Master teachers' mentorship quality and instructional effectiveness as related to their supervisory and administrative competence: Inputs to the development of a professional learning community program

Abstract

Conducted in February - May 2020, this survey-correlational research aimed to determine the mentorship quality, instructional effectiveness and supervisory competence, and administrative competence of Senior High School Master Teachers designated as Subject Group Heads of the Schools Division of Iloilo assigned in the public integrated mother/central Senior High Schools in the Third Congressional District of the Province of Iloilo and the relationship among these variables. The data needed in the study were provided by the thirty (30) Senior High School Master Teachers designated as Subject Group Heads, five (5) Assistant School Principals In-Charge of SHS Academics and three (3) Senior High School Coordinators who represented the School Heads/Principals and one hundred twenty (120) Senior High School Teachers. The data-gathering instrument used was the Questionnaire Checklist on Mentorship Quality, Instructional Effectiveness, Supervisory Competence and Administrative Competence of Master Teachers Designated as Subject Group Heads with parts adapted from Hudson & Peard (2005), DepEd Results-based Performance Management System (RPMS) Manual for School Heads and Teachers (2018), National Competency-Based Standards for School Heads-Training & Development Needs Assessment (NCSSH-TDNA), and Abad (1990). The data-gathering instrument was submitted to a panel of experts for face and content validation, construct, and reliability test, to establish its administrability for the purpose it was intended. Means and standard deviations were in the descriptive data analysis while Pearson's r set at 0.05 alpha level was used in the inferential data analysis. Results revealed that Senior High School Master Teachers designated as Subject Group Heads had "good mentorship quality", were "very effective" in the performance of their duties and responsibilities as highly proficient teachers, and were "very competent" in performing the supervisory and administrative functions. Results also revealed that positive and significant relationships existed among mentorship quality, instructional effectiveness, supervisory competence, and administrative competence of Senior High School Master Teachers designated as Subject Group Heads. As an offshoot of this study, the researcher developed the Proposed Professional Learning Community Program. The program was crafted to identify key indicators for factors or areas of mentoring, instruction, supervision and administration that the Senior High School Master Teachers designated as Subject Group Heads should improve as revealed in the results of the study. When ranked according to their means, the bottom five (5) indicators in each of the mentorship quality, instructional effectiveness, supervisory competence, and administrative competence of Senior High School Master Teachers designated as Subject Group Heads serve as the focus of the Professional Learning Community Program. The program was validated by three (3) experts in the field of educational management. They suggested that the parts of the program shall include modules with lessons and specific activities to be accomplished both the participants and to be discussed during team meetings. The Proposed Professional Learning Community Program will be submitted to the Office of the Schools Division Superintendent of the Schools Division of Iloilo for review and approval. Once approved, it can have its pilot implementation in the Schools Division of Iloilo with Senior High School Master Teachers designated as Subject Group Heads assigned in the five (5) congressional districts of the Province of Iloilo as participants.