Observance of Social Norms and Its Relations to The Performances among The Public School Teachers of Calamba West 2: A Basis for a Team Building Program

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This study aimed to assess the social norms among the public elementary teachers of West and their principals based on the behavior towards superiors, co-teachers and subordinates, students and behavior towards parents and community. Finding the difference in the assessments of the two sets of respondents on the teacher's observance of social norms among themselves. The Performance Appraisal System for Teachers (PAST) was used to discover the performance ratings of the public school teacher respondents. Looking for the significant relationship between the observance of social norms and the performance of teachers is one of the main concerns of the study. The researcher proposed a team building program to explore ways and means on how teacher's observance of social norms could be improving more.

METHODS

This paper used of the descriptive method of research. This involves the collection of data in the attempt to test the hypotheses and so with the question posted with regards to the status of the subjects under study. This study described the assessments of the two sets of respondents on the teachers' observance of social norms among themselves and the extent of the observance of social norms among the public elementary school as related to their working relationship. The respondents of this study were the teachers and principals in Calamba West 2 in the Division of Calamba City. The principal respondents were all taken through total enumeration which means that all public elementary school principal were to be utilized in this study.

RESULTS

It can be concluded that most respondents manifest professionalism in every aspect of life such as the way they act, the way they speak and the way they treat others even if they are already angry they can still control their emotions/feelings. It can also be noted that the respondents know where to place themselves and know how to mingle with different people regardless of their level or status in life or even in the workplace. Fair and transparent in treating their students without biases is very important for them. Parents and the community, must be accommodated.

DISCUSSIONS

The recommendations are hereby deduced: there should be another set of respondents like the stakeholders and the like to assess the observance of social norms among the public elementary school teachers in Calamba West District and a working committee to monitor through evaluation every two months so that teachers and principals will be aware.