Teacher effectiveness and its impact on the academic performance of children at model basic school, Tarkoradi- Ghana.,

This study examined the teacher effectiveness and its impact on the academic performance of children at basic  level .The research employed the descriptive survey design with quantitative approach. Sample size was 17 which were made up of 12 pupils, 4 teachers and a head-teacher. Simple random sampling was used to select both the pupils and the teachers’ whiles purposive sampling was used to select the head-teacher. The instrument for the study was a questionnaire. Parametric statistics was used to analyze the questionnaire. At the end, it was discovered that most teachers used story telling activities as a teaching method and act as facilitators.  The performance of children was below average as in both English and Mathematics (crucial subjects). However, it was noticed that, the children performed better in rhymes which was indicative of their learning style and teacher effectiveness was evident as pupils average performance increased .It is recommended that teachers should in addition to storytelling use other methods of teaching to erase monotony. Also, teachers should work on other strategies to boost the performance of English and Mathematics since they are critical subjects for learner’s future.