The Statusof Supervisory Performance Evaluation from the Viewpoint of Directors of Educational Supervision Administrations in Directorates of Education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Abstract
This research aims at identifying the state of supervisory performance evaluation, its obstacles andproposals to improve the evaluation of such performance from the viewpoint of the directors of educational supervision administrations in Directorates of education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The researcher uses the descriptive survey method, and a questionnaire as a study tool. The study sample is composed of 45 directors of educational supervision administrations in the first semester of the academic year 1434/1435 AH.
The most important findings of the study are as follows:there is agreement among the study population on the supervisory performance evaluation. This is shown clearly in the readiness of the administration to receive the team from the moment of arrival until they leave, the prior coordination with the administration at the time of the visit, and the team's flexibleattitude in dealing with the Administration. There is alsoagreementamong the study population on the obstacles to the supervisory performance evaluation. The most important obstacles are: the absence of participation of field experts in designing the supervisory plans with the Ministry Department concerned;the lack of specific items relating to the financial cost of the visit;andthe lack of anavailable cumulative record to allow the visiting team to build on previous visit records.
The study sample participants strongly agree with the proposals to improve the supervisory performance evaluation in the administrations of education. The most important of these proposals are: providing training to the evaluation team before their official visit, selecting outstanding individualsduring thevisit to benefit from their contribution in the future; improving the evaluation tools and establishing a follow-up mechanism within each administration; conducting fundamental workshops in the Ministry before the visit.
The study concludes with a number of recommendations that wouldhopefullycontribute to improving the evaluation of supervisory performance.
