Practices and Challenges of School Based Supervision

Abstract

Shimelis Mesfin

The purpose of this study was to assess the practices and challenges of school-based supervision in primary schools of Aksum town. A case study was employed. Five teachers and three supervisors were purposively selected as a sample. A semi-structured interview was used to collect the data. The finding of this study indicated that the practices of school- based supervision did not improve the teaching-learning process due to unfavorable working conditions in which supervision services operated, conflict of roles, and how supervision services are managed. The research participants also understood school-based supervision as a means to assist and facilitate the professional practices of teachers to improve classroom instruction. Though supervisors understood the purpose of school-based supervision, they have failed to support teachers due to lack of supervisory skills, shortage of resources, presence of workload, lack of coordination of supervisory activities, and absence of smooth relationships between teachers and supervisors. Hence, it is concluded that school-based supervision was unsuccessful due to the absence of personal and institutional factors. Therefore, it needs to provide professional development opportunities for supervisors to support teachers, reduce the workloads of teachers and supervisors, allocate adequate resources, and supervisors need to understand the contemporary leadership and management theories. of a proprietary synthetic tissue adhesive to occlude the fallopian tubes, fully degrading and producing nonfunctional scar tissue. It has the potential to offer safe, effective, accessible, non-surgical permanent contraception as an option to surgical sterilization with fewer risks, contraindications, and a substantially lower cost.

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