Professional and Personal Qualities of Public Secondary Teachers in the Municipality of Calasiao, Division of Pangasinan I

Abstract

The study sought to determine the extent to which teachers manifest professional and practice personal qualities in the Municipality of Calasiao, Division of Pangasinan I during the school year 2015 – 2016 in terms of teachers’ profile, extent to which teachers manifest professional and practice personal qualities including their  strengths and weaknesses. The respondent of the study covered nineteen (19) public secondary schools with a total enumeration of 305 teachers and 19 school administrators. The salient findings of the study are as follows: Most of the teachers were females, within the age bracket from 21-39 years, BS graduates, have attended seminars/trainings with five (5) attendance or less for the past three (3) years and have been service for 10 years or less; The extent to which teachers practice professional and personal qualities were described as “Often”; There were no significant differences on the extent to which teachers practice professional and personal qualities across profile variables age, gender, years of teaching experience and seminars/trainings attended except highest educational attainment; There was no significant difference between the perceptions of teachers and their school administrators on the extent to which  teachers practice professional qualities; There was no significant difference between the perceptions of teachers and their school administrators on the extent to which teachers practice personal qualities; There were strengths and weaknesses of teachers in the practice of professional and personal qualities. In some areas, there were more strengths than weaknesses and the proposed action plan to improve the extent to which teachers practice professional and personal qualities was formulated.

Based on the findings, the following conclusions were drawn.  Most of the teachers were not fully equipped with the needed trainings and experiences in the different areas of professional and personal qualities; Teachers had not  reached the desired extent of teachers’ practices especially along personal qualities; Highest educational attainment has more effect than profile variables age, gender, years of teaching  experience and seminars/training attended; The perception of teachers on the extent to which they manifest professional qualities was reinforced by the perception of their school administrators. Hence, their perceptions do not vary; The perceptions of teachers and their school administrators were of the same level; The strengths of teachers dominate their weaknesses and the action plan to improve the professional and personal qualities of teachers was formulated.