Assessment of Teachers Performance Appraisal Practices in Government Secondary Schools of Bureau Administrative Town of Oromia Regional State
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2018-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of this study was to assess teachers’ performance appraisal implementation operating in secondary schools at Burayu Administrative City/Town. To this effect, descriptive survey method of research was used. Samples Selected werertwo government secondary schools from which randomly 30 teachers and purposively 2 principals 2, vice-principals and 4 department heads. A survey questionnaire consisting both closed and open ended questions were developed and distributed to 30 teachers ,4 department heads and 4 principals and vice-principals Total 38. Moreover department heads of the administrative town secondary school were also included in the study for interview. Documents like the latest Result Oriented Teachers Performance Appraisal Standard Format, teachers’ classroom observation checklist, and the revised Salary Scale regulation of 2016 by Oromia Regional State were also analyzed. Data collected through survey questionnaire was tabulated in tables and expressed in simple descriptive statistical tools. The findings of the study revealed that, the majority(75%) of appraisers’ and appraises’ agreed that, formative purposes were the principal purposes; the The research also revealed the following as major problems of teachers’ performance appraisal system, non-involvement of teachers’ in designing, revising, and improving TPA criteria, incompetency of the appraisers, inadequate provision of resources, misunderstanding of the purposes of rewards, and lack of favorable perception of teachers about teachers’ performance appraisal system. In sum, the present teachers’ performance appraisal system was considered as ineffective to achieve its goal. Therefore, it is suggested that adequate training should be given to both the appraisers and appraises. Besides, teachers’ performance appraisal system ought to be designed in such a way that it will meaningfully involve education officers, supervisors, principals, department heads, unit leaders.
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Assessment of Teachers Performance