Effect of Gawad SIBOL on the Leadership and Management of School Heads in the District of Bay

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The Bay District Office started the Gawad SIBOL Awards in December 2018. SIBOL stands for SIGNIFICANT INDIVIDUALS BEYOND OBTAINING LEVELLED-UP Performance Awards. It is anopportunity for those who nurture the youth, the principals and teachers, to come together at the end of the school year, recognize those who showed exemplary service, celebrate what has been achieved by the entire District of Bay, and motivate more individuals to further do their best and gather potential nominees for higher award giving bodies such as Gawad Patnugot and Gawad Tanglaw.

METHODS

A quantitative-qualitative research design was implemented for this project. A survey was done for Bay District internal and external stakeholders which contains feedbacks and suggestions for the 2018 GAWAD SIBOL Awards. Purposive homogeneous sampling techniques were the techniques used in choosing the sample.

RESULTS

Gawad SIBOL is the first award-giving mechanismto recognize outstanding and exemplary contribution of teaching and non-teaching personnel and other stakeholders in the District of Bay that brought distinctive accomplishments and performance in their daily tasks. For self-efficacy, the median was 4.5 in a rating scale 1-5; with 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest, which meant most participants strongly agreed that SIBOL Awards positively influenced their self-efficacy. The median was 3.90 for motivation which results to strongly agree that the SIBOL Awards had a positive impact on their motivation. Lastly, the median of their answers in behavior was 4.17 which meant that the respondents strongly agreed that SIBOL Awards positively influenced their behavior.

DISCUSSIONS

Majority of the school heads and stakeholders commented that their self-efficacy, motivation and behavior were positively influenced by the SIBOL Awards last December 2018. Recommendations were lifted from the summary which includes school heads needing to further improve their leadership skills, teachers will do their best to improve their performance, help school heads motivate teachers to work for the better, and teachers will be able to do their best in their performance, has helped encourage stakeholders to help out their alma mater and SIBOL Awards should be continued annually to commend and reward teachers and school heads who demonstrate excellent performances in various areas, particularly in the District of Bay.