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    The Role of Collegiate Supervision in Improving their Professional Growth from their Perspective in the West Bank Northern Districts
    (2014) Alia Salah Mustafa Assaf; Dr. Hassan Mohammad Tayyem
    As the title indicates, this study sought to identify the role of the colleagues’ supervision in the professional development of teachers at UNRWA schools in the northern governorates of the West Bank as perceived by both male and female teachers. Furthermore, the study sought to find out the impact of the variables of sex, years of experience, college, location of school and place of residence on that role of supervision. To these two ends, the researcher developed a questionnaire to measure the role of colleagues’ supervision in the professional development of teachers at UNRWA schools in the West Bank’s northern governorates. The 62 item-questionnaire covered seven domains: implementation of teaching, planning, evaluation, leadership, classroom curricular and extracurricular activities, professional development and classroom management. The population of the study( 977 teachers) consisted of all UNRWA school teachers in the northern governorates of the West Bank: Nablus, Jenin, Qalqilya, Tulkarm, Fari’a and the Jordan Valley. The questionnaire, based on previous studies and literature, was tested for validity and reliability. Then the researcher administered it to a pilot sample of 80 teachers of both sexes. After testing it on this sample, the researcher introduced some modifications. After making the necessary revision, the researcher administered the final version of the questionnaire to a randomly selected sample of 340 teachers. However, 25 participants or 7.35% failed to complete and return the questionnaire. The sample of the study represented 32.24% of the population of the study. Of these, 119 teachers were males and 196 were females. To calculate the reliability coefficient, the researcher used Cronbach Alpha formula. It was found to be 97.4, a high reliability coefficient that would meet the research purposes of the study. After data collection and analysis, it was found that the role of the colleagues’ supervision in the professional development of UNRWA school teachers, as perceived by teachers, was very high: 83.99%. It was also found that supervision of colleagues contributed to the professional development of teachers in a number of domains: implementation of teaching, classroom management, classroom curricular and extracurricular activities, leadership, professional development, planning, and evaluation. All these domains achieved very high consistent scores. They were between 80.04%- 87.75%. Moreover, no differences were found in the means of responses of study participants towards the role of colleagues’ supervision in achieving teachers’ professional development, on the total score of the study, which might be attributed to the variables of sex, college, place of living, academic qualification and years of experience. However, there were differences which might be attributed to the variable of school location in favor of schools in the Jordan Valley and Nablus schools. In the light of these findings, the researcher suggests that UNRWA educational administration prepare programs, plans and basic policies which would serve to boost the use of colleagues’ supervision in the supervision process. She also suggests setting up foundations and criteria which would guarantee objectivity in colleagues’ supervision. Furthermore, the researcher recommends increasing interest in colleagues’ supervision in Jenin and Tulkarm areas to serve the objectives of the educational process there. Finally, the researcher recommends providing training for teachers on how to make supervision of colleagues, in terms of guidelines, and urging school headmasters to increase the use of colleagues’ supervision of different disciplines taught in schools for the benefit of the local communities.