Hello teachers, students, and researchers, I am here again today, Monday, 6th April, 2020, to share a guide on how to measure assess school principals' attainment of educational goals through research.
The success of any organization is highly rested upon the capacity of the head, boss or the manager of such an enterprise. Administration involves planning activities which aim at the fulfillment of the goals of a particular organization. Schools like every other organisation needs a head that result-oriented to ensure that the educational goals as enshrined in the educational policy is achieved.
It calls for the ability of the administrator to make the right decisions to fulfil the required goals. The leadership impact is desirable in organization to aid easy and maximum success. School organizations operate under the direction, leadership and vision of their educational leaders.
In the school system, like any other organization, decisions are made by the principal towards solving immediate and remote problems all aimed at achieving set goals and objective. This decision could be aimed at instructional programme, transportation, communication system, students’ and staff welfare, students' staff discipline, school plant management, accommodation, health services, admission policy, budgeting and extra-curricular activities. The outcome of such decision is quality assurance of both teaching and learning in a pleasant and conducive environment.
The success of the educational ventures at secondary school level depends largely on the capacity of the principal, his motivation, his managerial ability, his style of working, and ability to mobilize other actors in the school.
It is therefore important that the capacity of the school head to steer in the direction of achieving the goal of setting up the school be regularly assessed. This assessment is better done by the subordinates (teachers or students). This is therefore a tool to guide the assessment of a school Principal on the basis of achieving educational goals.
I have put in over seven years into educational researches, and I have discovered that it is a popular problem among research students to be able to construct their instruments for collection of data even when this is a major component for the success of the research. In the coming days, I would be sharing more research guides and tips for students and teachers. This is my way of supporting the @Steemiteducation and the #Education-Hive community.
I decided to put below the following guide questions for a researcher who is interested in working on a topic related to "assess school principals' attainment of educational goals".
Questionnaire Items to assess school principals' attainment of educational goals
| S/N | Statement | Agreed | Disagreed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Students are well prepared for tertiary education. | Agreed | Disagreed |
| 2 | Students acquire skills to make them useful in the society. | Agreed | Disagreed |
| 3 | Rate of students’ enrolment increase improves yearly. | Agreed | Disagreed |
| 4 | Enrolled students are happy to be in the school. | Agreed | Disagreed |
| 5 | Female students are enrolled into the school. | Agreed | Disagreed |
| 6 | Pupils from diverse ethnic backgrounds are enrolled without prejudice. | Agreed | Disagreed |
| 7 | Pupils from diverse religious backgrounds are enrolled without prejudice. | Agreed | Disagreed |
| 8 | Male students perform well above average in their final examinations. | Agreed | Disagreed |
| 9 | Female students perform well above average in their final examinations. | Agreed | Disagreed |
| 10 | Graduated students perform well in entrepreneurship adventure. | Agreed | Disagreed |
| 11 | Material inputs are provided on time and in the right quantity. | Agreed | Disagreed |
| 12 | Teachers are employed based on qualification and their wealth of experience. | Agreed | Disagreed |
| 13 | Teachers serve as role models to students in and out of the classrooms. | Agreed | Disagreed |
| 14 | School financial resources are judiciously managed. | Agreed | Disagreed |
| 15 | Students are disciplined and are of good conduct. | Agreed | Disagreed |
| 16 | Staff with interest and capacity to further school’s visions are recruited. | Agreed | Disagreed |
| 17 | The progress in student learning/school improvement is regularly monitored. | Agreed | Disagreed |
| 18 | Data is used when making decisions that relate to student learning. | Agreed | Disagreed |
| 19 | Principal supervises the implementation of school curriculum. | Agreed | Disagreed |
| 20 | Principal ensures the update of school curriculum where necessary. | Agreed | Disagreed |
For the sake of users using mobile phones, the below view would be helpful:
- Students are well prepared for tertiary education
- Students acquire skills to make them useful in the society
- Rate of students’ enrolment increase improves yearly
- Enrolled students are happy to be in the school
- Female students are enrolled into the school
- Pupils from diverse ethnic backgrounds are enrolled without prejudice
- Pupils from diverse religious backgrounds are enrolled without prejudice
- Male students perform well above average in their final examinations
- Female students perform well above average in their final examinations
- Graduated students perform well in entrepreneurship adventure
- Material inputs are provided on time and in the right quantity
- Teachers are employed based on qualification and their wealth of experience
- Teachers serve as role models to students in and out of the classrooms
- School financial resources are judiciously managed
- Students are disciplined and are of good conduct
- Staff with interest and capacity to further school’s visions are recruited
- The progress in student learning/school improvement is regularly monitored
- Data is used when making decisions that relate to student learning
- Principal supervises the implementation of school curriculum
- Principal ensures the update of school curriculum where necessary
*A good school principal should be able to score a positive mark in 15 out of the 20 items.
I am your Research Assistant @Uyobong. We hope to meet again tomorrow for some helpful educational research tips. Feel free to use the comment section of this post to ask questions so we can interact the more.