Intervention Strategy for Sustainable Community of Practice in the Department of Education

Abstract

This study described the identified communities of practice (CoP) in the Department of Education, examined the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the identified communities of practice and proposed intervention strategies in building and sustaining the communities of practice in the Department of Education. The following research questions were answered in this study: 1.) what communities of practice are present in the Department of Education-Camarines Sur Division 2.) What are the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the identified communities of practice? 3. What intervention strategies could be proposed to ensure sustainability of the community of practice in the Department of Education? This study made use of descriptive-exploratory research design. A total of 121 respondents composed of 4 public elementary school heads, 3 secondary school heads, 40 elementary teachers, 32 high school teachers, 16 elementary pupils and 26 high school students from the CoP pilot implementers in the Division of Camarines Sur, Region V, Department of Education participated in this study. Questionnaires, focus group discussion, semi-structured interview and observation were used to gather data which were analyzed qualitatively using thematic and cross-case analysis to examine themes, similarities, and differences across communities of practice.