The Instructional Supervision Program of Matabungkaynational High School: The Ups And Downs of Mentoring
Keywords:
mentoring program, mentors, menteesAbstract
Introduction
The mentoring program is an excellent strategy to enhance both the personal and professional qualities of a teacher. It is an invaluable tool for professional growth and development. The master teacher is a teacher who demonstrates excellence inside and outside of the classroom through consistent leadership (McClean: 2017). It is in this context that the researcher, a Master Teacher I decided to determine the perception of teachers of Matabungkay National High School of the mentoring program.
Methods
All the teachers of Matabungkay National High School were the respondents of this study. The researcher used the descriptive design in undertaking this study, with the researcher-made questionnaire as the main instrument. Informal interviews were done and the researcher's observation during the mentoring of other teachers. Confidentiality in the treatment of data gathered from this study was kept throughout its undertaking.
Results
The results found were as follows: 1). The teachers of Matabungkay National High School have a positive impression of the mentoring program, which will consequently help the mentors do their jobs of mentoring. 2) There had been problems that both the mentor and mentees have encountered in the course of the mentoring program like too much and overlapping tasks, broken schedule, miscommunication between mentor and mentees, and shortage of time of mentoring. 3). Meetings, friendly chats, team building activities, one on one communication and through memoranda were the ways that both mentor and mentees handled problems.
Discussions
The teachers of Matabungkay National High School had a positive impression of the mentoring program although there had been problems that both the mentor and mentees have encountered. They mentioned that their mentors helped them in their problems in instructional competencies. Their mentoring knowledgeable, resourceful, supportive and good leaders.
