Influence of Learning & Teaching Resources on Teacher Job Satisfaction in Public Secondary Schools in Kesses Sub County, Uasin Gishu County, Kenya

The learning & teaching resources play a key role in influencing teacher work satisfaction, notably in public secondary schools in Kesses Sub-County, Uasin Gishu County, Kenya. The purpose of this study was to establish the influence of instructional resources on teacher job satisfaction. The study made use of both quantitative and qualitative data gathered from a sample of public secondary school teachers through the use of a mixed-methods approach. The study adopted the maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Quantitative data was gathered through a structured survey administered to teachers across multiple public secondary schools, while qualitative insights will be obtained from in-depth interviews with selected participants. The data collected was analyzed with statistical software, specifically SPSS. This software offers a lot of abilities of organizing, interpreting, and developing meaningful insights from the data collected. By using this software, we aim to conduct comprehensive statistical analyses, descriptive statistics, inferential tests, and regression analyses, among others. Results were that teaching and learning resources had a positive and significant effect on teacher job satisfaction of (β=0.147, p=0.000). The study concluded that teaching and learning resources have a positive and significant effect on teacher job satisfaction. The study recommended that teaching and learning materials should be available in schools so as to enhance teacher job satisfaction. A further study should be done on other determinants of teacher job satisfactions in Uasin Gishu County and other counties in Kenya.