INFLUENCE OF PRINCIPALS’ ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES ON TEACHERS’ JOB PERFORMANCE IN CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NASARAWA STATE OF NIGERIA

Abstract

The study assessed influence of principals’ administrative role on teachers’ job performance in Catholic secondary schools, Nasarawa State. The study was guided by 2objectives with corresponding research questions and hypotheses. The research design that was used for this study was cross-sectional survey research design. The population of the study consisted of 232 principals and teachers. The sample size of this study was selected using census sampling technique. The sample size consisted of 8 principals and 224 teachers from 8 Catholic secondary schools. The instrument that was used for data collection is called Teachers’ Questionnaire on the Influence of Principals’ Administrative Role on Teachers’ Job Performance in Catholic Secondary Schools (TQIPARTJPCSS) in Nasarawa State. The questionnaire consisted of 18 items constructed based on 5-point Likert’s scale. The instrument yielded 0.80 as the logical validity index. The instrument yielded 0.88 as coefficient of internal consistency. Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while t-test statistic was used to test the formulated null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that there is a significant influence of principals’ supervisory role on teachers’ job performance in Catholic secondary schools in Nasarawa Stat and, there is a significant influence of principals’ communication skills on teachers’ job performance in Catholic secondary schools in Nasarawa State. One of the recommendations of the study is the need for principals to develop series of supervisory strategies such as regular classroom visitation, coaching of newly employed teachers, guiding teachers with teaching deficiencies among others to help teachers acquire the necessary skills needed for effective job performance.