Strategic Teacher Workforce Management: Key to Sustainable Organisational Performance in Ekiti State Secondary Education

This study investigated strategic teacher workforce management focusing on staff development programmes, regular promotion, and staff welfare and its relationship with organizational performance in Ekiti State public secondary schools. A descriptive survey research design was adopted, targeting a population of 204 principals and 7,538 teachers. Using a multistage sampling technique, 300 teachers were selected from 30 schools across five local government areas in each of the three senatorial districts. The first stage involved selecting local government areas, followed by schools, and finally teachers from each school using simple random sampling. Data were collected through two instruments: the Strategic Teacher Workforce Management Questionnaire (STWMQ) and the Organizational Performance Questionnaire (OPQ), both validated for face and content reliability, with test-retest reliability coefficients of 0.81 and 0.79, respectively. Data were analyzed using Pearson product moment correlation at a 0.05 significance level. The findings revealed significant positive relationships between staff development, regular promotion, and staff welfare with organizational performance. Based on these results, the study recommended periodic professional development programmes to enhance pedagogical skills, timely promotion to motivate teachers and strengthen commitment, and the provision of adequate welfare packages to support effective teaching and learning. Overall, the study emphasizes that strategic workforce management practices are essential for enhancing teacher effectiveness and promoting higher organizational performance in secondary education. Key words: Strategic, teacher, workforce, management, organisational performance,