In the field of education, supervision is indispensable if we want to ensure the progress and development of our clientele – the students. It is a noble task vested on every school principal or administrator to see to it that teachers under his administration are performing at their utmost, at their most excellent. Leadership at all levels needs to be nurtured for this to occur. The school administrator definitely plays a key role in making it all happen.

As pointed out by San Antonio (2001) a good supervisor must have a clear focus on curriculum, instruction, assessment and professional culture. Despite the multitudinous demands and his job, he must not lose sight of his primary task of improving instruction so that goal setting and target listing activities should top the list of his priorities.

            On the other hand, according to Alfonso (2000), supervision in all organizations, schools included contributes to effectiveness and to goal attainment. It does so by interpreting and giving meaning to organizational goals; by gaining commitment to what become mutually shared objectives; by assisting people in making their work efficient, effective and personally rewarding; by handling communication networks across organizational levels; and by helping create an organization that values human beings and recognizes and rewards excellence.

The significance of instructional supervision in the achievement of the vision, mission, goals and objectives for quality basic education in the country today cannot be over emphasized. In the hands of the principals are laid the huge responsibility of helping or assisting teachers to bring out quality teaching-learning outcomes. These educational leaders are empowered to create a learning environment that will enable them to become highly competent to assume great responsibility for their own growth and in finding solutions to their own problems.

 

References:

 

1. 1.Diosdado M. San Antonio (2001). Succeed in Managing your School. Metro Manila: Renato Gavino Publication.

 

1. 2.R. J. Alfonso (2000). Should Supervision Be Abolished? Educational Supervision: Perspectives, Issues and Controversies by Jeffrey Glens and Richard Nevilla. Norwood, M.A: Christopher Gordon Publisher, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: Alicia F. Tabugan | Teacher III | Bagumbayan Elementary School | Pilar, Bataan