Awareness and Practice of Guidance Functions by the Teachers in Urdaneta City

Abstract

This is a Descriptive research that aimed to determine the level of awareness and practice of guidance functions by the teachers in Urdaneta City during the School Year 2019-2020. The subjects of the study were the 155 guidance designate teachers in private schools in Urdaneta City. Descriptive method was utilized in the interpretation and analysis of level of awareness and practice of the guidance designate teachers. Complete enumeration was also used to administer the survey questionnaire.

Based on the findings, the researcher concluded that, Majority of the respondents are in the middle age. Subject taught is Edukasyong Pagpapakatao. The highest educational attainment is Baccalaureate Degree in which they are classified as novice in terms of number of years in teaching and number of relevant trainings attended. The employment status is casual. The respondents have High level of awareness on their guidance functions. The Level of Practice of the Guidance Functions of the teachers is Moderately High. There is a significant relationship in the Level of Awareness and Level of Practice in the Guidance Functions in the profile of the respondents across different services.

                In the light of the findings and conclusions, the researcher recommended the following:  a) Teachers should be developed professionally, be sent to relevant trainings and be exposed in subjects where they can apply the guidance functions; b) Encourage the guidance designates to pursue graduate studies for career advancement to gain more experience to cater the needs of the students; c) School Heads should send guidance teacher / designates to seminars and trainings to further increase their level of awareness to the guidance functions; d) Guidance teacher designates should optimize the implementation of guidance functions along different services such as information service, consultation service, placement service, testing service, referral service and support system service; e) Guidance designates should strengthen the information dissemination in the community about the programs offered regarding the consultation of parents, teachers, and community personnel to enhance their relationship to the students; and d) Enhanced the guidance programs, career guidance, and homeroom guidance programs.