti Public Schools

Abstract

Teachers’ classroom performance is an important aspect of the learning process. Improving teaching quality lies at the heart of this process, in which evaluation is thought to oversee the quality of classroom instruction. This study aims to examine the practice of clinical supervision by general supervisors in Kuwaiti public schools. To this end, it adopted a descriptive methodology using Serkesian’s (2011) questionnaire as a data collection instrument. The sample consisted of 169 teachers who were randomly chosen from different public schools in different educational districts across Kuwait. Data was processed and codified by using Statistical Package for Social Science software. The results showed that most teachers view their supervisors’ clinical supervision practice positively, and no statistically significant differences were found in their responses with regard to their gender, specialization, educational level, and work experience. However, some clinical supervision areas have been neglected, such as conducting preconferences. helping to resolve classroom management problems, and aiding in lesson planning. Therefore, this study calls on supervisors to direct more of their efforts on these aspects.

Keywords: clinical supervision, supervision, teachers, Kuwaiti public schools, instruction