CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED AND STRATEGIES EMPLOYED IN MANAGING STUDENTS'
BEHAVIOR OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS OF A PRIVATE SCHOOL IN QUEZON
PROVINCE
Abstract
This study determined and analyzed the challenges encountered and
strategies employed by Junior High School Teachers in managing the
students’ behavior, who were the respondents of the study, in a private
school in Quezon Province that gave way to the creation of a Teachers’
Guidebook on Managing the Students’ Behavior as an output. The
descriptive-evaluative method of research was used in the study together
with the Weighted Arithmetic Mean (WAM) as the statistical tool.
Further, a validated researcher-made instrument was used to gather the
needed data in the study.
Based on the findings of the study, under the code of conduct related to
discipline, the respondents revealed the challenges encountered in
managing students’ behavior. The statements that got the highest WAM
rating were (1) Failure of students to wear their uniform in official
activities held inside or outside the school; (2) Students forget their
ID at Home; and, (3) Failure of the students to accomplish their excuse
slip form.
In addition, the code of conduct related to decorum, the following are
some of the challenges encountered by the respondents: (1) Students do
not maintain silence when no teacher is around; (2) Students fight with
their classmates when they lose their temper; (3) Students disrespect
the sacredness of the chapel by uttering nasty words inside the place;
(4) Students ignore teacher’s instructions and do some foolishness with
their friends; (5) Students disobey the rules and regulations of the
school; (6) Students are buying foods even though it is not a break
time; (7) Students fail to maintain silence inside the library; (8)
Students do not observe silence while buying in the cafeteria; (9)
Students do not participate in the mass instead they talk to their
classmate; and, (10) Students talk with their classmate while flag
ceremony is on-going.
The findings of the study revealed that the orientation of the students
was needed to familiarize the students on the rules and regulations
implemented in the school and to consistently impose discipline.
The following recommendations are made by the researcher: The students
should understand fully the importance of following the school’s rules
and regulations by taking seriously the identified school policy on the
code of conduct. The teachers should conduct an annual
orientation/re-orientation program that emphasizes the findings of this
research, and seriously consider more effective strategies to overcome
problems on code of conduct and use the output of this study. The school
administrators should issue a school memorandum requiring all teachers
and school staff to strictly implement the school policies. The future
researchers should make a study on the assessment of the quality of the
school policies implemented in the private schools in Quezon Province.