Esther Madukwe’s scientific contributions

In every organization, supervision contributes to efficient attainment of set goals. In educational setting, teachers' supervision enhances improved job performance. This paper examined the interplay between administrators' supervisory roles and teachers' job performance in public secondary schools in Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. Two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The study adopted correlational research design and the study population comprised all nineteen (13) public secondary schools, and one hundred and seventy two (163) teachers spread across the secondary schools in Abi Local Government Areas. This number included 106 males and 57 female teachers. Census approach was used to involve the entire population of 163 secondary teachers in the study area for the study. An instrument titled "Administrators' Supervisory Roles and Teachers Job Performance Questionnaire (ASRTJPQ) used for data collection. The items were validated by two experts in Research, Measurement and Evaluation, faculty of Educational Foundations Studies, University of Calabar. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained using Cronbach Alpha coefficients and the reliability coefficient obtained ranged.81 to .85. Pearson product moment correlation analysis was used respectively to test the hypotheses. The entire hypotheses were tested at a .05 level of significance. The result of the analysis revealed that there was a statistically significant relationship between administrators' evaluation role, discipline role and teachers' job performance. Based on the findings of the study, it was concluded that administrators' supervisory roles related statistically to teachers' job performance in public secondary schools in Abi Local Government Area, Cross River State, Nigeria. The study recommended among others that school administrators should develop and communicate clear evaluation criteria that outline the standards and expectations for teachers' performance, in line with the goals of secondary education in the state.