Mentoring Skills and Technical Assistance of Master Teachers in Pangasinan

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the level of mentoring skills and technical assistance master teachers in the divisions of Pangasinan I, Pangasinan II, Dagupan City, and Alaminos City in 2016-2017. The descriptive-correlational method was employed, and questionnaire was used to gather the data. There were 85 master teachers and 425 teachers selected through multi-stage sampling. Majority of the mentors were females, 41-50 years old, married, 12-23 years in the service, 0-5 years as master teachers, college graduates, with 333-376 minutes of actual teaching load, three to four preparations, and had ancillary services. The over-all mean 4.25 revealed that the level of the general skills of the master teachers was “high” while 4.20 “high” for their specific skills. On the other hand, the level of technical assistance provided by the master teachers to their mentees was high. The study revealed no significant relationship between the mentoring skills across sex, civil status, age, length of service and years in service as master teachers. Also, there is no significant relationship between the technical assistance across sex, civil status, ancillary services, age, years in service as master teachers, number of minutes of actual teaching load, and number of preparations. Work over load and lack of time were the problems often encountered by the master teachers. A training plan and mentoring program for mentors were highly recommended to DepEd as a standard tool to all master teachers in mentoring.