Correlates of Effective Instructional Supervision in Bayelsa State Secondary Schools

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the correlates of effective instructional supervision in secondary schools inBayelsa State. A critical examination of all the policies and personnel put in place by the government to achieve theaim of supervision of instruction in secondary school in Bayelsa State were elucidated. The study involved empiricaldesign with the stratified population of fifteen (15) secondary schools, comprising three hundred (300) teachers andsixty (60) supervisors (Principals) randomly selected from three geo-political zones (Sub divided into: Riverine,Upland and Midland). The research instrument used for the study was rating scale consisting of five (3) researchquestions. The analysis involved the use of mean and standard deviation, why the hypotheses were analyzed usingZ-test at 0.05 level of significance.The results of the analysis indicated that: demography, status/personality and perceptions are not a major factor thatinfluences supervision of instruction in schools, but quality and number of teachers, incentives and motivation,quality and number of supervisors, and school location are the correlates factors that influence supervision ofinstruction in schools. Conclusively, the researcher recommends that supervision is very important for effectiveinstruction in secondary schools and that government should provide all it takes to motivate teachers as to enhanceregulation of supervision of instruction.