Instructional Management Competence of Kindergarten Teachers

AUTHOR(S)

AMY B. REYES LELIA V. MEIMBAN

ABSTRACT

— One hundred Kindergarten Teachers (100) randomly selected from the 6th Congressional District of DepEd Pangasinan Division II were respondents in this study during the SY 2024- 2025. The study determined the “extent of instructional management competence (IMC) of the Kindergarten Teachers. The researcher used the descriptive-correlational research method, with a questionnaire checklist, as a data-gathering instrument. The findings include the following: Most respondent kindergarten teachers belong to the middleage bracket, are females, have master’s degrees, and have attended relevant in-service training at both division and district levels. Most of them are assigned to small-sized schools, obtained a performance rating equivalent to “outstanding,” and have “very extensive” IMC ratings. The extent of IMC ratings of the respondents is not significant across the profile variable, except for the variable “age” and “relevant in-service training” in the areas of instruction, namely: “mastery of subject matter” and “teaching skills.” Further, the extent of IMC of the Kindergarten Teachers is not correlated with their profile variables, except with the variables “age” and “relevant in-service training.” The conclusions are as follows: The respondents are mature in age, experienced, well-versed in the IMC, and performed outstandingly in their instruction. The profile variables considered in this study did not differentiate the extent of IMC of the respondents across the profile variables, except across the variables “age” and “relevant in-service training. Further, the extent of IMC of the Kindergarten Teachers are associated either “negatively weak” to negatively very weak” level with the variables, “age” and “relevant in-service trainings.” It is strongly recommended that a scholarship grant program be developed and implemented by DepEd to encourage deserving Kindergarten Teachers to enroll and finish their master’s degree or doctor’s degree, whichever applies. Further studies on IMC at the Kindergarten level will be conducted in accredited graduate institutions, using variables not considered in this study. Furthermore, studies on IMC of teachers in other grade levels will be conducted under the supervision of expert professors in graduate school and funded by the Local School Board. Keywords — Instructional Management Competence (IMC), Manifestation of Instructional Management, Kindergarten Teachers