LEADERSHIP PRACTICES AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO TEACHER RETENTION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF GURAGE ZONE

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to identify the role of leadership to teacher retentio in secondary schoolof Gurage zone. In order to conduct this study, a descriptive survey research method was employed to explore and describe the leadership practice and its contribution for retention of teachers . Six woredas were selected for the study using purposive sampling technique and 6,schools were selected for the study using purposive sampling technique. The data for the study was collected from138 teacher ,6 principal,7 vice principal ,6 supervisor,5 PTA member were participated in selecteds chools. The respondents were selected for the study using simple random sampling for teachers and ability sampling for principal, vice principal, supervisor and PTA member.Research data collected through questionnaires were analyzed and interpreted using frequencies, percentages and mean values Information collected through interview was analyzed qualitatively from the principal, vise principal, supervisor and PTA member.The study revealed that the major factors for teaching staff turnover rate are:- inadequate salary, working condition remoteness, students’ disciplinary problems ,poor administrative support, lack of motivation ,low student acadamic achivement,lack of instructional matrials and high workload. Among these factors,poor adminstrative support,inadequate teaching salary,working condition remoteness case, and students disciplinary problem were the dominant factor that contribute to teaching staff turnover. From the above mentioned core factors all are solve by school leadership except inadequate teaching salary.So leadership and stake holder of the school to increase retention rate of teachers’ play a vital role for using different mechanizimes by moblize school comuntity to solve the problem