Exploring Perceptions of Parents on Head Teachers’ Financial Management Skills in Public Primary Schools in Tanzania

Qualitative Research is a systematic process by which we attempt to answer a question or resolve a problem of a phenomenon. Qualitative research is non-experimental in its approach to conducting research. Qualitative research stays within the phenomenological paradigm meaning it is subjective in nature, uses inductive analysis method. Its purpose is to explore, explain, and describe a problem and uses multiple strategies of inquiry to collect data. Also, Qualitative research is concerned with finding the answers to questions that begin with why? How? In what way? For example;

| The head teacher is responsible for the whole school from staff, pupil to finances.

Parents and Staff: Everyday written report was given to the parents for mealtime and diapering log, there was Family Board Bulletin where milestone moments of each child were posted. Both teachers in the class communicated well with each other. The director(Kelly) was very helpful and supportive to all her staff members. At this time, they are short of staffs but Kelly is accepting new applicants. When new teacher is accepted she/he will undergo orientation first before working with

The study found a significant difference in respect to the second research question. This question sought to determine if there was a significant difference in the leadership behaviors perceived by teachers in low poverty schools. The ANOVA conducted found a significant result of (F[8,297] = 8.96, p < .01). This ANOVA result proves that leaders are not simply making random decisions. Teachers’ perceived consistent behaviors that fit into specific styles. Post hoc t-tests proved that there were significant differences between certain styles. The Transactional style and Democratic style showed a significant difference at (t[66]= 1.89, p < .05). Therefore, teachers in low poverty environments perceived more reward and punishment behaviors from their leaders than they perceived behaviors of shared decision making. The most confounding result of the entire study was the significant difference between the Autocratic and Autocratic-Transactional. The t-test result was (t[66]= 2.08, p < .05). The perplexing part of this result is that the Autocratic-Transactional style consists of two of the highest perceived individual styles. A possible

The study is a qualitative study, which explores subjective and descriptive information from its participants to gather information such as opinions, ideas, and behaviors. The information that is gathered can help provide an understanding of a problem or provide possible resolutions to problems

Participants in this study included a group of 51 children (28 girls and 23 boys) from 14 different classrooms in Nebraska. Teachers were also participants in this study, which included 14 second-grade teachers all of which were females. The degrees of education varied among the teachers.

After conducting the interviews, this researcher had noted that most teachers will not openly express issues involving administrative support. The responses from the following participants reflected a positive relationship between the participant and their

The members of the Committee approve the dissertation, entitled, Principals PERCEPTIONS OF PERFORMANCE PAY AND THE RELATIONSHIP TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. MICHAEL G. BURCHFIELD defended on

The method of selecting the sample was clearly defined and the sample size met the suggested guideline for minimum sample size. Data was

The action that took place in this case study was that Mr. Meadows responded to a parental concern and provided Ms. Smith several options to choose to find a solution to resolve the parental concern. The teacher was a first year teacher and she stated that she was unsure on what she should do concerning parental contacts. The supervisory approach of direct informational is an approach that works well with teacher that lack the level of development that a veteran teacher would possess. I feel very confident of working and applying any of the approaches with teachers. I have been a supervisor of people for around two decades before I became a teacher. As a manager of people in three Forbes Global 2000 companies, I was trained to identify my managerial

Parental Deaths on Primary Schooling in North-Western Tanzania. Journal of Development Studies, 41, 412-439. Ainsworth is a clinical social worker and therapist in Tennessee. This study asserts that the deaths of parents and other adults due to the AIDS epidemic in Africa could severely reduce the likelihood of schooling in young children. Subsequently, the children will have limited ability to survive and are likely put into care which is not adequate to their development. Ainsworth's position is that female children are particularly at risk to lose educational opportunities. Public policy must be made to assure children are properly educated.

In a time when children feel they are entitled to everything and should work for notching the Parent/Teacher relationship has changed drastically in the last thirty years. Parents and teachers are supposed to work together to educate and nurture children’s development. This relationship around the country has taken a turn for the worse. Parents raise the child and are the child 's first educators. They know their child and have experienced the ups and downs in their child’s life before sending them to school and care for them every day that the child is not in school. The parents are responsible for the well-being of their child. Teachers are trained to educate the child and spend at least 6 hours a day with them. Teacher’s gets to know them well and often see a different side of the child that the parent’s never experience. There appears to be a conflict between parents and teachers these days, parents are becoming confrontational towards teachers. Parents tend to get more vocal in a negative way about issues in schools than they did thirty years ago. Teachers have also become more vocal towards parents for not taking responsibility for their child. When did it become teacher versus parent?

This report is based off of research provided by scholarly individuals in the field of teaching and state standards as well. Some of the main ideas I impose tend to deal more with how teachers behave, how teachers engage students in academic school work, and how parent involvement should be significantly improved. Some of these ideas involve: teacher preparedness, teaching styles, and parental motivation. The research constructed was well thought out and planned through a series of professional peer editors and not only supplies information, but includes visual aids throughout the project to help visualize the topic at hand.

The purpose of this study was to examine the observations of parents on head teachers’ financial management

With the advancement of universal free primary education in January 2002, Tanzania saw many changes to the role and significance of education within the region. This marked a period of an ambitious Primary Education Development Program (PEDP) financed by the World Bank. The PEDP has four key components: enrolment expansion; quality improvement; capacity building; and strengthening of institutional arrangements. The major objectives of the PEDP were to: (1) provide and maintain quality primary education and to make basic education accessible to all school-age children; (2) make basic education equitable by eliminating disparities and inequities; and (3) provide the basic and necessary resources to enable every child to enter and complete the primary school cycle (URT, 2001).