Perception on Career Development among Elementary School Teachers of East District 1, Division of Batangas City

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Teaching is a specialized skill that involves not only the expertise of the teachers in their respective academic fields but also their ability to create for the learners an environment where they can get optimal learning gain. The study is premised on the concept of teachers' perceptions towards career development encompassing the principle of teaching competently and skillfully which is one of the key sources of an educational institution's goal for providing excellent quality education through its teaching force to enhance and maximize their creative potentials.

METHODS

The descriptive method of research was utilized in this study to determine the attitudes of teachers in East, District I towards their career development. To achieve this purpose, the researcher used the documentary analysis. The researcher has chosen the said school to set limitations and concentrate more in dealing with the attitude of teachers towards their career development. This study may also help in finding or discovering the teachers' attitudes and perceptions in pursuing activities that will help them grow professionally and in studying to aid them for better understanding and collecting information and knowledge.

RESULTS

Teachers of District I EAST are basically in their prime age and have been in the teaching profession for a number of years already. However, despite of the years in service, they have not ventured much in furthering their professional growth. They are not able to meet the standard in regards to their performance as teachers in relation to their productive teaching techniques, organized, structured class management, and employee responsibilities and have shown a positive attitude towards their career development to a great extent. The proposed activities when tried and implemented may help sustain and motivate more teachers to participate in various professional development with positive attitudes.

DISCUSSIONS

The results proposed activities with refine content and should be tried out for implementation. Schools should tap into its teachers' pool of expertise and form collaborations between teachers and external experts to provide a specially tailored professional development for their teachers. Proper planning may be done for professional development training to encourage and motivate teachers to participate and incentives and rewards may be given for good jobs. Also, a similar study should be conducted in other schools for comparable results.