Assessment of Tasks of Woreda Supervision in Government Secondary Schools of Central Zone of Tigray Region
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2011-03
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of the study was to assess the tasks of woreda supervision in
government secondary schools of central zone of Tigray. The study
employed a descriptive survey method. Availability sampling, simple
random sampling and proportional sampling were employed as sampling
techniques. The data gathering instruments included questionnaires
administered for 153 teachers and 34 school based supervisors,
interviews for five woreda and zonal education supervIsors, as well as
document analysis of the secondary schools. Data obtained through
questionnaires were quantitatively analyzed by using frequency count,
percentage and mean values. Moreover, information obtained through
interview and document analysis were qualitatively described and
triangulated with the quantitative data. Besides that the literature with
pertaining information was reviewed. The results of the study revealed
that the tasks of woreda supervision were not implemented adequately.
With this respect, pre-observation conference of clinical supervision was
not fully employed, the role of supervisors in teacher's professional
development and action research is rare. Moreover, woreda supervisors
lack professional knowledge, communication skills and incentives required
to implement supervIsory servIces successfully. Finally it was
recommended that the woreda supervisors have to be equipped with
enough professional knowledge and skills in supervision, organize various
workshops, seminars and short term trainings to improve professional
development of teachers .
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Assessment of Tasks of Woreda Supervision in Government