An-Najah Staff

This study aimed at identifying the state of educational supervision system in UNRWA's primary schools in the West Bank governorates. In addition, the study sought to identify the impact of sex, academic qualification, nature of work, years of experience in the job as key variables. In order to check the validity of the questionnaire, five Najah University referees in the field. The questionnaire coefficient validity was calculated by employing Cronback Alpha. The overall validity average was 0.96. This high coefficient validity met the purposes of the study. To answer the questions of the study, the researcher calculated the arithmetic means, standards of deviation and percentages. Findings: First, it was found that there was a high degree for the educational supervision system inputs. The percentage of response amounted to 71.1%.Hhowever, there was an average degree of response on the processes of the educational supervision system (96.80/0). In the output domain, the percentage of response came to 74%. This shows the high degree of the state of the ouputs of the educational supervision system. The total degree of the state of educational supervision in terms of the inputs of educational supervision system and its operations and outputs was high; percentage of response was 7 I%. Second, there was a difference in the subject's responses on the state of Educational supervision system questionnaire which may be attributed to sex variable in favor of female. Third, There were differences, in the subjects' responses on the state of educational supervision system, between holders of B.A. degrees and holders of diplomas in favor of diploma holders. Fourth, there were differences, in the subjects responses on the state of educational supervision system, between the educational supervisor and the school principal in favor of educational supervisor and the school principal in favor of educational supervisors. Finally, there were differences in the subject's responses on the state of Educational supervision system, between responders with less than six years of experience and those with (6-10 years )of experience and those with more than ten years of experience in favor of subjects who had less than six years of experience. In the light of these aforementioned results, the researcher has come up with the following recommendations: 1. The educational supervisors, in coordination with the UNRWA's educational development center, should set up plans to tackle the teachers' problems. 2. Number of educational supervisors should be increased in the three education areas: Jerusalem, Hebron, and Nablus. 3. Criteria set up for the selection of educational supervisors' needs to be reviewed periodically. These criteria must be comprehensive, objective and sufficient. They must also meet the terms of qualifications necessary for the application to the job offered. 4. Diversifying supervision methods and not restricting them only to classroom observation. There has to be a diversification of these methods according to the nature of goals achieved. 5. Making evaluation in the supervision process a group work involving all those concerned with the educational process.