Practices and Challenges of School Heads in the Implementation of Annual Improvement Plan in Tabaco City Division

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This study looked into the practices and challenges of school heads in the implementation of the school Annual Improvement Plan. In Tabaco City Division, It dealt on the following sub-problems; the level of practice of school heads along with physical development; learners' development; and teachers' development, challenges met by the school heads and proposed plan to address the challenges met by the school heads in the implementation of school Annual Improvement Plan.

METHODS

This study employed the descriptive method of research and used the F-test. It is descriptive since this study determined the present condition of the practices and challenges of school heads in the implementation of the school Annual Improvement Plan in Tabaco City Division.The primary source of data came from the responses of the thirty-eight (38) elementary school heads of the different districts in Tabaco City. A five-point Likert scale was used to determine the level of practice of school heads in the implementation of school Annual Improvement Plan likewise, frequency count and weighted mean was utilized. Frequency count and ranking were the measures used to analyze and interpret the challenges met by the school heads in the implementation of school Annual Improvement Plan.

RESULTS

The study showed that the level of practice of school heads in the implementation of the school Annual Improvement Plan in their respective schools was Very High on the practices of school heads among the districts along with learners' development, and teachers' development and High on the physical development.

There were challenges met by the school heads in the implementation of school Annual Improvement Plan along with physical development, learners' development, and teachers' development

DISCUSSIONS

The level of practice of school heads in the implementation of the school Annual Improvement Plan along physical, learners and teachers development should be sustained or enhanced by implementing the plan religiously.

It is expected that the implementation of all the school heads in preparing the Annual Improvement Plan to be practiced in all the schools. Knowing their accountabilities and as a crucial part in the development of the school especially in improving the teaching-learning process would be a great help. Challenges must be given intervention in order to sustain the projects. The intervention plan proposed by the researcher be implemented to improve the existing Annual Improvement Plan of school heads in the Tabaco City Division.