SCHOOL LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND QUALITY ASSURANCE PREDICTOR AS CORRELATE OF LECTURERS EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY IN STATE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN SOUTH EAST, NIGERIA

The study examined the relationship between school leadership skills, quality assurance predictor and lecturers effective instructional delivery. Three research questions and three null hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a correlational design. The design was used to ascertain the relationship between school leadership skills and quality assurance on lecturers effective instructional delivery in state colleges of education in South East, Nigeria. The population for the study was 431 lecturers in State Colleges of Education in South East, Nigeria. The sample size for this study was 431 lecturers. There was no sampling technique for the study since the population of the study was manageable and controllable by the researcher. It was on this bases that the researcher employed census sampling which paved way for the researcher to study the entire population. The instruments for data collection were the researchers developed three sets of questionnaires titled School Leadership Skills Questionnaire (SLSQ), Quality Assurance Predictor Questionnaire (QAPQ) and Lecturers Effective Instructional Delivery Questionnaire (LEIDQ). Four experts from the school of education, Abia State College of EducationTechnical, Arochukwu validated the instruments. Pilot test (test-retest method) was used to determine the reliability of the instruments which yielded an index of .71, .77 and .81 for SLSQ, QAPQ and LEIDQ respectively. The researcher sought the help of two adequately briefed research assistants who helped in the administration of the copies of the Questionnaires to the respondents. The data collected from the field were analyzed using Pearson Moment Correlation Coefficient to answer the research questions 1 and 2 while research question 3 was analyzed using Scheffes test to ascertain the predictive relationship of the independent and dependent variables. Linear Regression analysis (ANOVA) was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Decision rule for result acceptance,below index was interpreted as: 0.00-No relationship, 0.01-0.20-very low relationship, 0.21-0.40 -low relationship, 0.41-0.60-moderate relationship, 0.61-0.80-high relationship, 0.81-0.99 very high relationship, and1.00-perfect relationship. More so, null hypotheses were accepted as the alternative rejected if the F ratio is less than the f-critical. School leadership skill and quality assurance predictor to a very high extent relate with lecturers instructional effectiveness in state