TEACHERS’ ORGANIZATIONAL ENGAGEMENT AND CHALLENGES AMONG PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS: INPUT FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

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A teacher as an educator needs to develop holistically and be able to hurdle all the challenges accompanied by the performance of mandated duties. Likewise, the researcher as a teacher has encountered a lot of challenges such as overloaded clerical works, learners' unruly behavior, and poor working environment that somehow affect her performance. The focus of this research undertaking is to assess the teachers' organizational engagement and challenges among public elementary schools as an input for professional development program in a district in one of the Division Offices of DepEd in the Province of Pampanga. In particular, it analyzed the teachers' profiles in terms of sex, age, civil status, and take home pay; the teachers' engagement in terms of attendance, character, teamwork, appearance, attitude, productivity, organization flexibility, communication, cooperation, and respect; and the challenges of the teacher-participants that affect their engagement in the organization. Using the descriptive method of research, a researcher-made survey questionnaire was used. The participants included 208 teachers. In administering the questionnaire, permission letters were secured. Moreover, the statistical tools used include descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, and mean) and inferential statistics (t-test and ANOVA/f-test). The findings disclosed that majority of the teacher-participants are females, aged 41 to 50 years old, married, and have a monthly take-home pay of PHP. 5,001.00 – PHP. 10,000.00; they are highly engaged in the DepEd organization; there is a significant difference on the engagement of the teachers when grouped according to their sex, age, civil status, and take home pay; and they are moderately challenged in the DepEd organization, particularly by too much documentation and reporting. The professional development program was also made feasible after analyzing the gathered results.

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