Job Satisfaction Between

Junior High School Teachers and

Elementary Teachers:
A Comparative Study
Mharlit Cagaanan-Solana & Roselyn M. Banguis
Sinonoc National High School, FB-Sinonoc Elem. School
 Employees’ or workers’ feelings and a state of
mind towards the nature of their work.
 Influenced by;
1.quality of relationship with supervisors,
employers and manager,
2.quality of their work environment,
3. degree of fulfillment and the like.
 Stress from poor work conditions,
inadequate time for planning and
preparation and a heavy teaching
workload reduced satisfaction from
teaching.
 1. What were the profile of the respondents in terms of the following?
-age, sex, civil status, length of service, teaching position,
basic monthly salary & net take home pay

2. What was the level of job satisfaction between elementary and secondary
teachers based on the following indicators: Job Satisfaction in terms of security,
work environment, job responsibilities and community attachments/ linkages

RESEARCH 3. Was there a significant difference between the levels of job satisfaction of

QUESTIONS elementary and secondary teachers based on the following indicators? Job
Satisfaction in terms of security, work environment, job responsibilities and
community attachments/ linkages

4. Which among the indicators of job satisfaction did the respondents satisfy or
dissatisfy you the most?
  A. Sampling
 Descriptive correlational-survey design.
 Sinacaban District, Sinacaban Misamis Occidental.
 35 respondents from Junior High School teachers and 35 respondents
from the Elementary teachers.
B. Data Collection
METHODOLO
 Adopted survey-questionnaire and open-ended questionnaire
GY
 Permission from the Division Research Team
 Permission to the District Supervisor and principals
 Production of enough copies for the target number of respondents.
 Tallying of the data collected.
 Statistical treatment, analysis and interpretation of the data
 Table 1. Profile of Elementary and Junior High School Teachers in Terms of Age, Sex, and
Civil Status
Age Frequency Sex Frequency Civil Status Frequency
Elementary Junior High Elementary Junior High Elementa Junior
School School ry High
School
20-30 3 8 Male 6 9 Single 5 10
 
31-40 13 10 Female 29 26 Single Parent 3 2

41-50 8 9       Married 24 23
51-60 11 8       Widowed 2 0
61-65 0 0       Separated/ 1 0
Annulled

Table 2. Profile of Elementary and Junior High School Teachers in Terms of Length
of Service, Teaching Position, Basic Monthly Salary, and Net Take Home Pay
RESULTS & Length
Service
(years)
of Frequency Teaching
Position
Frequency Basic
Monthly
Salary
Frequency Net Take Home
Pay
Frequency

DISCUSSION
Elemen- Junior Elementary Junior Elemen Junior Elementary Junior
tary tary

0-5 7 14 T-1 17 19 20,00- 22 23 5,000- 21 19

25,000 10,000
6-11 12 10 T-II 5 5 26,000- 6 10 11,000- 8 11
30,000 16,000
12-17 3 3 T-III 11 9 31,000- 5 0 17,000- 3 4
36,000 22,000
18-23 6 8 MT-I 0 2 36,000- 0 2 23,000- 0 0
40,000 28,000
24-29 5   MT-II 2 0 40,000 2 0 29,000- 3 0
above 34,000
30-35 2               35,000- 0 1
40,000
                  40,000 0 0
above
 Levels of Job Satisfaction
3.15
3.1
3.05
3
2.95
2.9
2.85
2.8
2.75
2.7
Job Security Work Environment Job Responsibilities Community Linkages

RESULTS Elementary

OPEN-ENDED QUESTION
Junior High

AND Which of the following indicators of job satisfaction, satisfy you the most?
DISCUSSION Elementary Teachers
7 of them considered job security which satisfies them the most
3 teachers chose the working environment,
5 teachers were very satisfied in their job responsibilities
3 teachers find community linkages that satisfied them the most
17 teachers did not answer the open-ended questionnaire.

Junior High School Teachers

7 said that job security satisfies them the most, 1 teacher chose community
environment, 5 teachers were satisfied with their job responsibilities, 3 teacher
were very much satisfied in terms of community attachments and 19 teachers did
not answer the open-ended questionnaire.
 OPEN-ENDED QUESTION

Which of the following indicators of satisfaction dissatisfy you the most?

Elementary Teachers
 14 teachers were very dissatisfied with their salaries under job security,
 5 teachers found out that the working environments dissatisfied them the
most.

RESULTS  1 teacher was dissatisfied in terms of job responsibilities

 1 teacher chose community linkages that dissatisfy him/her
AND  18 did not answer the open-ended questionnaire.

DISCUSSION Junior High School Teachers

 15 chose salary increase under job security that dissatisfied them the
most.
6 respondents said that working environments dissatisfied them,
3 teachers dissatisfied in terms of job responsibilities,
1 teacher chose community linkages that dissatisfied him/her
10 of them did not answer
  Both elementary and junior high school teachers had almost the
same level of job satisfaction. More teachers in the Philippines are
clamoring and fighting their rights for a satisfying job and wanting
to achieve a decent way of living, this research study concluded that
there were still teachers who were still satisfied despite of the hard
works and sacrifices they made for the benefits of Filipino learners.
 It is therefore recommended that other higher-ranking officials
CONCLUSION should see to it that teachers are given importance in terms of their
AND job security. School heads should encourage their teachers to

RECOMMEND continue their professional development like taking Master’s or

Doctor’s degree for them to grow professionally and for their
ATION promotion in the future. The DepEd should also give different
scholarship for those teachers who want to enroll in various
Graduate Studies Program. If teachers are given enough resources
and motivation, they will be more inspired and satisfied to do their
job.
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