Practices of Clinical Supervision and Its Roles in the Professional Development of Teachers in Government Primary Schools of Yeka Sub City, Addis Ababa
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2018-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of the study was to assess practices of clinical supervision and its roles in the professional development of teachers in government primary schools of Yeka subcity administration. To accomplish this purpose, a descriptive survey method was employed. The study was carried out in three stratified randomly selected woredas of Yeka subcity and in all the six available primary schools of the selected woredas. Accordingly, 68 teachers and 70 clinical supervisors (principals, Cluster Resource Center /CRC/ supervisors, department heads and senior teachers) were selected by using proportional simple random sampling, availability sampling techniques. Data was also collected from four principals and two cluster supervisors through an interview. .Self-administered questionnaire was the main instrument of data collection. Interview and document analysis were also utilized to substantiate the data gained through the questionnaire. Frequency, percentage, Mean, weighted mean, standard deviation and t- test were utilized to analyze the data from the questionnaire by using an SPSS version 22 computer program. The data obtained through open-ended questions, interview and document analysis were analyzed through narration for the purpose of triangulation. The finding of the study revealed that supervisors were not properly performing their role as clinical supervisors; the class observation being practiced was not effective in carrying out the procedures of clinical supervision; the contributions made by the clinical supervisors for the teachers’ development was practiced poorly since the problems observed during classroom observations were not improved by using different mechanisms. Being overloaded with administrative task other than pedagogical task of clinical supervisors and lack of relevant skills on supervision, were among the major challenges that hinder the effectiveness of clinical supervisors’ on their role. The study concluded that the procedures of clinical supervision were not emphasized by clinical supervisors and also the clinical supervision practice was not directly connected with teachers’ development and/or instructional improvement. Therefore, this study recommends that the Sub city Education Offices should build capacities of the clinical supervisors by providing them with the necessary supervision training, Clinical supervisors are also encouraged to pay due attention to the five steps of clinical supervision and relate to the teachers’ development in continuously assisting and providing constructive feedbacks. This in turn will help fill the skill gaps of the teachers for the better improvement of instruction.
Key words: clinical supervision, primary schools
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clinical supervisio, primary schools