Factors Contributory to Professional Growth and Development of Selected Public Senior High School Teachers in District 5, Quezon City

Authors

  • Louie F. Figueroa

Keywords:

professional growth and development

Abstract

This study sought to determine the factors contributory to growth and development of selected Senior High School Teacher in District 5, Quezon City with the guiding principles of Guskey on Teacher’s Change. It is believed that the most important ingredient in quality education is a competent teacher. Students can learn without books, desks and all other education resources for as long as there is a good teacher in the classroom. Teaching demands the highest order of ability. As a matter of fact, there should be no room for mediocrity in the teaching profession. If he/she is to provide learned, equipped and productive students that are necessary in producing able citizens, then the teacher must be equipped with wealth and depth of knowledge that he/she can impart to the students. Thus, to improve the teacher’s career development path is to take a look at the different factors that may influence them. This may include different classroom practices, student learning outcomes, and beliefs/attitudes of the teachers with regards to continuous growth and development in the profession. This paper used the descriptive method to better help the researcher in the study. And as a result from the gathered data, it came out that these factors that contribute SHS teachers professionalism varied when differentiated from the respondents’ profile –like age, sex, length of service, education attainment, and their track being taught. Thus, it’s recommended that the teachers should work on levelling up education, encourage students to speak up their minds, innovations, and short visits by the principal to every classroom. Various levels of presenting the lesson depending on the level and interest of the students, “Repeat Strategy” for mastery of the lesson, and integration of the old and new education system. All these would give teachers better feedback primarily for growth. Likewise, things would only be possible if the teacher is capable of changing his or her belief and thereby, emerging good attitudes in the profession. So, the foregoing discussions provide the rationale of the research, which aimed to determine the factors that contribute to teachers towards their professional growth and its implications to career enhancement. It hopes to gather benchmark data that could be used in professional enhancement in particular with the senior high school educators.

Published

2018-09-18