A research proposal for Grade 8 science learners.

1. I. Problem Description

2. Emerging technologies are moving the leading economies forward
and, at the same time , enabling the developing world to leapfrog their
current status straight into the forefront of development ( Hirz, 2018) .
The rapid growth in the Information Communication and Technologies
( ICT ) have brought remarkable changes in the twenty-first century, as
well as its effect on the demands of modern societies. ICT is becoming
increasingly important in our daily lives and in our educational system
( Buabing-Andoh, 2022). Henceforth teaching is simultaneously a
rewarding career and a challenging profession due to a variety of
reasons including the ICT literacy among teachers and students
ranging from legislative mandates to classroom management
challenges( Jacobson, 2016).

3. However because of technology, teachers’
workloads double and even triple. More data
reports are needed in every hour of teachers’
official time that instead of focusing their time
to teaching children or students in the school,
their time are sub-divided into more data
reporting and ancillary tasks assigned to them
to successfully implement some programs and
projects of DepEd.

4. Ingvarson et.al ( 2005 ) as cited by Ak Misoi ( 2008 )
defined workload manageability as a set of hours spent at
the school including the amount of non-contact time, the
amount of preparing paperwork required, level of
resources supplied, time spent in relation with other
teachers and parents. It is related with teachers’ ability to
complete the tasks given or assigned during the school
hours. This can be achieved with the help of other
teachers and support staff or other solution suggested by
other researchers to fulfil the works to be done.

5. San Luis National High School teachers are facing
workload problems. Monthly reports on teachers’
accomplishment report, monthly updates on enrolment,
enrolling students in Learning Information System ( LIS),
updating the SLNHS students and teachers’ profile, tools
and equipment of Tecvoc offering, date in Curriculum
Management Support System ( CMSS ) , class mean,
performance indicators, list of SARDO, list of frustration
learners, SPED learners, age of students, students BMI and
many more consume almost the official time of teachers
that is allotted for instructional teaching job. This lead to
teachers’ burnout, stress and even job dissatisfaction.

6. Deped Order No. 17, series of 1997 otherwise
known as Adopting a Policy of Empowering School
Principals hereby adopts a policy of empowering all
public elementary and secondary school principals in
order to achieve desired higher learning outcomes. All
school principals shall henceforth be vested with
instructional administrative and fiscal autonomy for a
more effective and efficient delivery of quality basic
education.

7. With the adoption of principal empowerment, I can
empower the ICT-literate teachers to help the SLNHS
teachers in managing their workloads by delegating to
them the system of submission using apps such as
google forms, google drive and other softwares and
templates for the purpose.
Hence this action research.

8. EMPOWERING ICT – LITERATE TEACHERS IN
MANAGING SAN LUIS NATIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL (SLNHS) TEACHERS’ WORKLOAD
Title:

9. II. Objectives
To lessen the workload of SLNHS
teachers from 80% for the third quarter
to 50% of the fourth quarter of this
school year.

10. III. Proposed intervention
The proposed intervention design will be called
Empowering ICT -Literate SLNHS teachers. Empowering
them must follow these steps. ICT -Literate teachers. By
identification the researcher is able to determine who
among the teachers are ICT-literate. Then they will be
empowered by the tasks delegated to them. Character
counts such as willingness to accept the tasks, ability to
work under pressure including the skills, capability in
using the ICT are included.

11. Second will be the report categorization.
Reports must be categorized as urgent,
weekly, bi-weekly, simi monthly, bi-monthly
and quarterly. Third , will be the delegation
of tasks to ICT-literate teachers who will be
empowered to design or use apps like google
drive, google form, google meet, use of
template and software to help SLNHS teacher
lesson their workload of paper work report
submission.

12. B.Implementation.
Once reports be categorized as urgent, weekly, bi-
weekly, simi monthly, bi-monthly and quarterly,
certain ICT-literate teachers be the in charge of such
reports. Once urgent, ICT in charge would send a
google form to group chat of messenger to gather data
and consolidation automatically followed. By that, the
ICT in charge would print the consolidated report and
sent the file in soft copy to the management of print
hard copy for submission. To save file for future use,
this file be stored in google drive for future used.

13. C.Duration of intervention.
This intervention will commence on January 2024
and will end in November of 2024.
D.Intervention outputs.
Outputs of this study will be the status of SLNHS
teachers’ submission of report in urgent, weekly, bi-
weekly, simi monthly, bi-monthly and quarterly to
find out the status of submission in specific timeline
and to find out if teachers’ workload is lessened.

14. III. Research Questions
This research study will answer the
following questions:
1.What is the level of teachers’ workload
submission before and after intervention ?
2. Is the intervention effective?

15. IV. Intervention Timeline
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16. .
Activity Resources Budget Person
Involved
PROGRESS MONITOR
2024
Jan. Feb. March April
1.Identification
of Teachers’
Workload
Bond paper
Pinter, ink
Special
fund
Researcher
SLNHS
teachers
2.Identification
of ICT teachers
Bond paper
Pinter, ink
Special
fund
Researcher
SLNHS
teachers
3.Orientation of
teachers
Bond paper
Pinter, ink
Laptop,
projector
Special
fund
Researcher
SLNHS
teachers
4.Launching of
the research
project
Bond paper
Pinter, ink
Laptop,
projector
Special
fund
Researcher
SLNHS
teachers
Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov.

17. .
May-
June
2024
July
2024
August
-Sept
2024
Oct-
Nov
2024
5.Implemen
tation of
intervention
plan
Bond paper
Pinter, ink
Laptop,
internet
connection
Special
fund
Researcher
SLNHS
teachers
6.Monitorin
g and
evaluation
Bond paper
Pinter, ink
Laptop,
internet
connection
Special
fund
Researcher
SLNHS
teachers
7.Writing
the findings
and
conclusion
Bond paper
Pinter, ink
Special
fund
Researcher

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VIII. References
DO 17 S 1997 – Adopting a Policy of Empowering School Principals . Available at
https://www.deped.gov.ph/1997/02/19/d0-17-s-1997-adopting-a-policy -
empowering0school-princilas/
Jacobson D. (2016) Causes and Effecs of Teachers Burnout Dona Autl Jacobson Walden
University . Available at
https://scholarworks.waldennu.edu./cgi/viewcontent..cgi?artivle=3938&contecy=dissert
ation
Education for a Digital World Advise, Guidelines, and Effective Practice from around the
Globe ( 2018)
Misol ( 2008) Workload of Forms of Teachers in Secondary Schools of Bau District of
Malaysia. Univeristi of Malaysia Sarawak.

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https://stock.adobe.com/ph/search?k=technology
https://thelawyer.africa/2022/03/16/asp
ects-and-theories-of-development/

21. .
https://opengovasia.com/philippine-tech-trends-for-ict-
development/
https://learningbox.online/en/2021/10/15/blog_ict-
education/
https://opengovasia.com/new-hkust-lab-
to-develop-health-and-environment-
solutions/