Abstract
This paper examines teacher job satisfaction for secondary school effectiveness. It was a descriptive survey. A sample of 512 teachers emerged from a population of 1280 representing 40% of the entire population. A 2-part, 15-item, 4-point scale instrument was used to generate data for answering 3 research questions. The instrument was validated by a team of experts in the Department of Educational Management, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria; and a reliability value of 0.83 established. The researchers distributed and retrieved the instrument. Mean was used to answer the research question. The findings included among others that the classrooms are well ventilated and concluded that inadequate classroom environment and school facilities produced negative teacher job satisfaction and recommended among others that school laboratory should be well equipped to make science teaching more practical and promote effective teacher job satisfaction.
Highlights
This paper examines teacher job satisfaction for secondary school effectiveness
Before now in Nigeria, teachers were highly regarded in the society
Oluwuo (2009) stress that no nation develops without education and education is not possible without teachers because teachers inculcate what is worthwhile to learners who in turn utilize the knowledge, skill, values and attitudes to develop the nation
Summary
This paper examines teacher job satisfaction for secondary school effectiveness. Teachers served in very powerful committees in the community because they were sources of wisdom and knowledge. This role has not changed even though the society’s conception of teachers has changed as teachers are today looked down upon. The nation depends on the teachers for transfer of knowledge, manpower development as well as the realization of educational policies of the nation. Helps in the administration of the school All these tasks are aimed at producing well adjusted individuals who will carry on developmental tasks in the society
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