Influence Of Team Building Strategies Employed By Principals On Performance Of Kenya Certificate Of Secondary Education Examinations In Public Secondary Schools In Nandi County, Kenya

Abstract

School iperformance iis ian iissue ithat iprofoundly iconcerns istudents, iparents, iteachers, iand iauthorities. iGlobally ipositive iteacher-student iand iteacher-teacher irelationships iallow istudents ito ifeel isafe iin itheir ilearning ienvironment iand isecure iand iprovide ia iframework ifor iessential isocial-academic iskills. iThe imain iaim iof ithis istudy iwas ito iinvestigate ithe iinfluence iof iteam-building istrategies iemployed iby iprincipals ion ithe iperformance iof iKenya iCertificate iof iSecondary iEducation iexaminations iin iPublic iSecondary iSchools iin iNandi iCounty, iKenya. iThe ispecific iobjectives iwere; ito iestablish ithe iinfluence iof ibonding iretreats, istaff iinvolvement iin idecision-making, iincentives iand imotivation, iopen icommunication, iand ithe icontribution iof ithe idevelopment iof idiverse iteams iamongst iteachers ito iperformance iat iKenya iCertificate iof iSecondary iEducation iexaminations. iThe istudy iwas ianchored ion ithe itheory iof ieducational iproductivity. iThis istudy iadopted ia idescriptive isurvey idesign. iThe itarget ipopulation iwas i3388, icomprising ifive isub-county ieducation idirectors, i236 iprincipals iand i264 ideputy iprincipals, iand i2883 iteachers. iThe isample isize iwas i339 irespondents. iStratified iand isimple irandom isampling iwere iused ito iselect ithe irespondents. iThis iresearch iused iquestionnaires iand iinterview ischedules ito icollect idata. iThe iquantitative idata icollected iwere ianalyzed iusing idescriptive iand iinferential istatistics iusing ia iStatistical iPackage ifor iSocial iScience i(SPSS) icomputer isoftware i(Version i25). iDescriptive istatistics iused iwere ifrequencies, ipercentages, imean, iand istandard ideviation. iInferentially idata iwere ianalyzed iusing iPearson iCorrelation iCoefficient iand iRegression ianalysis. iQualitative idata ifrom iinterview ischedules iwere ianalyzed ithematically. iThe ianalyzed idata iwere ipresented iusing ifrequency itables iand icontent ireports. iThe istudy ifindings irevealed ibonding iretreats ihad ia ipositive iand isignificant ieffect ion ithe iperformance iof iKenya iCertificate iof iSecondary iEducation iexaminations is iin ipublic isecondary ischools iin iNandi iCounty, iKenya i(β1=.017, ip=0.027). iIt iwas ifurther iestablished ithat istaff iinvolvement ipositively iand isignificantly iaffects ithe iperformance iof iKenya iCertificate iof iSecondary iEducation iexaminations is iin ipublic isecondary ischools iin iNandi iCounty, iKenya i(β2=0.177, ip=0.000). iLeadership iwas ifound ito ihave ia inegative iand isignificant ieffect ion ithe iperformance iof iKenya iCertificate iof iSecondary iEducation iexaminations is iin ipublic isecondary ischools iin iNandi iCounty, iKenya i(β3=-0.148, ip=0.001). iThe iinteraction iwas ifound ito ihave ia ipositive iand isignificant ieffect ion ithe iperformance iof iKenya iCertificate iof iSecondary iEducation iexaminations is iin ipublic isecondary ischools iin iNandi iCounty, iKenya i(β4=0.113, ip=0.038). iFinally, ideveloping idiverse iteams iamongst iteachers iwas ifound ito ihave ia ipositive iand isignificant ieffect ion ithe iperformance iof iKenya iCertificate iof iSecondary iEducation iexaminations is iin ipublic isecondary ischools iin iNandi iCounty, iKenya i(β5=0.494, ip=0.000). iThe istudy iconcluded ia isignificant ipositive icorrelation ibetween ibonding iretreats iand ithe iperformance iof iKenya iCertificate iof iSecondary iEducation iexaminations iamong isecondary ischools iin iNandi iCounty. iStaff iinvolvement iin idecision-making isignificantly icorrelated iwith ithe iperformance iof iKenya iCertificate iof iSecondary iEducation iexaminations. iThere iwas ia ipositive icorrelation ibetween iincentives, imotivation, iand iperformance iin iKenya iCertificate iof iSecondary iEducation iexaminations. iThere iwas ia isignificant ipositive icorrelation ibetween iopen icommunication iand ithe iperformance iof iKenya iCertificate iof iSecondary iEducation iexaminations. iThe istudy irecommended ithat ithere iis ia ineed ifor imore ibonding iretreats iin isecondary ischools isince iit iemerged ithat ibonding iretreats ipositively iinfluence ithe iperformance iof iKenya iCertificate iof iSecondary iEducation iexaminations iin isecondary ischools. iIn iaddition, iinvolving istaff imembers iin idecision-making iin ischools ienhances istudents' iperformance iin iKenya iCertificate iof iSecondary iEducation iexaminations is isince iteachers iwill ibe icommitted ito iteaching ito iunderstand ithat itheir iopinions iare iintegrated iinto ithe ischool's idecision-making iprocess.