Professional Learning Communities Practices in Public Schools in the Division of Valenzuela: A Basis for Improved Professional Teaching Efficiency

Abstract

The present study used a descriptive research method to identify the Professional Learning Communities practices of teachers in Valenzuela Congressional 1 public high schools. In particular, the Lawang Bato National High School, the Vicente P. Trinidad National High School, and the Canumay East National High School were selected as research sites. Through the use of frequency and percentage counts, weighted mean and Chi-Square in the data-gathering procedure, the following results are derived: In terms of profile, majority of the respondents: belong to the 25-30 age range (59 or 36.65%); are female (111 or 69.94%); and are 3-5 years in service (63 or 39.13%). In terms of PLC Practices, the statement "Faculty members work together to seek knowledge, skills, and strategies and apply this new learning to their work" from the Collective Learning and Application Dimension got the highest mean score of 4.45 ("Strongly Agree"). Then, when the respondents were grouped according to the age variable, those that belong to the 26-30 years age range "Agree" more (4.35 mean score) than those who are in the age bracket 51 and above (3.26 mean score). When grouped according to sex, results showed that female respondents rate "Strongly Agree" higher (4.60) than men (3.56). Hence, female teachers maximize PLC potentials for their improvement. On the other hand, when it comes to years of service, it was noted that those who served for two years or less had a mean score of 4.16 in believing in the PLC, while those who are in 11-20 years in service agreed with the advocacies of PLC (mean score of 3.56).