Working Conditions And Teachers' Morale In Gov. Felicisimo T. San Luis Integrated Senior High School; An Input To A Balanced Teacher Program Proposal

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

In 2017, the Philippine Daily Inquirer recorded 190,530 schoolteachers in 50,000 public elementary and high schools all over the country catering 22.8 million students. This statistics is very crucial in the country whose mandate is providing free basic education to all Filipino children. In 2017, the teacher -student ratio is about 1:45 and 1:36 in the elementary and 1: 32 and 1:26 in high school. The study aimed to determine the respondents' working condition and the level of teachers' morale in Gov. Felicisimo T. San Luis Integrated Senior High School. The research material was validated by (50) teachers from Gov. Felicisimo T. San Luis Integrated Senior High School in terms of workload, preparation time, administrative support, recognition, and opportunities for advancement. It was also accepted in terms of consciousness, enthusiasm, discipline, optimism, self-esteem and sprit de corps.

METHODS

The researcher made use of weighted mean and standard deviation to determine the significant relationship of working condition and teachers' morale in Gov. Felicisimo T. San Luis Integrated Senior High School. The independent t-test was utilized.R

ESULTS

It is clear, that teachers profile in terms of age, gender, position and length of service have significant relationship to the level of teachers' morale in GFTSISHS. Meanwhile, the workload, preparation time, administrative support, recognition, and opportunities have significant relationship to the working condition of teachers in GFTSISHS.

DISCUSSIONS

In the light of the findings and conclusions of the study, the following recommendations were drawn: (1) The administration should motivate the teachers to strengthen their strategies to improve working conditions of the teachers in terms of workload, preparation time, administrative support, recognition, and opportunities for advancement. (2) The school should also seek help from the stakeholders to provide feeding program for the pupils who belongs to the lowest socio economic status. (3) It is strongly recommended for the teachers to attend trainings that would help them increase their self-esteem and enthusiasm. (4) The results from this study would be a great help for the administrators to create strategic planning for the improvement of their management skills. (5) A follow-up study may be undertaken to verify the outcomes and conclusions from this research.