Principal Leadership Practices Teacher Motivation And Student Achievement In Secondary Schools Of Addis Ababa City Government

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between principals‟ leadershiprnpractices, teachers‟ motivation and students‟ achievement in Addis Ababa City GovernmentrnSecondary Schools. Ten government secondary schools, 387 teachers and ten principals were thernparticipants of this study. The ten sample schools were selected using stratified samplingrnmethod; the sub-cities in Addis Ababa City were used as strata. Three hundred sixty three samplernteachers to fill in the surveys were selected using simple random sampling method. The rest 24rnsample teachers interviewed were selected using purposive sampling method to include wellrnexperienced teachers to gain rich information for the study. The ten principals of the samplernschools were included using availability sampling method. Both quantitative and qualitative datarnwere collected to investigate the issues under study. The Leadership Practice Inventory (LPI) -rnself and observer formats and the Teacher Motivation Questionnaire (TMQ) were employed torncollect quantitative data. Interview guides were used to collect qualitative data. Studentrnachievement for three consecutive years on Ethiopian General Secondary Education CertificaternExaminations (EGSECE) was used to represent students‟ achievement. One way ANOVA, t-test,rneta squared, and Person‟s r were employed to analyze quantitative data. Qualitative data werernpresented and analyzed in descriptive ways to triangulate the results of the quantitative analysis.rnResults of the study indicated a strong and direct relationship between principals‟ leadershiprnpractices and teachers‟ motivation. Results also showed that principals‟ leadership practices haverndirect and strong relationship with students‟ achievement. In addition, the study indicated arnstrong and direct relationship between teachers‟ motivation and students‟ achievement. Finally,rnrecommendations for future researches and in relation to school principals‟ recruitments andrnselection were forwarded.

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