Challenges and Opportunities among Educators in the Implementation of Continuing Professional Development

Abstract

This study aims to determine the Challenges and Opportunities in the implementation of Continuing Professional Development among educators of District 1 Division of Cadiz City. This study employed a qualitative design and administered a developed questionnaire to 10 teachers of 7 public elementary schools namely Cadiz East Elementary School II, Alimatoc Elementary School, Hiyang-Hiyang Elementary School, Paniquion Elementary School, Pitogo Elementary School, Tiglawigan Elementary School, and San Andres Elementary School. This study found out that most of the educators’ challenges when engaging with Continuing Professional Development revolves around their hardship dealing with time management, connectivity issues and demotivated self. Most of the responses or narratives agree to the notion that overlapping paperworks had been the core reason why participating with CPD is a challenge. That, educators must meet deadlines first before they commit to engage with CPD. That, educators must not experience any kind of connectivity issues during online trainings and seminars. These challenges were found to be the stepping stone to see the opportunities CPD entails. Teachers were found to realized that despite challenges, there are opportunities that are yet to take full advantage of. Simple Random sampling technique were used to determine the population of this study while instrument was sent for validation to five (5) chosen experts who qualified the criteria. All data were analyzed through Collaizi’s method of statistics following its seven steps. It is recommended that implementors of Continuing Professional Development should eliminate burden for educators who wanted to engage with CPD, most especially those who are badly struggling with time management.