Supervisory Skills of School Heads and Teachers’ Job Satisfaction

AUTHOR(S)

Dr. Carolyn Bongato Piezas

ABSTRACT

The study aimed to determine the supervisory skills of school heads and teachers’ job satisfaction in the Division of Bohol. Specifically, the profile of supervisory skills of school heads in this new normal as assessed by themselves and on their teachers in terms of: conceptual skills; technical skills; and human skills; 2. Determine the job satisfaction of the teachers in this new normal as assessed by themselves in terms of: supervision; colleagues; working conditions; responsibility; work itself; advancement; security; and recognition. This study employed quantitative method of gathering data. For this, a modified -validated tools were employed. These focused on the assessment of the supervisory skills of the school heads and teachers’ job satisfaction in the new normal education. For the first part of the tool, it was answered by both school heads themselves and teachers while in the second part which focused on teachers’ job satisfaction, it was answered by teachers only.
In this study, it was found out that even in the minor gaps of rating between school heads and teachers in their supervisory skills, it still end up to being “Exceptional Skills”. Furthermore, as to the teachers’ job satisfaction, the result shows that teachers in Bohol province division covering the three Congressional Districts manifest high job satisfaction to their teaching job except for recognition. On the other hand, it was found out that there is really a significant difference between the assessment of school heads and teachers to the supervisory skills of school heads. The school heads rated themselves higher compared to that of the ratings given by the teachers. Lastly, result shows significant correlation between the supervisory skills of school heads and job satisfaction of teachers. Specifically, its correlation is described as moderate positive correlation. Meaning, as the supervisory skills of school heads gets higher, so as the job satisfaction of teachers. As the supervisory skills of school heads get exceptional; the high extent of satisfaction is gained by the teachers.