Influence of Teachers’ Performance and Appraisal Development (Tpad) on Job Performance in Public Secondary Schools in Kikuyu-sub County, Kenya

Abstract

The Research study intended to ascertain how teachers' job performance in public secondary schools in Kikuyu Sub-County, Kenya, was influenced by the growth of the evaluation of their work performance. The study aimed to determine how well instructors in public secondary schools in Kikuyu Sub-County were rated on their professional expertise, time management, learners' development, and originality and innovation. The Researcher expected to accomplish the listed objectives, To evaluate the impact of professional knowledge on teachers job performance, to find out how time management impacts the job performance of teachers, To probe how student progress influence the job performance of teachers, To ascertain the extent to which creativity and innovation of tutors in public secondary schools in Kikuyu sub-county influence their profession. From the literature review, educators ought to master their duties, professionalism and employ creative and innovative instructional method by all means so as to meet appraisal standards. There is an irreplaceable need to incorporate Professional Development in teacher training. Consequently, instructors must be appraised to ensure they apply special skills, improved knowledge and practice, timekeeping, creativity, and innovation in educating learners. The study used a descriptive survey research design whereby 18 public secondary schools in Kikuyu Sub County were targeted with 18 principals, 20 deputy principals, 456 teachers, and 1 SCDE making up the target population. The study sample size involved 30% of every population targeted in all the categories apart from the SCDE. The only SCDE within the area was chosen by use of purposive sampling technique, Stratified sampling was conducted for principals and deputy principals, while Random sampling was applied to hand-pick the instructors to fill the questionnaires. The research instruments used were interview schedules and questionnaires after their reliability and validity was proven. Data analysis and processing was done by use of application of SPSS version 22 after which descriptive statistics were utilized to compile the results. On the and recommendations, The researcher established that instructors' job performance is positively impacted by TPAD appraisals of their professional knowledge and application, learners' growth, time management, creativity and innovation. These findings implied that the teachers in the teaching fraternity need to improve their profession expertise, by use of innovative and creative instructional methods and assessment processes so as to comply with the demands of the appraisal tool. There is an implication that when teachers manage their time properly their performance greatly improves as learners are given more time with their teachers. The researcher recommends that TSC should bring forums to help teachers mitigate the gaps identified after appraisal. Such forums should be free of charge to encourage more teachers to register based on their needs. The researcher also suggests further study on the influence of teacher professional development courses on practical implementation of TPAD.