THE PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES OF SCHOOL BASED SUPERVISION IN SECONDARY SCHOOL OF GEDEO ZONE.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to investigate the practice and challenges of school based supervision in government secondary school of Gedeo zone. To conduct the study explanatory sequential mixed method design was used. . The sample and sampling simple random sampling and availability sampling techniques were used to select respondents. Among 25 government secondary schools found in the zone, 7 of them were selected by simple random sampling. Questionnaire was the main data gathering instrument for this study. Thus, 131 teachers and 71 school based supervision filled the questionnaires. An interview was used for 5 cluster supervisors and 5 woreda supervisors’ coordinators. Quantitative data were collected through questionnaire and analyzed by using mean scores and standard deviations. The data gathered through interview was in line with questionnaire. The researcher used SPS version-20 software manipulating calculation for analysis T-test and P- value of independents sample T-test were presented in table to show the outcome. Beside to this the main findings of this study were, the management of school based supervisors were ineffective, the understanding of teachers about importance of school base supervision were poor, school based supervisors did not employ the procedures of classroom observation which improve the teachers’ professional skill and improving academic achievements of students, teacher have a negative perception about the practices of school based supervision and school based supervisors have many challenges during the practice of school based supervision. Based on the findings the following conclusion was for warded that respondent were still lacking clarity on the goals, objectives and advantages of instructional supervision at the school level. Based on above findings the researcher recommended that improving implementation of CPD & designing training programs for teachers, to raising the commitment of school based supervisors, improving the instructional activities, recruitment and selection of school based supervisors based on standards and to seek funds from different donors.