TITLE:
Perceived Impact of Continuous Professional Development on Performance of Senior High School Heads: Does Gender Matter?
AUTHORS:
Abraham Gyamfi, Abraham Yeboah, Afua Ntoaduro, Patience Langee, Grace Yeboah
KEYWORDS:
Continuous Professional Development, Gender, School Leadership, School Management, Workload
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.11 No.1,
January
12,
2023
ABSTRACT: Gender influences the perception of individual about
a phenomenon based on the perceived benefits. The purpose of the study was to
seek the understanding of the influence of Continuous Professional Development
of senior high school heads on their performance as administrators of public
SHS/ TVET in Greater Accra Region with respect to gender.
A descriptive survey method was used. A questionnaire was administered to the
Heads (Headmaster, Assistant Head-Administration and Assistant Head-Academic)
of SHS/TVET in the Greater Accra Region. The accessible population for this study comprised the heads of SHS/TVET in the
Greater Accra Region. The target population consisted of all heads of the
public SHS/TVET in the Greater Accra Region. A census was used for the
sampling and a self-designed questionnaire with a Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient of 0.85 used to for
data collection. Means and Standard Deviations, and independent t test were
used to analyze the data. It was found that CPD has positive effect on the
performance of the heads. It was also revealed that there was no statistically
significant gender difference in effect of CPD on performance of heads of
public SHS/TVET. Therefore, recommendation was made to the Ministry of
Education to make policies for sponsorships of Continuous Professional
Development for senior high school heads in the management of the SHS/ TVET.