MANAGEMENT OF STAFF MENTORSHIP A CORRELATE OF TEACHERS’ EFFECTIVENESS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN OWERRI EDUCATION ZONE I, IMO STATE

Abstract

The study was carried out to investigate management of staff mentorship as correlate of teachers’ effectiveness in public secondary schools in Owerri education zone I, Imo state. two research questions were raised to guide the study and two null hypotheses formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significant. The researcher adopted a correlation research design. The population is 2,309 teachers and principals (which comprised 2165 teachers and 144 principals) in all the seventy-six public secondary schools for the study. The researcher sampled 231 respondents (which comprised 217 teachers and 14 principals) for the study. Proportionate random sampling technique was used to select the number of schools, teachers and principals for the study. The instruments that were used for data collection are: “Staff Mentorship Rating Scale” (SMRS) for Teachers and “Teachers Effectiveness Rating Scale” (TERS) for Principals. The instruments were validated by three specialists from faculty of education and found reliable at the indices of 0.75 and 0.72 respectively. The findings of the study revealed: There is a high significant relationship between offering of expertise advice on students' discipline and teachers’ effectiveness in public secondary schools in Owerri Education Zone I, Imo State; The relationship between sharing of knowledge on evaluation/report of students’ progress and teachers’ effectiveness in public secondary schools in Owerri Education Zone I, Imo State is highly significant. It was recommended that: School management should create atmosphere that encourage mentoring for the teachers so as to ensure longevity in the profession and improvement in productivity; Mentors should engage in psychological support and strive to always listen and show their subordinates that they care about their work-life demands for the improvement of job performance.