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and manuals “seldom”, methods in guidance services “often” and guidance integration “always”.
Further, as to funding it is “moderately adequate” and provision of support service “moderately
adequate”, the problems encountered are “moderately serious” and the coping mechanisms
mentioned are used “occasionally”.
The following conclusions were based from the findings: 1) The respondents are female
dominated, belong to middle age, married, educationally qualified, had a number of years in
guidance work and attended relevant trainings in all levels; 2) The guidance teachers have
impressive ratings in the attainment of philosophies and objectives.; 3) the teachers experienced
minor problems and used coping mechanisms when they feel comfortable to use it.
In the light of the findings and conclusions drawn, the following recommendations are
hereby presented: 1) The guidance teachers concerned are encouraged to pursue their Masteral
and Doctoral Degrees to upgrade the competencies and skills; 2) The philosophy and objectives
of the Guidance Program should be sustained; 3) The facilities and instructional materials
and curriculum related inputs should be improved by the Division Office to truly support the
Guidance Program; 4) To lessen the “moderately serious” problems affecting the implementation
of the said program, a strong collaboration with the DepEd authorities and officials should be
strengthened to attain fully the goals of the Guidance Program; 5) There should be regular
monitoring and evaluation of the program to know their problems, thereby making solutions
to reduce or eliminate problems; 6) This study maybe replicated in other diversions to validate
the results; 7) Other studies should be conducted to look into other aspects not included in this
study of the Guidance Program

INSTRUCTIONAL SKILLS IN TEACHING READING IN THE MOTHER TONGUE
MARIBEL D. BAYYA

This study determined the level of Instructional Skills in Teaching Reading in the Mother
Tongue of Public Elementary School Teachers of Villasis Districts 1 and 11, Pangasinan Division
11 during the SY 2013-2014.
Specifically, this study sought to determine the following: 1) profile of the elementary
teachers in the public schools in terms of their age, civil status, highest educational attainment,
length of service, dialects spoken at home and relevant trainings; 2) level of instructional skills
in teaching Reading in the Mother Tongue of elementary teachers in the public school; 3)
significant difference in the levels of instructional skills in teaching Reading in the Mother Tongue
of elementary teachers in the public schools according to age, civil status, highest educational
attainment, length of service, dialects spoken at home and relevant trainings; 4) significant
relationship between the levels of instructional skills in teaching reading in the mother tongue
of teachers and profile variables.

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