The Relationship Of The Profile And Competencies Of Public-School Teachers In Cluster 8 Calamba West III District

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Competency is best described as a complex combination of knowledge, skills, understanding, values and attitudes, and desire which lead to effective embodied human action in the world in a particular domain. In the daily life of teachers, they encounter different kinds of students. It is a fact that the various teaching competency levels of the teachers bear different effects upon the students' learning. With regard to the teacher's competency, the researcher notably wanted to determine the relationship of profile and competencies of public-school teachers in Cluster 8 Calamba West III District to expand their knowledge on the situations and come up with a common view that the present condition of the teachers' competencies could still be improved greatly.

METHODS

In order to identify the competencies of public-school teachers in Cluster 8 Calamba West III District on Curriculum and Community Linkages Domain, descriptive method was adapted. The descriptive design was used to interpret findings in relation to the competencies of public-school teachers on curriculum domain and community linkages domain.

RESULTS

The majority of teacher respondents belonged to the age group of 21-30 years old and are Bachelor's Degree holders. The Curriculum Domain in selecting the teaching method, learning activities, and the instructional materials or resources appropriate for the learners and Aligned to objective of the lesson had the highest average mean in teachers' competencies with a verbal interpretation of "High Extent Level.” The result of Spearman Rank-Order Correlation analysis revealed that the relationship between the competencies on curriculum and community linkages domain when they are grouped according to their Highest Educational Attainment were not significant while the relationship between the competencies when they are grouped according to their age was significant.

DISCUSSIONS

The results demonstrate that teachers must possess competence and initiative to perform additional tasks aside from teaching, like community engagement in socio-civic activities in terms of recreation, clean and green, livelihood programs, health services and religious education. School Principals should help younger teachers upgrade their level of competencies such as knowledge, skills and abilities, and other characteristics through seminar/training so they could come up with better teaching methods and involve students more efficiently into their lessons.