Influence of Teachers Performance Appraisalon Job Satisfaction of Public Secondary Schools’ Teachers in West Pokot County, Kenya

Abstract

The purpose of study was to examine the influence of Teacher Performance and Appraisal Development on teachers’ job satisfaction in West Pokot Sub-County. The study’s objectives included; to establish the influence of teachers’ time management aspect of TPAD tool on teachers’ job satisfaction, to establish the influence of teachers’ professional development aspect of TPAD on teachers’ job satisfaction, to establish the influence teachers’ creativity and innovation aspect of TPAD on teachers’ job satisfaction and to establish the influence of teachers’ promotion of co-curricular activities aspect of TPAD on public secondary school teachers’ job satisfaction in West Pokot Sub-County, West Pokot County. This study was guided by the Incentive Theory of Motivation. The proponent of the intrinsic aspect of motivation is Deci (1971).The main points emphasized in this theory are intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. The study employed correlation research design. Correlation research design is one of the various types of quantitative research designs. The design was used to determine the relationship between independent variables and a dependent variable within a population. The population of study comprised of all secondary school Students, Teachers, Principals, Sub-County Quality Assurance Officer, and Sub-County Director TSC in West Pokot Sub-County secondary schools. Specifically, the target population 37 principals, 510 teachers, and 3,800 form four students. The sub-county also comprised of one (1) Sub-County Director (TSC). The study sample size was study was students 827, teachers, 125 and principals 32. The study instruments were questionnaires for students, teachers, and principals and face-to-face interview comprised of open-ended questions for Sub County director. The statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) was used to analyze data collected using questionnaires and interviews. Descriptive statistics was calculated and presented in frequencies, percentages and tables while the inferential statistics was used to test all the hypotheses and Pearson-Product Moment Correlation was utilized. This analysis helped to determine whether a relationship exist between the variables. The study established that there exist a moderate, positive and significant association between teachers’ professional development aspect of TPAD on public secondary school teachers’ job satisfaction with a coefficient of R=0.590 and P<0.000, there exists a moderate, positive and significant association between teachers’ professional development aspect of TPAD on public secondary school teachers’ job satisfaction with the coefficient of R=0.474 and P<0.000and there exists a moderate, positive and significant association between teachers’ creativity and innovation aspect of TPAD on public secondary school teachers’ job satisfaction with a coefficient of R=0.622 and P<0.000.Finally, the study established that there exists a strong, positive and significant association between teachers’ promotion of co-curricular activities aspect of TPAD on public secondary school teachers’ job satisfaction with a coefficient of R=0.709 and P<0.000 in West Pokot Sub-County, West Pokot County. The study recommended; The Ministry of Education and other stakeholders involved need to ensure that TPAD tool in particular teachers’ time management in public secondary schools is effectively implemented through constants visitations by Sub County directors and other educational officers to public secondary schools in West Pokot Sub County. The study also recommends that Ministry of Education and other stakeholders concern implement professional development tool for effective teacher’s job satisfaction in public secondary schools in West Pokot Sub County. The further the study recommends that Ministry of education and other stakeholders ensure there is provision of creativity and innovation in particular ICT technology to be incorporated in public secondary schools in West Pokot Sub County and Finally, the study recommends that Ministry of Education and others stakeholders to promote co-curricular activities by physically and financially supporting co-curricular activities such as sport, music in order to nurture talents of learners and teachers’ job satisfaction in public secondary schools. The study suggests that a similar study to be conducted in private secondary schools in order to do a comparison with outcomes and establish whether TPAD tool influences teachers’ job satisfaction in private secondary schools in West Pokot Sub County. The further, suggest that a similar study to be carried out in other part of the Country in public secondary schools to compare the outcome with public secondary schools in West Pokot Sub County and the study finally,

suggest that research to be done to establish whether there other aspect of TPAD tool that influences teachers’ job satisfaction in public secondary schools in west Pokot Sub County.