<b>PRINCIPALS’ MANAGERIAL CAPABILITIES AS PREDICTOR OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS’ JOB PRODUCTIVITY IN ADAMAWA STATE, NIGERIA</b>

This study investigated the principals’ managerial capabilities as predictor of senior secondary school teachers’ job productivity in Adamawa State, Nigeria. Four research question were raised while three hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Correlational research design was used for the study. The populations of the study were all senior secondary school (SSS) teachers and principals in the five education zones in Adamawa State, Nigeria. Out of the total population of 5,965, a sample size of 653 observed using multi-stage random sampling technique which comprised of 622 teachers and 31 principals for the study. Principals’ Managerial Capability Questionnaire (PMCQ) and Teachers’ Productivity Questionnaire (TPQ) were used for data collection. Questionnaire validated for face and content validity. Reliability result PMCQ 0.77 and TPQ 0.87 was observed through Cronbach alpha. Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions raised. The result showed principals’ managerial capabilities had a significant positive prediction of planning (grand mean =2.92); organizing (grand mean = 2.92); coordinating (grand mean= 2.92) and teachers’ productivity (grand mean= 2.93). The null hypotheses were analyzed using linear regression statistical tool to determine principals’ managerial capabilities as predictive of senior secondary school teachers’ productivity. The results showed principals’ managerial capabilities had a significant positive prediction of planning (r=0.959, P<0.05), organizing (r=0.929, P<0.05), and coordinating (r=0.839, P<0.05) on teachers’ productivity in senior secondary school. It was recommended among others that school principals should be knowledgeable, professionally, administratively capable and resourceful so as to complement the efforts of the government towards achieving the goals of the schools.