Instructional Management Practices of the Public Secondary School Administrators of the City Division of Urdaneta

Abstract

Introduction

The study was conducted to determine the extent of instructional management practices of the public secondary school administrators of the Urdaneta City Division. The profile of the administrators in terms of age, sex, civil status, position, highest educational attainment, specialization, the number of years as administrator; and relevant training attended was also determined. It looked into the extent of instructional management practices of the principals along with framing and communicating the school vision, mission, goals, and objectives (VMGO); supervising and evaluating instruction; coordinating the curriculum; monitoring student progress; monitoring high visibility; providing incentives for teachers; and promoting professional development.

Methods

The descriptive survey method of research was used in this study. The respondents were twenty-one (21) public secondary school administrators. The questionnaire by Dr. Philip Hallinger was the main data-gathering instrument used in gathering information on the respondents' extent of instructional management practices.

Results

The extent of instructional management practices of the public secondary school administrators along framing the school's vision, mission, goals, and objectives (VMGO); and providing incentives for teachers was "Always". While along communicating the school VMGO; supervising and evaluating instruction; coordinating the curriculum; monitoring student progress; monitoring high visibility; and promoting professional development,the respondents rated themselves as "Frequent". This showed that the instructional management practices of the respondents were nearby along with the eight instructional management rating scales used in this study. Findings also showed that there was a significant relationship between the extent of instructional management practices and profile variables in terms of age. This indicates that the older the age of the administrator, the higher the extent of instructional leadership along with communicating the school VMGO.

Discussions

The study found out that the extent of the seriousness of the problems encountered by the respondents is serious on the three indicators: 1)Low school performance in the National Achievement Test; 2) Intrusion of extra-and co-curricular activities on instructional time and 3) Lack of ICT skill. The overall mean of 2.78 shows a moderate extent of the seriousness of the problems encountered by the public secondary school administrators along with instructional management practices.