Abstract: The need for institutions to achieve high rate of passing for examinees in Licensure Examination for Teachers is a great demand, which may be realized by improving the competencies of teachers prior to Commission on Higher Education standards. This study aimed to analyze the implications for teachers’ instructional competencies in addressing the need for improved Professional Standards. Results show that students and faculty members perceived themselves to always manifest the indicators of the instructional competencies under nine standards of Commission on Higher Education, however it is noted that their perception manifest a significant difference. The implications of teachers instructional competencies is to hit the target of the College of Education to achieve 95 percent, passing percentage in the Licensure Examination for Teachers. It is recommended that Dean and Assistant Dean in the College of Education may prepare a short term plan of identifying the competencies in all subjects in order to align to the nine standards of Commission on Higher Education.
Keywords: instructional competencies, professional standards, licensure examination for teachers.
Title: IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHERS’ INSTRUCTIONAL COMPETENCIES: ADDRESSING THE NEED FOR IMPROVED PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
Author: Pedro D. Abanador
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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