The Coordination between Educational Supervisors and School Principals in Terms of their Roles in Muscat

Abstract

The aim of this study is to identify the degree of coordination among

educational supervisors and school principals in terms of their roles in the

State of Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.To achieve the objectives of the study, a

questionnaire composed of (52) items was designed.After checking the validity

and reliability of the questionnaire, 250 individuals of school principals

and educational supervisors were invited to respond to the items of the

questionnaire during the academic year 2013/ 2014.To evaluate the responses,

means, standard deviation, differential analysis and T test were employed.The

study highlighted a number of results, the most important of which is that the

degree of coordination among school principals and educational supervisors

in terms of their roles is medium in the State of Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.

The results also indicated the absence of statistically significant differences

at the level of (a = 0.05) due to the effects of gender, academic qualification

and years of experience.

In the light of the findings, the researcher recommends that

1. School principals and educational supervisors should pay the due

attention to the importance of determining the procedures and tools of

evaluating school teachers.

2. The Directorate General of Education in the State of Muscat should form a

committee to take care of supervisors’ performance specially in the areas

where their performance is medium.I suggest that an annual assessment

of teachers’ performance and curriculum development.