Pages: 15-20

Abstract

The study investigated the relationship between mentoring and teachers’ job performance in ‎senior secondary schools in Adamawa State, Nigeria. One objective, two research question, and ‎a hypothesis was formulated to guide the study. In chapter two the study reviewed literatures ‎related to the study. In chapter three the researcher adopted a correlational research design. ‎The area of the study was Adamawa State located in the North Eastern part of Nigeria; the ‎target population is all the mathematics teachers (1,554) and principles (337) in senior ‎secondary schools within the five education zones in Adamawa state, in this study, the sample ‎size is 407 comprising 387 mathematics teachers, 20 principals, which was statistically ‎determined using Taro Yamane formula for finite population. The instruments for data ‎collection in this study were three questionnaires. Teachers’ Satisfaction Base on Mentoring ‎‎(TSBM) and Teacher’s Job Performance (TJPQ). The instruments were validated by three ‎experts; one professor, two associate professors and the reliability score was computed using ‎Cronbach alpha method for establishing internal consistency coefficient reliability (α). ‎Reliability coefficients of 0.75 for the TSBM 0.80 for the TSBM and 0.79 for (TJPQ) were ‎obtained respectively. All the distributed questionnaires were distributed with the help of five ‎research assistants trained by the researcher’s for this purpose in 10 days. Descriptive ‎statistics of mean and standard deviation is used to answer the research questions using. The ‎Pearson Products Movements’ Correlation Coefficient is used‎‎‎‎.