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Chapter I - San Jose
Chapter I - San Jose
Chapter I
Introduction
assistance to help him find peace” (Z.C. Santos et al. p.3, 2014). With this definition,
guidance connotes a commitment held by a guiding person to assist the person in need,
discover the right path on his life; helping in choosing the best options among the
choices available and making efforts to achieve success. It is not only confined in a
modeling his children good values, a policeman implementing traffic rules, a nurse
instructing the patient on taking his medicines or even a security guard simply pointing a
direction to locate the school building where someone would like to go, do guidance
found anywhere and everywhere whenever someone seeks help or needs assistance
According to Shertzer and Stone (as cited by Dabas, 2018), guidance is the
process of helping individuals to understand themselves and their world. It is the system
of programs designed to help the students have satisfactory adjustment with their
personal and school life. As such, the Guidance and Counseling program is considered
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integral part of educational system. These programs are primarily designed to help
students develop holistically by enabling him to maximize his potentials to the fullest.
However, for an individual to realize his potential, to distinguish a solution to his problem
and make an intelligent decision for his future, the guidance professionals need to
development.” It implies that a person with expertise like a teacher, guides and
facilitates the learner to direct himself better and monitor his personal development
along the learning process. Moreover, Popham (as cited by Egenti, 2016) sees teaching
change in the learner. Through teaching, education is feasible for an individual who
willed himself not to be blind with the knowledge of the world and of his potential waiting
The Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers in the Philippines, under Article VIII
Section 9, states that the teacher always assures that the conditions/situations are
adequate for the maximum development of the learners and that they fully commit
and difficulties. This suggest that it is not only the delivery of successful instruction the
education. This is reflected in the role performed by the teacher as the Adviser of a
block or a section most specifically observed in primary and secondary level in which
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they were assigned to monitor their advisory’s status in academics and even with their
challenge to witness the evolution of their roles from simple to a more complex one with
the mark of 21st century. Inclusive with the label of being the architecture of the next
generation is the task of honing the students to become successful professionals in the
future through helping them develop skills not only in academics but as well as those
According to Craig (as cited by Dimkpa, 2015), along with the considerations for
knowledge and skills beneficial for the 21st century learners are ethical values that
needs to be demonstrated by the teacher such as respect, care, integrity and trust.
On the other hand, the aim of helping individual reach his potential to the fullest
is also the main theme of the definition given by Republic Act 9258 or an Act
Professionalizing the Practice of Guidance and Counseling in the Philippines for the
terms Guidance and Counseling. The act also highlighted the description and
However, it should be noted that long before the licensure exam, an individual
Studies and finished a Master’s Degree with a major in Guidance and Counseling.
Unlike the other professions that allows the person to take licensure examination right
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Counseling needs to extend his/her studies for another two (2) years or more. Thus,
only 3,220 RGC’s nationwide as of July 2017 is existing to cater the needs of Guidance
and Counseling Services in the Philippines (Valdez, 2018). A shortage of 43, 739
Registered Guidance Counselor in the Education Sector Alone. Under the DepEd
Staffing Standard, a school is required to hire one (1) counselor for every five hundred
The following situations prompts the need for Guidance Counselor and
program in the country which highlights the need for Career and Vocational Guidance,
increasing number of Child in conflict with the Law, Suicide, Bullying Cases and
Teenage Pregnancy. The main problem is not only about the stated issues of the youth
Guidance Counselor, which they could also possess. Orientation of the services
provided by the Guidance and Counseling office, which a teacher could legally render,
situated at Monte Vista, Poblacion Taytay Palawan. A 1.4 hectare area of learning
institution in Central Taytay serves as the second home for Junior High School students
The said school is the biggest and one of the fast-developing high school among
the fourteen secondary schools in the municipality. Last 2018, CTNHS marked the
fifteen years of operation, there are remarkable changes from physical infrastructure
Central Taytay National High School started its operation on July 11, 2003, with
four sections in first year now called Grade 7 with a total of two hundred twenty (220)
students, four (4) teachers headed by Miss Luthgarda S. Juanich. On year 2006, upon
Palawan Institute, tremendous increase in the population of CTNHS was recorded. The
teachers as well as the students have many sacrifices during this transition.
Due to lack of classrooms and teachers, the students then needed to have
shifting in their classes, the first shift is from 6:00-12:00 noon while the second group of
students have to start their classes on 12:00 noon until 7:00 in the evening. From two
hundred twenty (220) students on 2003, the student’s population of Central Taytay
National High School at present, have reach into one thousand nine hundred sixty two
(1962), nine hundred forty six (946) male and one thousand sixteen (1016) female. The
teacher’s population also increase from four (4) to fifty (50) teachers in 2018. Before the
end of the service of the first principal; Ms. Juanich on 2013, a plantilla position for a
Guidance Counselor was given to CTNHS thus having Mrs. Kimberly Trinidad as the
first Guidance Counselor of Centralians. Before her, the school principal addressed the
issues and concerns of the students. Among the frequent issues faced by the school
counselor are school adjustment like absenteeism and truancy. The major problems are
early pregnancy, bullying and even the case of students who committed suicides and
1:250, a number that is impossible to achieve in reality with the status of educational
Central Taytay National High School now that their Guidance Counselor, Mrs. Kimberly
Trinidad have transferred into another school. Moreover, the qualifications for the said
compliance with R.A 9258, the Department of Education now implements employment
rule that the applicant for the said plantilla should be a registered Guidance Counselor,
thus increasing the difficulty in filling up the said position; hindering the students to avail
guidance services in a daily basis. To address the said problem instead of waiting for a
Registered Guidance Counselor for more years, most of the school including CTNHS
assigned a staff that serves as the Guidance Designate for the students even though
Theoretical Framework
profession. It gets hard for the obligations such assuring that his/her students are on the
right track of finishing his/her studies, reaching his potential to the fullest and become
successful in the future. In a cliché words attach to job “teacher” is becoming “second
parent” to the students. There are time where a child choses to believe more with their
teachers rather than to their parents. Approximately twenty years of a person’s life was
spent in school; two years in pre-school, six years in primary school, six years in high
school, four to five years in tertiary education. Twenty years of communication and
relationship to the teachers, twenty years of duty for the teachers to straighten up the
Gibson and Mitchell (2013) stated that schools without teachers ceases to
become a school. The teacher is the most important professional in the school setting.
Each teacher in the school has the obligation to contribute to a perfect realization of the
students, Georgiana (2015). The teacher is the first person that a student has contact
and direct relations. The student’s issues, whether it is a school matter or personal one
are first heard, and address by what they commonly call their “second parent”.
Moreover, Georgiana (2015) suggested that there are three levels of counseling
activity in the school, the first level highlighted the importance of advises and supports
given by the teachers to their students especially in issues such as disciplines and good
behavior. Teaching profession suggest that every teacher should give support, aid, and
counseling and establish a direct and continuous communication with their students.
School is, sometimes, the only place outside home, where students have the
possibility to obtain social and orientation support, which makes the teacher an
essential resource for them (Kline and Silver, 2004). The teacher serves as the main
resource for students, the teacher has the main responsibility in first level counseling
and orientation given the fact that he/she spends a long time in the presence of
students, observes them in many contexts. He can supervise and evaluate his student
better; rest assured that they have the necessary orientation on the process of
The teacher enters in direct and immediate contact with the student’s needs and
according to the severity of these, he decides whom the competent person is in order to
solve, amend or correct the situation. If the student’s situation needs consulting a
specialist, the teacher guides the student to the school guidance counselor.
experience from that person’s perspective (Postings and Kopp, 2017). Additionally,
Foster (1996) and Guy (1987) (as cited by Gladding, 2013) stated that empathy is the
ability to put oneself in another’s place, even if that person is totally different from you.
Active Listening . It is the ability to follow what clients is saying and knowing
how to respond to it (Gladdings, 2015). It is also the ability to find listening stimulating
(Cornier, Nurius and Osborn cited by Gladding, 2013). The ability to set aside personal
needs to listen and take care of other’s need first (Foster and Guy cited by Gladding,
2013).
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referred to as fidelity (Postings and Kopp, 2017). It is the ability to safeguard clients’
negative reaction or criticism without undue stress (Rubin and Martin, 2016).
what is professed and what is done. It is a commitment to being moral in dealings with
2017).
and feeling and the ability recognize how and what factors affect oneself ( Hansen as
Enthusiasm and Humor. The capability of seeing the bittersweet quality of life
events and the humor in them. Foster and Guy (cited by Gladding, 2013). It is the
ability to be active in sessions and sustain that activity even when one sees a number of
Research Paradigm
The diagram above shows the research paradigm of this study. The input
comprises the use of Guidance Counselor’s Personal Attribute (GCPA) Scale.This will
the Personal Attributes of Teachers based on their gender , year of service and
For the process part, the following steps are to be made; first is the Review of
Theories and Related Literature for Test Item construction, next is Validation of Test
Items for the GCPA Scale. Fourth, is the conduct of survey on teachers using GCPA
Scale. Fifth, Tabulation of data gathered, next is the Analysis, Interpretation, and
Presentation of Data. Lastly, Developing Training programs for Teachers base on the
counseling roles.
This study entitled teacher as a guidance counselor model aims to determine the
1. What is the level of counseling skills of the teacher when group according
to:
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a. gender;
b. years in service;
d. educational level?
a. gender;
b. years in service;
d. educational level?
Hypothesis
a. gender;
b. years in service;
d. educational level?
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The result of this study will allow the reader to be oriented with the importance of
comprehensive idea about attributes of the Guidance Counselor that could be develop
by the teachers he/she supervise. The study will help the school administrator in
monitoring and supervision strategies he/she may employ to determine the efficiency on
The Teacher- This study will help the teacher to a have firm basis on fulfilling
teachers of the following attributes or personal qualities they could develop in order to
perform guidance role. The output of this study will capacitate the teachers to develop
and strengthened attributes of a Guidance Counselor, which will allow them to fulfill the
said role effectively. The study will also orient them of the services they could provide in
personnel in decreasing the number of tasks all assigned to him/her in helping students
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adjust well in school. The Guidance Counselor in collaboration with the teacher can
address the issues of the students efficiently and immediately. With the output of this
study, more numbers of students could access basic guidance services even with the
The Students- The students will have immediate access to Guidance without
going to the Guidance Office and competing with the numerous numbers of students
The Researcher- This study will help the researcher; a present Guidance
Designate of the school where she works determine what are the Personal Attributes
she has and may develop to fulfill the role assigned to her. The study will help her be
compromising the legality of the said profession. The study will help the researcher
impart important knowledge for teachers in doing the role with assurance that they
The future researcher- This study will help the future researchers in conducting
further and intensive studies in area of Guidance and Counseling. The research will
inspire the future researchers to give emphasis on the importance of evaluating the
factors that affects the success of rendering services from Guidance Office.
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National High School starting on February until March 2019. The respondents are
teachers of the said school. It will not be including the newly assigned Guidance
this study.
Definition of Terms
personnel education teachers, and other teachers who work with students as a whole
class in classroom. It operationally pertains to all teachers who has advisory class or a
has been issued a valid Certificate of Registration and valid Professional Identification
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operationally define as a person who was assigned to perform helping duties found in
the output/ end result of thorough analysis of data gathered. Is operationally define as
the program outline for Teachers to fulfill their role as a Guidance Counselor