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Abstract

Teachers’ effectiveness seems declining which put to question the conduciveness of school ‎climate in Senior Secondary Schools in Yobe State, Nigeria. The purpose of this study is to ‎investigate the’ relationship between supervisory climate and teachers’ effectiveness in Senior ‎Secondary Schools in Yobe State, Nigeria. Two research questions were raised and one null ‎hypothesis was formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted ‎correlation survey design. The population of the study was 5,322 participants comprising ‎school administrators and classroom teachers of senior secondary schools across the three ‎education zones. The sample size for this study was 359 participants calculated using Taro ‎Yamane’s formula. The researcher adapted questionnaire to generate data from the field titled: ‎supervisory climate questionnaire (SSCQ) and teachers’ effectiveness questionnaire (TEQ). ‎The statistical tools used in the analysis of two research questions were mean and standard ‎deviation while linear regression analysis was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of ‎significance. Findings from this study revealed that Supervisory climate and teachers’ ‎effectiveness were found to have statistically moderate, positive relationship in senior ‎secondary schools in Yobe State, Nigeria (r value = 0.229). This study concluded that, ‎supervisory climate is moderate in Senior Secondary Schools in Yobe State, Nigeria. Based on ‎the findings of this study, it was recommended that, Yobe State Government should. Principals ‎should plan and maintain cordial relationship with teachers and student. Principals should be ‎adequately trained on supervisory strategies and teachers should also adhere to regular update ‎of school records and be punctual to classes‎.