SUPERVISORY TECHNIQUES AND TEACHERS' JOB EFFECTIVENESS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN CALABAR MUNICIPALITY OF CROSS RIVER STATE

This study was designed to examine the supervisory techniques and teachers’ job effectiveness in secondary schools in Calabar municipality of Cross River State. To achieve this aim, four research questions and four hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Survey design was used to carry out this study. Ten principals and 10 Vice principals were randomly selected from ten selected schools in the area. Simple random sampling technique was adopted for the selection of schools for the study. The questionnaire based on modified four-point Likert type scale was developed and administered to the respondents in the ten secondary schools in Calabar Municipality. Pearson products moments correlation analysis was used in analyzing the data. The result of the findings revealed that there is a significant relationship between supervisors’ classroom visitation techniques, motivational technique, clinical supervision and teachers’ job effectiveness. Based on the findings it was recommended that the ministry of education should organize regular seminar and conferences for school supervisors (Principals and Vice Principal) on various supervisory techniques to enhanced administrative effectiveness. The supervision should also be directed towards both maintaining and improving the teaching learning process in school. School administrators should also organize workshops for teachers in order to update their knowledge of various teaching method in order to enhance teachers’ job effectiveness.