Granting Local Service Credits to Teachers of Florita Herrera Irizari National High School for Services Rendered on Overtime and Weekends

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The researcher aims to see if the granting of school-based or local service credits would be effective not just in compensating the overtime efforts of the teachers but also in motivating them considering the fact that rendering such entail sacrifices on their part as well.

METHODS

The participant observation was used in the conduct of this study. On December 2018, there were successive calls for services of the teachers in view of the Centennial Celebration of Lanuza on December 10. As observed by the researcher, just like the usual, for the first day, only 13 teachers extended their services to help the LGU-Lanuza in the preparation. This stimulated the researcher to propose the granting of Local Service Credits to the teachers on December 9 and 10 to see if they will be encouraged to extend their services on the said dates.

RESULTS

When the granting of the Local Service Credits was approved by the School Head, the researcher has observed a dramatic increase on the attendance of the teachers on Dec. 9, Sunday, to help prepare in the preparation. From 13 teachers on the previous day, 29 teachers went on to help or a staggering 146% increase of attendance. On Dec. 10, a local holiday, the teachers' attendance was 100%.

DISCUSSIONS

Granting of local service credits for the services extended by the teachers on overtime and weekends have been effective in encouraging them. It may be understandable in the sense that these teachers have also considerably sacrificed on their part and should also be justly compensated.