Abstract: The study aimed to benchmark the career lives of the ten outstanding teachers in the Municipality of Dumangas, Province of Iloilo, School Year 2014-2015. It employed 10 outstanding teachers awarded by DepEd and 10 informants for each teacher. The case study employed phenomenology and deductive axiomatic method in analyzing results highlighting the themes for each relevant question. Data were obtained through validated interview-guides. Results revealed that the outstanding teachers have the following: (1) professional attributes such as getting a master’s degree and attending or conducting seminars or trainings leading to mastery of the subject matter, appropriate motivation and excellent communication and evaluation skills; (2) personal attributes include courtesy, commitment, proper grooming, fairness and good human relations; (3) instructional competence and learning management that includes excellent lesson preparation, mastery of the subject matter, good classroom management skills and foster critical thinking skills of the students. Based on the results of the study, Dequito’s Effective Teacher Model was postulated: An outstanding teacher is shaped by his exceptional professional and personal attributes matched by his excellent instructional competence and learning management skills and enhanced by his strong moral and spiritual values, which make him an indispensable member of the school and his community. The researcher recommends the theory for validation.
Keywords: Career Lives, Outstanding Teachers, Benchmarking, Phenomenology, Deductive Axiomatic Theory Development.
Title: CAREER LIVES OF OUTSTANDING TEACHERS: BENCHMARKING
Author: RICHY D. DEQUITO, Ed.D, MARSHA H. MALBAS, Ed.D.
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)
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