Proposed Capacity Building Program Revitalizing Holistic Competencies Toward Teacher Excellence

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Excellent teachers are not easy to duplicate. Understanding the qualities that make one can give teachers a standard of excellence to strive for, and guide schools in their efforts to recruit and retain only the best teachers. Good teaching isas much about passion as it is about reason. It's about not only motivating students to learn, but teaching them how to learn, and doing so in a manner that is relevant, meaningful, and memorable.

METHODS

This is a descriptive qualitative research which aims to understand the idea of teacher excellence. The respondents of the study were the potential outstanding teachers. The researchers used three data gathering procedures namely, focus group discussion, survey method and retrospective interview. Also, the following data gathering tools namely; checklist, questionnaires, focus group discussion and retrospective interview guide were used to attain the objectives of this study. Coding direct responses was utilized by the researchers, while other responses were tallied and computed using weighted mean. The code used was S1D1TE, this meant Sample 1 Definition 1 of Teacher Excellence. This study was limited to focusing on respondents’ teacher excellence level, difficulties encountered and their training needs toward teacher excellence.

RESULTS

Data showed that the respondents needed further training of capability building program to gear the teachers to teaching excellence. Also, their difficulties included a lack of training suited to their professional and personal growth. These baseline data are utilized in designing the capability building program.

DISCUSSIONS

The teachers have positive attitude toward teacher excellence. Also, there was a need to have capacity building program for teachers. The plan of action may be utilized to develop teachers gearing toward excellence.