Preparedness of Public Elementary School Teachers in Performing Their Teaching Tasks Before, During, and After Classroom Observation in Lopez East District, Division of Quezon
Preparedness of Public Elementary School Teachers in Performing Their Teaching Tasks Before, During, and After Classroom Observation in Lopez East District, Division of Quezon
Preparedness of Public Elementary School Teachers in Performing Their Teaching Tasks Before, During, and After Classroom Observation in Lopez East District, Division of Quezon
Classroom observation can be one of actuating aspects During classroom observation, teachers should always
which could lead the engrossment of the teachers. The prepare enough so that pupils were extra involved to
classroom, pupils, lesson plan, and teaching materials maximized their learning. Teachers should always
are just some of which could be considered in show confidence for the pupils to focus on whatever
classroom teaching. Before classroom observation, they are doing. Presentation, teaching devices, point of
teachers make the time to plan, though there was a the lesson, classroom management, subject knowledge,
planning period given prior to the actual observation pupil’s behavior management, awareness of pupils
day. There must be indicators that need to do such as needs, and generalization of the lesson are what
review the Results-based Performance Management teachers should look for during the actual observation.
System (RPMS) Tool appropriate to your level, master Manages classroom structure to engage learners,
the indicator list expected to be observed in each individually or in groups, in meaningful exploration,
quarter/observation period in order to plan well for the discovery and hands-on activities within a range of
observation. Plans his or her lesson according to the physical learning environments, also manage learner
indicators expected for the particular observation behavior constructively by applying positive and non-
period, and provides the observers with the lesson violent discipline to ensure learning-focused
plan/DLP/DLL. Preparation was one of critical part of environments. In addition, uses differentiated,
effective classroom teaching. If the teacher’s dearth developmentally appropriate learning experiences to
behind in preparing, then it will lead to disaster. In address learners’ gender, needs, strength, interests and
addition, preparation was another load to the working experiences.
hours of teachers. Normally, teachers do the
preparation outside the school. Moreover, they use After classroom observation was the assessment or the
their weekend to go to school and even stay late there evaluation. This could be the sensitive part for the
to prepare sufficiently. To produce prototype learning teachers being prepared, but there were benefits after
environment, they consider different strategies and all. There was the post-observation meeting to accept
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Research Article
are being felt, or trends that are developing.According Education.The instrument used the following to assess
to Good (2002), descriptive research includes studies the requirements to be prepared of a classroom teacher
that support to present facts concerning the nature and in classroom structuring and teacher observation guide
status of anything. This means that descriptive for instructional competence as to: (a) Pre-Assessment,
research gives meaning to quality and standing of facts (b) Actual Observation, and (c) Post Assessment.The
that are going on.The descriptive part presented the first draft of the questionnaire was consulted to the
level of preparedness of public elementary school researcher’s adviser. In order to clarify and
teachers in performing their teaching tasks before, appropriateness of the instruments.The final form of
during, and after classroom observation in Lopez East the sets of questionnaires was reproduced and
District, Division of Quezon according to their age, distributed to the respondents by the researcher.
gender, civil status, and plantilla position.
Data Gathering Procedure
Research Population and Sample
The gathered data relevant to this research, the
The population of this study includes the 146 researcher did the following procedures:In order to
elementary teachers and school heads of public work safely and smoothly in the conduct of the study
elementary schools in Lopez East District Division of for gathering pertinent data and information the
Quezon for School Year 2019-2020.To determine the researcher asked permission from the Public Schools
sample, the researcher utilized a random sampling Division Superintendent in Division of Quezon to
(using a Hat). The researcher assigned a name of conduct her study. After the approval of the Public
school which is encoded in a Hat to identify who shall Schools Division Superintendent, the researcher
be the actual respondents for the study. The sample is coordinated and asked permission from the Public
random because each school has an equal chance of Schools District Supervisor. After the approval of
being chosen. According to Lauren Thomas (2020) a Public Schools District Supervisor, the researcher
simple random sample is a randomly selected subset of asked the School Heads of the different Schools in
a population. In this sampling method, each member of Lopez East District Division of Quezon and discussed
the population has an exactly equal chance of being with them the purpose of the study before distributing
selected. the copies of the questionnaire to the target
respondents. The deployment of the questionnaire was
Table 1. Population and Sample of the Study personally administered by the researcher. The
researcher assured proper courtesy during the conduct
of the study. She also assured the respondents that the
information gathered will be treated confidentially.
She explained to the respondents that their responses
should be based on their actual experiences and
observations before, during and after the classroom
observation.
Table presents the population of the respondents of the
study. It is limited to the public elementary schools
offering primary education in Lopez East District Results and Discussion
Division of Quezon. The respondents of the study will
be the one hundred sixty-three (146) teachers and
Table 2 shows the frequency distribution of
school heads from public schools in Lopez East
respondents according to age. Majority of the teachers
District Division of Quezon. The respondents of the
82 out of 130 or 63.08% were 31 years old and above
study were selected through the Hat method to become
while 38 or 29.23% of them were 26 – 30 years old
the very source of respondents for this study.
and 10 or 7.69% were 20 – 25 years old. This confirms
Research Instrument that the teacher respondents of the study were in
millennial generations. Also, it implies that few
The data was collected using the self-made teachers are being hired this year and there are more
questionnaire. The questionnaire was aligned on the teachers who have been in the teaching field for a long
D.O No. 42, s. 2017 an updated PPST-RPMS time.
classroom observation tool in the enhancement of
teachers’ quality as provided by the Department of
Table 2. Frequency Distribution of the Profile of the others (that is, separated and divorced).
Respondents
Moreover, the frequency distribution of respondents
according to their present position. There are 3 or
18.30% of head teachers with two positions; 5 or
31.25% are principals with two positions; and 8 or
50% is a teacher-in-charge. To be concluded that the
respondents occupy officer-in-charge or teacher-in-
charge positions. Furthermore, the data reveals that 99
or 76.15% of the respondents were teacher I. Secondly
21 or 16.15% were teacher II. It was followed by
teacher III with the frequency of 10 or 7.7% of the
respondents.
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