The Teaching Performance, Commitment, and Satisfaction of the Special Education (SPED) Teachers in Selected Schools in Metro Manila

Abstract

One of the most distinctive and noble goals of democratic countries is to make all citizens, including special learners and users. As stipulated in Universal Declaration of Human Rights, all human beings are born free and equal in dignity, rights, and freedom including the right to rest and leisure, right to an adequate standard of living and the right to education. The right to education to everyone does not exclude those who need special education, does include the disabled, mentally defective, and other children with special needs. This study aimed to determine the level of teaching performance, commitment, and satisfaction of the Special Education (SPED) teachers in selected schools in Metro Manila during the school year 2016 -2017. The descriptive method of research was used in the study. There were 104 special education teachers who serve as respondents. The statistical tools used in analyzing data were frequency count, percentage, weighted arithmetic mean, ranking, and t-test. Findings suggest that the majority of the special education teachers in selected schools in Metro Manila were females, with teaching the experience of 1 to 15 years, Bachelor’s degree with master’s degree units, a special education major and with a performance rating of very satisfactory.