A researcher-made checklist-questionnaire of 60 items is shown in the specification Grid in Table 2. Appendix A shows the checklist-questionnaire.
The questionnaire begins with the personal background of the respondent. Part I covered teachers’ professional preparation in terms of highest educational attainment, relevant inservice training, and relevant teaching experience. Part II focused on teachers’ professional practices constituting eight factors. The practices included instructional planning and delivery, classroom management, teacher-learner interaction, subject content, evaluation, and professional responsibilities and relationships. Part II concentrated on teaching effectiveness which covered. Important teaching dimensions of planning and preparation, classroom environment, instruction, professional responsibilities, and use of student assessment. All three parts with a total of 60 items are broken down to 5 for professional preparation, 30 for professional practices, and 25 for teaching effectiveness.
Part I was more informative on the personal qualification of teachers. Parts II and III were composed of evaluative items using rubrics and descriptors anchored on a rating scale of 1 to 5.
Table 2
Specification Grid of the Checklist-Questionnaire on Teachers’ Professional Preparation, Practices, and Teaching Effectiveness
Content | Item Numbers | Total Items |
· Background of the Respondent | (5) | |
Part I. Teachers’ Professional Preparation | (5) | |
A. Highest Educational Attainment | 1, 2 | 2 |
B. Relevant Inservice Training | 3, 4 | 2 |
C. Relevant Teaching Experience | 5 | 1 |
Part II. Teachers’ Professional Practices | (30) | |
A. Instructional Planning | 1, 2, 3 | 3 |
B. Instructional Delivery | 4, 5, 6, 7 | 4 |
C. Classroom Management | 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 5 |
D. Teacher-Learner Interaction | 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 | 6 |
E. Subject Content | 19, 20, 21 | 3 |
F. Evaluation | 22, 23 | 2 |
G. Professional Responsibilities | 24, 25, 26, 27 | 4 |
H. Professional Relationships | 28, 29, 30 | 3 |
Part III. Teaching Effectiveness | (25) | |
A. Planning and Preparation | 1 – 5 | 5 |
B. Classroom Environment | 6 – 11 | 6 |
C. Instruction | 12 – 17 | 6 |
D. Professional Responsibilities | 18 – 22 | 5 |
E. Use of Student Assessment | 23 - 25 | 3 |
Overall Total | 60 |
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