An Assessment of the Role and Practices of School Principals as Instructional Leaders in Secondary Schools of South West Shoa Zone
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2014-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess practice and role of school principals as instructional
leader in government secondary schools in South West Shoa Zone of Oromiya region. The
research methodology employed in the study was both quantitative and qualitative
approaches. Accordingly, a questionnaire was prepared to be filled by teachers for the
quantitative part. For the qualitative, individual interviews and FGD were administered.
Regarding the questionnaires, distributed to sample size of 103 teachers. Data obtained
through questionnaires were analyzed using statistical tools such as frequency, percentage,
mean, standard deviation. The findings of the study revealed that principals show low
practiced in their instructional leadership role due to loaded work, lack of training in
Educational leadership and management, lack of commitment and lack of support from
concerning body. Finally, based on the findings and conclusions, recommendations were
made on capacity building and empowering of principals to do their work effectively on
instructional leadership, in turn, encouraging participatory approach of leadership.
Furthermore, South West Shoa zone/ woreda education office is responsible to give
directives and guidelines in the cases that whenever shortcomings and gaps are observed
and the schools should organized public relations to create school-community links
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School Principals; Instructional