An Assessment of The Teacher's Professional Competencies in Mataas Na Pulo Elementary School: Basis for The Implemention of an Action Plan

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Education is the most important tool in promoting the economic growth of developing countries like the Philippines. Today, innovations continue to exist in society, thus, one must be globally competent in one's chosen field, equipped with the necessary skills, and know how to adapt to an innovative environment. There is a need to increase the demand of competitive individuals to address the needs of the country and be a partner of the nation's progress. With a goal as important as this, the researcher found it very important to come up with a study on the teachers' professional competency in Mataas na Pulo Elementary School. This study would help to determine whether these observations and perceptions are true. This would assess how competent the teachers are, would discover the competency they less practice and hopefully, provide a course of action on how to remediate the identified problems.

METHODS

The study covers the competencies of teachers in terms of personal qualities and teaching skills. Respondents were limited only to teachers of Mataas na Pulo Elementary School, Nasugbu Batangas and the grade six (6) students form the schools. The descriptive method of research was used by the researcher to describe the present conditions regarding the competency of elementary teachers of Mataas na Pulo. The researcher administered questionnaires for teachers and students to gather the data.

RESULTS

As assessed by the teachers, the highest score for personal quality that was ranked was teachers observed proper grooming and had a pleasing personality. In the competency of teachers in terms of teaching skills, mastery of the subject matter ranked first. This means that they gave time and effort to be capable of analyzing and sequencing activities regarding the subject matter to be able to master the lesson and be ready. In terms of the competency of teachers’ management skills, the first in the rank is that management skill which described those teachers prepares well for the day. It means that teachers prepared even ahead of time.

DISCUSSIONS

Teachers and students assessed that teachers have a very satisfactory competency. Teachers should be encouraged to attend seminars and enroll in graduate school as this will expose them to advanced instructional methods for professional development