TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS PERSPECTIVES DIFFERENCES ONTHE SIX HOUR TEACHING LOAD FOR TEACHERS: STUDY ON PERSPECTIVE DIFFERENCES

The current research shall deal with the teachers and principals perspectives towards the six hour teaching load for teachers in Alabat Island. Results concluded that (1) majority of the respondents ages between 30 or less years old are females and have been teaching for 11-20 years. (2) Majority of the respondents agreed that the teachers utilize the six hour teaching loads mostly in consultations and conferences with parents indicating that the teachers utilize their extra time for parent and teacher conferences. (3) Majority of the teacher respondents agreed that the teachers utilize the six hour teaching loads mostly could be agreed through internal arrangement between the school head and teacher to be adjusted depending on the travel time in and out of the school as consideration. (4) Majority of the respondents agreed the teachers the six hour non-teaching loads mostly could be used for management of activities associated with student assessment and development of programs of work, student welfare in the capacity of the level of expertise reasonably expected to be demonstrated by a teacher without formal counseling qualifications, and teaching-related administration work indicating that the and school heads and teachers manage their non-teaching time for multiple arrays of management activities. (5) Majority of the respondents agreed that the teachers and principals perceived that group activities could be properly planned during to the two hour non-teaching hour as the primary effects of implementing the six hour teaching load to the academic performance of the learners indicating that by the use of the two hour nonteaching load, teachers have more time to plan their instruction specifically on group activities. (6) Results shows that there are no differences on the responses between teachers and principals perspectives and towards the six-hour teaching load. (7) Results shows that there are no differences on the responses between teachers and principals perception towards the effects of six-hour teaching load to the academic performance of the learners. It was recommended by the researcher that (1) teachers and school heads must utilize six hour teaching loads in consultations and conferences with parents. (2) Teachers and school heads must ensure that the teachers utilize the six hour teaching loads could be agreed through internal arrangement and adjust on the travel time in and out of the school as consideration. (3) Teachers and school heads must ensure that the teacher’s non-teaching loads be used for management of activities associated with student assessment and development of programs of work and student welfare. (4) Teachers and school heads must ensure that group activities could be properly planned during to the two hour non-teaching hour to have more time to plan their instruction specifically on group activities.