TEACHERS' JOB SATISIFACTION AND PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENT IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF HADIYA ZONE, SNNPR

<strong>ABSTRACT: </strong>The purpose of this study was to investigate the relations of teachers’ job satisfaction and professional commitment in selected secondary schools of Hadiya Zone specifically, to investigate the level of teachers’ job satisfaction and professional commitment. To accomplish this purpose concurrent nested design and a mixed research approach was used. This study utilized quantitative and qualitative data which were obtained from six secondary schools, 140 teachers and 40 school leaders selected by simple random sampling, 10 supervisors and 6 woreda Education coordinator participated purposive sampling. A total of 371study target population were participated in the study 196 respondents were included as a sample through different sampling method. Data collection tools were questionnaires, interview and document analysis which used to collect both quantitative and qualitative data. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics like mean standard deviation while inferential statistics included Pearson product correlation coefficient, t-test and liner regression and qualitative data were analyzed by using narration. The finding revealed that there was low teachers satisfaction in most aspect of raised factors such as salary, social status reward and other factors including the level of professional commitment was also low on current job due to lack of attractive school environment fair and equitable reward, promotion, incentives, smooth interpersonal relation, lack of clear communication and participatory decision making and other job satisfaction factors. According to liner regression result the best predictor of teachers’ professional commitment were communication based on the findings .It is recommended that Zone Education Department, Woreda Education office, local community, secondary school principal ,and secondary school supervisors had to give special attention to encourage teachers job satisfaction and professional commitment by creating conducive school environment, good interpersonal relation. Quality, participatory as well fair decision, providing equitable reward, promotion access, incentive, open communication, empowering teachers with update and upgrade opportunities, salary of teachers should be linked with cost of living and inflation rate and none salary incentive including transport allowance health insurance housing and land provision as well discussion and awareness creation on teaching profession and on teachers professional status with community should be done intensively to enhance teachers professional commitment as well as to achieve school desirable goals and objectives accordingly