Practice and Challenges of Instructional leadership in Government Secondary Schools of Akaki Kality Sub City Addis Ababa City Government
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2017-06
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Addis Ababa University
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This research aims at studying the Instructional leadership practice and challenges and
investigating some of the factors that affects it in secondary school of Akaki Kality sub city. The
Role and responsibilities‟ of Teacher‟s, instructional leaders and Leader‟s practice the
dimension of the instructional leadership: engagement in defining mission, managing curriculum
and instruction, supervising instruction, monitoring student progress, promoting school learning
climate and other influencing factors were used as indicators to assess instructional leadership
practice. The study has been conducted in 3 secondary schools selected from 7 by using simple
random sampling method. 12 school leaders, 3 supervisors, 77 teachers and 12 department heads
were used as the subjects of the study to obtain the necessary data. Questionnaire and semi
structured interview were the instruments used for data collection. Both quantitative and
qualitative designs were employed while primary and secondary data source were also
administered. In addition, the study made use of questionnaire, interview and document analysis
as data collection instruments to answer five basic questions; the current practices of instructional
leadership activities, the challenges faced by leaders on performing effective instructional
leadership, the extent of the recruitment and selection of instructional leaders, how much the
actual roles and responsibilities of instructional leaders correspond to the required standards, and
to answer the extent of teachers involve in instructional leadership in the schools under study.
Data obtained through questionnaires were analyzed using frequency and percentage. Moreover,
data gathered through interview and document analysis were considered to complement the
questionnaires in narrative form. Therefore, the findings of study indicated that only 25 % of the
educational leaders possess the desired qualification and standards, the rest 75 % of instructional
leaders were subject specialists, lacks skill and training, and lacks commitment. Instructional
leaders did not possess the required skill, knowledge and attitude through training. Finally, based
on the findings and conclusions, recommendations were made on capacity building and
empowering of principals to do their work effectively, in turn, encouraging participatory
approach of leadership. Furthermore, Addis Ababa Education Bureau is responsible to give
directives and guidelines in the case that whenever shortcomings. And akaki kality sub city
Education office has to follow and fill the gaps.
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Practice and Challenges of Instructional leadership in Government