Supervisory Skills and Governance in Public Secondary Schools in The Divisions of Puerto Princesa City and Palawan
Supervisory Skills and Governance in Public Secondary Schools in The Divisions of Puerto Princesa City and Palawan
The researchers used the quantitative method using the Results ans Discussion
survey questionnaires that discussed the level of
supervisory skills and governance among school heads
in the DepEd Division Puerto Princesa and the Level of Supervisory Skills and Governance of the
Division of Palawan. This study determined the School Heads as assessed by themselves and their
correlations of the identified variables and the teachers in terms of Planning, Organizing, Leading,
relationship between the assessment of the teacher Monitoring, and Evaluating Learning Outcomes.
respondents in their school heads and the assessment
of the school heads themselves on the supervisory Table 1 presents the level of supervisory skills and
skills and governance. The respondents were fully governance of the school heads as assessed by
pledged school heads, teachers-in-charge, and their themselves and their teachers in terms of planning,
teacher-respondents in the different schools in Public organizing, leading, monitoring, and evaluating
Secondary Schools in the Division of Puerto Princesa learning outcomes. As school heads assessed
City and Palawan themselves, the statement of setting high social and
academic expectations also builds high performance of
The study population was the 60 Public Secondary teachers with the mean of 4.57% described as Advance
School Heads including the Teacher In-Charge and Level and the statement about leading and managing
217 Public Secondary Teachers from the Division of the teaching and learning outcomes that align with the
Puerto Princesa City and Palawan. The stratified mission, vision, and core values of DepEd also got
random sampling technique sampling was used to get a Advance Level or 4.53% while the lowest mean got
well-represented sample of school heads respondents 4.42% under the statement of institutionalize
and teachers in the three districts of mainland Palawan integration of career progression and opportunities into
and the fishbowl technique for to determine the sample the school curriculum and all other learning
size. Purposive sampling was used to choose the experiences.
school head respondents, considering the following
criteria: School heads or Teacher In-charge in the The teacher respondents got 4.35% described as High
Division of Palawan and Puerto Princesa City. The Level on statement 2,4,5 which indicates the high
population of public secondary school heads and supervision of the school heads to them while the
teachers was requested from the Planning Office of the lowest mean score of 4.24% described as High Level
Department of Education, Division of Palawan, and on statement 7 which is exhibit best practice in
Division of Puerto Princesa City. providing technical assistance to teachers.The overall
mean of school heads with 4.50 described as High
The 300 total population of the public secondary Level while teacher respondents got 4.32 High Level
school heads including the Teacher In-charge and the with a total overall mean of 4.41 described as High
teacher-respondents in the Division of Palawan and in LevelsThe result implies that the teacher respondents
the Division of Puerto Princesa City however only 277 witness the High Level of performance of their school
respondents participated in the study.To achieve the heads in utilizing organizational resources efficiently
highest level of participation from public secondary in terms of supervisory skills and governance,
school heads and teacher-respondents, the researchers particularly in planning, organizing, monitoring, and
asked permission from the Superintendent of the evaluating learning outcomes. The data revealed that
Schools Division and the President of the National the school heads demonstrated exceptional skills and
Association for Public Secondary School Heads to effectiveness in exercising their supervisory skills and
disseminate the questionnaire.The researchers used the governance in the educational system.Furthermore,
Google form for some school heads, teacher-in-charge, utilizing organizational resources efficiently through
and teachers who want to answer using links in planning, organizing, leading, and monitoring
leadership activities is necessary to achieve reliable
performance. The principal's responsibility as a learning outcomes got a mean of 4.58 % which is also
learning leader is to supervise, evaluate, and guide Advanced Level, and a statement which promotes
their educators' knowledge and skills to enhance accountability, responsibility, and authority (AURA)
teaching and learning outcomes. within and beyond school management, the teacher
respondents assessment got 4.53% described as
Table 1.1. Level of Supervisory Skills and Governance Advance Level.
of the School Heads as assessed by themselves and
their teachers in terms of Planning, Organizing, The assessment of teacher respondents to their school
Leading, Time Management Monitoring, Evaluating head got 4.36 as High Level with the statement
implement effective learner discipline policies to
learning outcomes, communication, leadership,
support student’s growth and development, the second
adaptability, conflict resolution, teamwork,
and third higher mean is 4.31 described as High Level
interpersonal skills.
under the statement promotes accountability,
responsibility, and authority (AURA) within and
beyond school management and leadership in
collaboration in achieving higher learning outcomes
while the lowest mean of 4.26 described as High Level
was given by the teacher under statement number two
which is taking initiatives on the innovative use of
learning assessment tools and strategies. The overall
mean of teacher respondents got 4.25 described as
High Level. The school head got the average mean of
mean of 4.46 described as High Level while the
teachers got 4.25 described as High Level with an
overall mean of 4.36 described as High Level. It
implies that the teacher observed the High Level of
Supervisory Skills and Governance of their school
heads regarding Curriculum and Instruction. It also
implies that the school head has all the experience in
school curriculum implementation and development,
on the other hand, the school head must take initiative
in using learning assessments and strategies.
Conclusion
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