Benchmark Journals INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL BENCHMARK (IJEB), eISSN: 2489-0170 pISSN:2489-4162 University of Uyo VOL. 21 (1) 2022 Page 1 Influence of School Administrators on Teachers Performance in Public Senior Secondary Schools in Gombe Local Government Area, Gombe State BAPPAH, Adamu, PhD Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Foundations, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Abuja, Nigeria & SHEHU, Solomon Gelengu Ministry of Education Gombe, Gombe Sate. Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of school administrators on teacher’s performance in Public Senior Secondary Schools in Gombe Local Government Area (GLA), Gombe State. Three research objectives were formulated to guide the study which aimed at determining the extent to which school administrators influence teachers’ performance. The study employed descriptive survey research design. The whole population was used as sample which comprised of 54 administrators. Questionnaire named ISAOTP with 4 points scale was used to collect the required information from the school administrators after it was validated by two experts in the area of educational administration and planning and one expert in measurement and evaluation with reliability index of 0.86. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the data. The study revealed that proper assigning of duties by school administrators to teachers in public school’s influence teacher’s performance in Gombe local Government, Gombe state with grand average mean of 3.35 and the standard deviation of 0.55. Moreover, the study revealed that supervision of lesson plan by school administrators influence teacher’s performance with grand average of 3.22 and the standard deviation of 0.59. Equally, the study revealed that giving punishment/reward by administrators influence teacher’s performance with grand average mean of 3.15 and the standard deviation of 0.68. The study therefore recommends among others that the ministry of education should train school administrators on how to assign duties to individual teachers based on their qualification and competence. Keywords: Influence, Public Senior Secondary Schools. School Administrators, Teachers Performance, Introduction The term ‘administrator’ has been described in different ways by different organizations. However, there can be no simple statement as to who an administrator is, the idea of an administrator depends to some extent on the perception of him, and especially on the way he carries out his task or tackles the problems before him (Carol, 2021). In the educational setting, the purpose of school administration is to enable members of staff of a