Practices and Challenges of Instructional Leaders for the Professional Development of Teachers in Public Elementary Schools

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The challenges met by the school heads in instructional supervision ranked accordingly are lack finances to support supervisory practices; lack knowledge in providing technical assistance to teachers; lack skills in applying techniques in supervision; lack knowledge about the concept of supervision; and Use supervision for administrative purpose only.

The level of instructional supervisory practices of the school heads is remarkable along identifying the major strengths and limitations of teachers; designing various interventions to assist teachers; professional support for instructional skills development; and linking with various organizations and community groups. Perhaps the school heads and teachers are working hand and hand for the improvement of the learning outcome, which is the ultimate goal of teaching.

METHODS

The study was descriptive-correlational in nature with the objective of determining and evaluating the level of practices and challenges of instructional leaders for the professional development of teachers in public elementary schools in the Tabaco City Division.

RESULTS

The study revealed that the majority of the respondents were already 41 years old and above, dominated by females, and most are married. Mostly are already 6-10 years in the service, occupying Teacher I position, and with master units.

The level of instructional supervisory practices of school heads on identifying the major strength and limitations of teachers in Tabaco City Division was rated 3.62 and 3.5 by the school heads and teachers respectively with an average weighted mean of 3.59 all with adjective description of Most of the Time; while the level of instructional supervisory practices of school heads on designing various interventions to assist teachers as perceived by the same group of respondents were rated 3.56 by the school heads and 3.46 by the teachers, described as "Most of the Time" and "Sometimes" respectively with an average weighted mean of 3.51 which is described as "Most of the Time" .

DISCUSSIONS

The researcher formulated an action plan for the school heads to sustain the level of supervisory practices for the professional development of teachers in public elementary schools.