Principals’ Safety Measures and Classroom Management as Correlates of Teachers’ Job Effectiveness in Post Basic Schools in Adamawa State, Nigeria

The study examined principals’ safety measures and classroom management as correlates of teachers’ job effectiveness in Post Basic Schools in Adamawa State, Nigeria. Three specific objectives, three research questions, and three null hypotheses guided the study. A correlational survey research design was adopted for the study. The population comprised 7,113 respondents, consisting of 404 principals and 6,709 teachers drawn from public Post Basic Schools across the five education zones of Adamawa State. Using a multi-stage sampling procedure, a total sample of 853 respondents, made up of 182 principals and 671 teachers, was selected. Data were collected using three structured questionnaires developed by the researcher, namely: Principals’ Conflict Resolution Techniques Questionnaire (PCRTQ), Disciplinary Measures Questionnaire (DMQ), and Teachers’ Job Effectiveness Questionnaire (TJEQ). The instruments were validated by experts in Educational Management and Measurement and Evaluation, and their reliability coefficients were established using Cronbach Alpha method, yielding 0.74, 0.79 and 0.91 PCRTQ, DMQ and, TJEQ respectively. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions, while inferential statistics of simple linear regression analysis were employed to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings further showed that principals possessed a high level of safety measures (grand mean = 3.06, SD = 1.15), classroom management (grand mean = 3.08, SD = 1.13). The study found that safety measures and classroom management jointly and significantly predicted teachers’ job effectiveness, F (2, 179) = 13.196, p < 0.05, with R = 0.522 and R² = 0.273. Based on the findings of this study, it is concluded that safety measures and classroom management are critical and significant predictors of teachers’ job effectiveness. It was recommended among others that; government, school proprietors, and security agencies should strengthen school safety measures through provision of security personnel, fencing, and emergency preparedness mechanisms.

Principals Safety Measures, Classroom Management, and Teachers’ Job Effectiveness

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