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- Title
School Improvement and Support Officer as Curriculum Leader in Pru East District-Ghana: Roles, Challenges, and the Way Forward.
- Authors
Nkonkonya, Mpuangnan Kofi; Dick-Sagoe, Christopher; Adu, Gabriel Amponsah; Ennim, Francis
- Abstract
This study investigated the roles and challenges of the School Improvement and Support Officer (SISO) as curriculum leader in Pru East district and the way forward. A cross-section survey design was adopted for the study. The tools used for collecting the needed data were a questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. The questionnaire was designed for SISO, headteachers and teachers to collect data about their current status as supervisors and roles of the SISO in schools. They were asked to rate the items on 5 points Likert scale. The semi-structured interview was conducted for only the nine selected SISOs about the challenges affecting supervision in the Pru East district and suggested appropriate improvement solutions. The data that were obtained from the questionnaire were analyzed by using descriptive statistics viz., frequency and percentage while the steps involved in the inductive analysis approach was followed to analyze the data obtained from the semi-structured interview. The major findings of the studies revealed that the majority (5) of the SISOs have work experience of more than ten years and mostly played roles such as; monitoring and implementing new educational policies in schools, serving as experts of curricula activities, and advising teachers on the preparation of scheme of work and lesson plans. Also, challenges that militate against effective supervision include; lack of means of transport to schools in the hinterland, no offices for the SISOs at the circuit level where teachers could easily locate them in times of need, inadequate logistics like safety boots, raincoats, life jacket motorbike and fuel for the SISOs to visit all the schools, overburdened with workload due to many schools under their supervision, and inadequate higher qualification (Master of Education in School Supervision). Appropriate suggestions were provided to improve supervision in schools.
- Subjects
SCHOOL improvement programs; CURRICULUM; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL principals; ACQUISITION of data
- Publication
Journal of Positive School Psychology, 2022, Vol 6, Issue 3, p1337
- ISSN
2717-7564
- Publication type
Article