Degree of Practicing Path-Goal Theory by Education Supervisors and its Relationship with the Professional Growth of Teachers in Marka District

The current study aimed to identify the degree of practicing Path - Goal theory by education supervisors and its impact on the professional growth of teachers in Marka District, and the impact of the variables of gender, educational qualification, and years of experience. The sample of the study consisted of (430) male and female teachers who were chosen by simple random sampling technique. The descriptive approach was used in this study. After its reliability and validity had been verified, a questionnaire was used as the research instrument for collecting data. The questionnaire is consisted of (30) items distributed to four dimensions (directing style, supportive style, participative style, and achievement oriented style) and (20) items to measure the professional growth of teachers. The study revealed the following results: firstly, the degree of practicing Path - Goal theory by education supervisors in Marka District was moderate on the four dimensions. Secondly, there were no statistically significant differences in the participants? responses due to impact of gender and educational qualification, while there were differences because of the impact of years of experience. The differences were in favor of less than 5 years on the directing style, and in favor of both less than 5 years, and 5-10 on the supportive style, and in favor of more than 10 years on the participating style, and achievement oriented style. Thirdly, the professional growth of teachers in Marka District came at a moderate degree. Fourthly, there were no statistically significant differences in the participants? responses due to impact of educational qualification, while there were differences because of the impact of gender, in favor of males, and years of experience, in favor of less than 5 years and more than 10 years. Finally, the results showed that there was a positive relationship between practicing Path - Goal theory by education supervisors and the professional growth of teachers in Marka District. In light of the study results, a set of recommendations were presented, the most important of which were the necessity of working on holding workshops and training programs for school teachers to enhance their levels of professional growth, and holding lectures and seminars for educational supervisors to increase their awareness about the importance of applying Path - Goal theory in the educational supervision process in the best way, and conducting more studies on other education directorates and compare their results with the results of the current study