Impact of Educational Supervision Practices on Professional Development of Teachers in Preparatory Schools of Kafa Zone.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of educational supervision practices on professional development of teachers in preparatory schools of Kaffa Zone.In order to achieve the research objectives, a descriptive research design with quantitative qualitative methods were used. A sample of 91 teachers of preparatory schools and 28 educational leaders (supervisors, principals and WEO) from four schools participated in this study. Four schools were purposefully selected as sample. The data were collected through questionnaire, FGD and semi-structured interview. Then it analyzed and discussed quantitatively and qualitatively. Based on the analysis of the data, it wasfoundand concluded that teachers had no common understanding about the contribution of educational supervision to the development of teachers’ profession. While many teachers had sufficient recognition about the relationship of educational supervision and their professional development, some of them did not. This indicated that the teachers had the theoretical gap of understanding the contribution of educational supervision to the development of teachers’ profession. The result of the study also depicted that the educational supervision procedures were not appropriately applied in the schools. The teachers did not get significant support from the supervisors. In addition, the result of the study revealed that the current educational supervisors lack such qualities as cooperativeness, creativity, and innovativeness. According to the findings of the study, the major challenge for the implementation of educational supervision were lack of commitment from supervisors and teachers, lack of awareness and lack of cooperation. Based on the findings, it was recommended that supervisors would promote the contribution of educational supervision by providing its theoretical and practical concept, create awareness among teachers. Supervisors advised to give constructive feed-backs, different trainings, experience sharing programs and workshops.The principals, WEO and other stakeholders had betterto provide some financial supports and increase the number of supervisors so as to solve the shortage of man power.