ENHANCING MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF CURRICULUM LEADERS AT COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN GHANA

The study sought to examine management practices of curriculum leaders and determine the effect of the practices of curriculum leaders on quality education in colleges of education in Ghana. The Kouzes and Posner’s model of leadership was used in ensuring quality education delivery. The study adopted the convergent parallel mixed method design to help in answering the research objectives. Data were simultaneously collected using a qualitative procedure (interview for the principals) and a quantitative procedure (questionnaire for principals), (QUAN +QUAL), after which the data were analysed independently and merged for convergence. Twenty-four (24) principals in all the colleges of education participated in the study. The study processed the data using SPSS v26 and Smart PLS. For the qualitative, the study found that principals in the various colleges highly practice model the way, inspire a shared vision, challenge the process, encourage the heart, and moderately practice enable others to act, as espoused by Kouzes and Posner. The quantitative results revealed a statistically insignificant effect of curriculum leaders’ management practices on quality education. However, the qualitative results revealed otherwise. The study recommends that, since inspiring the vision was the strongest predictor of quality education, leadership training should prioritise vision-driven strategies to guide institutional development. Policymakers should integrate exemplary leadership practices into leadership development frameworks to strengthen governance and enhance teacher preparation.