REVISITING MANAGEMENT STYLE OF PUBLIC EDUCATORS: AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE TEACHERS

Abstract

Teaching, which is often regarded as a noble profession, is not without sacrifices
and time is among these sacrifices. Thus, a better understanding of the life of
the teachers is worth knowing more especially in the advent of the fact that
Philippine education is far behind the education of other countries. This study
helps to formulate new policies, if needed, or retain the existing policies that
meet what life of a teacher should be in accordance with the standard of living.
The study utilized an ethnographic method and data analysis research method.
With this method, the researcher will be able to obtain a comprehensive and
extensive investigation of the lives of the teachers. Respondents are teachers in
elementary and secondary in both rural and urban. Being a teacher takes
courage and effort to do our duty. It's not easy to be a teacher but it's fulfilling
and a worthy profession. Their general daily routine are: making a lesson plan,
checking of daily attendance, making sure that there is classroom management
at all times, supervision of students, recording the student’s daily performances.
There should be hierarchy in the benefits and privileges of teachers. Ranking
should also include the years that they faithfully serve as teacher. The
institution should be headed by an educator who rose from the rank because
he/she knows and understand the intricacies and problems where he/she
dedicated her life to that service. Thus they have the prognosis and therefore
can eventually make concrete innovations. Choosing or appointing a party-mate
who lost in the previous election is an out of the blue which cannot address
perennial problem in the institution. Living a simple life should also be life of the
educators.