Teachers’ Performance Appraisals and Administrative Management of Teaching Staff in Kitui County, Kenya

The study was triggered by Teachers Service Commission Kenya; in its attempt to introduce teachers’ performance appraisals to appraise teachers and administrators in various learning institutions. Teachers’ performance appraisal is a unique tool that enhances teachers’ professionalism and facilitates effective curriculum implementation. However, the performance appraisals program has not completely realized the main aim of evaluating teachers’ academic performance and staff administrative management strategies. The study sought to establish relationship between teachers’ performance appraisals and administrative management of teaching staff in Kitui county Kenya. The study was guided by agency theory. The study employed descriptive survey design. The researcher utilized Krejcie and Morgan sample determination table to determine a sample size of 317 respondents from 1800 target population. The researcher used researcher made questionnaires for head teachers, teachers and curriculum support officers. Researcher ascertained research tools validity by getting relevant information on specific tools from teacher performance appraisals experts and professionals in ministry of education Kenya. The reliability of research tools was determined by cronbanch alpha co-efficient of 0.742. The researcher considered ethical issues by adhering to assured non-discrimination, confidentiality, anonymity to maintain privacy of participation in the study. The study established that teachers’ profession development has significant relationship with administrative management of teaching staff in Kitui County. The study further indicated that career progression has significant relationship with administrative management of teaching staff in Kitui County. The study concluded that teachers’ performance appraisals correlated with administrative management in the teaching staff of Kitui County, Kenya. The study therefore recommended that every teacher in a teaching profession in primary, junior and secondary schools should improve his/her teaching professional development as stipulated in Teacher Performance Appraisals to enhance good administrative management in schools. Every teacher in teaching profession should ensure smooth career progression as stipulated in Teacher Performance Appraisals to facilitate good governance in schools.