Flat - Hierarchical -Consultative (FHC) Design in Creating Teaching Loads as an Intervention towards Teachers' Job Satisfaction

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Teachers play an important role in the education system of any country. They are shouldering huge responsibilities in molding the minds and heart of the youth. That is why giving importance to them is very essential. They should be satisfied with the benefits they receive from the government. Two of the main causes for job satisfaction are workload and working time. Workload and working time are very essential to the teachers so that they can function well in their stations (Velmurugan,2016). Southville IV National High School strictly follow the order on the teachers' workload and schedules. This is being done through the innovated design by the researcher called FHC (Flat -Hierarchical Consultative) Design. This aims to provide appropriate schedules and workloads to the teachers to ensure efficiency and effectiveness on the teaching-learning process.

METHODS

This study, which is to determine the teachers' job satisfaction in implementing the FHC design in creating teaching loads, is a descriptive research. It was considered as a quantitative type of research since it used numerical data in interpreting and analyzing the results of the study. The researcher conducted the study in Southville IV National High School, in Santa Rosa, Laguna. The respondents are teachers hired from May 2008 - December 2018. The study used the survey questionnaire as the basis of the teachers' level of job satisfaction using the Teacher Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (TJSQ) developed by Paula E. Lester.

RESULTS

Most of the participants of the study were from English (16.7%) and Mathematics (16.7%) Department. There were 25 participants from Grade 9 level, followed by grade 8 with 21 participants, grade 7 (20 participants) and grade 10 level with 18 participants only. Seventy-six percent (76%) of the participants of the study are female and 24% are male teachers. Moreover, it was found out that there was no significant difference between the teachers' job satisfaction on FCH Design on their profile in terms of sex (p -value = 0.083), grade level (p -value = 0.575) and subject area (p -value =0.74).

DISCUSSIONS

Based from the results, it was indicated that there was no significant difference on the teachers' job satisfaction and their profile. This only means that the teachers showed satisfaction on their job in terms of their teaching loads using the FHC Design. Teachers were also given considerations in their teaching loads and schedules that contributed to their job satisfaction as a teacher.