Al-Hikmah University Journal

dministrators’ supervisory skills have enabled the school principals to work towards the attainment of educational goals with the support of teachers’ job performance. Therefore, this study investigated the relationship between administrators’ supervisory skills and teachers’ job performance in public senior secondary schools in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State. The objectives of the study were to: (i) examine administrators’ supervisory skills in public senior secondary schools in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State; (ii) determine the level of teachers’ job performance in public senior secondary schools in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State; and (iii) investigate the relationship between administrators’ supervisory skills and teachers’ job performance in public senior secondary schools in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State. The research design was descriptive survey of the correlational type. Proportional sampling technique using Research – Advisors (2006) sample size was adopted to select 365 teachers and all the 45 school principals in public senior secondary schools in Ilorin Metropolis. Therefore, 350 respondents were used for study comprising of school teachers and principals. Two set of instruments were used for this study and entitled Administrators’ Supervisory Skills Questionnaire and Teachers’ Job Performance Questionnaire. The instruments were validated by three experts in the Department of Educational Management and Counselling. Two research questions were raised for the study and answered using descriptive statistics of frequency, percentage, mean scores and standard deviation. The main research hypothesis and four operational research hypotheses formulated were tested using inferential statistics of Pearson product moment correlation statistic at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of this study were; all the administrators’ supervisory skills were adopted by principals in public senior secondary schools in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State, The level of teachers’ job performance in public senior secondary schools in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State was moderate. There was significant relationship between administrators’ supervisory skills and teachers’ job performance in public senior secondary schools in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State (p-value .000 < significant level .05). There was significant relationship between administrators’ financial supervisory skill and teachers’ job performance in public senior secondary schools in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State (p-value . 000 < significant level .05). Significant relationship existed between administrators’ physical facilities supervisory skill and teachers’ job performance in public senior secondary schools in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State (p-value . 000 < significant level .05). There was significant relationship between administrators’ interpersonal relationship skill and teachers’ job performance in public senior secondary schools in Ilorin Metropolis, Kwara State (p-value . 000 < significant level .05). Based on these findings, it was recommended among others that administrators must endeavour to keep a high level of professional spirit and good moral standard of the schools in order to adopt their administrative skills to situations by sustaining good working environment for teachers and other staff in their schools. Administrators should ensure that they are diligent and honesty in financial supervisory towards the school effectiveness.