Abstract: This study determined the competencies of cooperating teachers and the school climate in the perspectives of the pre-service teachers of Iloilo Science and University- Miagao Campus, Miagao, Iloilo. Furthermore, a significant difference in the level of cooperating teachers’ competencies in the areas of personal skills, Technology management skills and instructional competence was found out. As output of the study, a feedback mechanism was formulated. This was participated by 199 randomly chosen pre-service teachers assigned in the varied schools in the First District of Iloilo. A validated researcher –made evaluation form was utilized in obtaining the data. Mean and SD were used in the descriptive analysis while the Mann Whitney U was used to obtain the inferential data. Findings of the study revealed that the cooperating teachers’ level of competency when taken as a whole and in areas such as personal skills, management skills and instructional competence was outstanding and the school climate was excellent. Notably, the strong points of the cooperating teachers revolved into the following themes namely: Having effective communication, being collegial, being flexible to difference, being organized and being understanding while lacking pedagogical support and technology expertise, low voice are among their weak points. There was no significant difference noted in the level of cooperating teachers’ competencies in the areas of personal skills, management skills and instructional competence as perceived by the pre-service teachers when categorized as to elementary and secondary school. The qualitative part of the study made use of the thematic analysis. It is recommended that ISAT U key officials, Student Teaching Division and Dep Ed may continually formulate effective policies and strategies to maintain the standard of education, especially as regards teaching internship, thereby, producing quality teacher education graduates and prospective teachers.
Keywords: Competency, Cooperating Teachers, School Climate.
Title: COMPETENCIES OF COOPERATING TEACHERS AND SCHOOL CLIMATE
Author: Genalyn Moscaya, Ma. Salome Magbanua, Marilyn Naciongayo, Ricky Andresito Naciongayo, Marnie A. Nualan
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)
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