Instructional Supervision Support of School Heads of Public Junior High School Teachers, Schools Division Office – City Of San Fernando (La Union)

Abstract

The study delves into determining the instructional supervision support of school heads to public junior high schools. It specifically focuses on the level of attainment of the purpose of instructional supervision of the school heads in the public schools of the City of San Fernando Division, La Union; the instructional supervision support is given to teachers by the school heads as to development of teaching practices and professional competency; and the level of benefits of the instructional supervision support of the school heads in teaching competencies of the teachers. The questionnaire was the main tool in gathering data. The respondents of the study were twelve school heads of San Fernando City, La Union. The qualitative and quantitative method was used in the study. The salient findings (listing) of the study were the following: the perceptions of the school heads on the level of attainment of the purposes of instructional supervision are very highly knowledgeable; the perceptions of the respondents on the extent of instructional supervision support given to teachers receive very high support as to teaching practices; the perceptions of the respondents on the extent of instructional supervision support given to teachers receive very high support as to teaching practices and the perceptions between the respondents on the level of benefits of the instructional supervision support of the school heads in the teaching competencies of the teachers were very highly beneficial. In conclusion, school heads and teacher do their tasks wholeheartedly regarding instructional supervision; the very high support answer by the respondents can be traced to smooth relationship between them; and the supports were highly beneficial to the school heads and the teachers especially on promoting professional growth of teachers and minimizing the feeling of uncertainties in carrying out their functions ranks the highest among these benefits.