INSTRUCTIONAL PROCESS COMPETENCIES: AN ANALYSIS OF CLASSROOM PRACTICES IN WORKERS WELFARE MODEL SCHOOLS

This research was designed to study Instructional Process Competencies throughobservation of classroom practices in workers welfare model schools in Pakistan.The study was designed to identify essential teacher competencies for schooleffectiveness and to find out if the classroom practices used by Workers WelfareModel School teachers are consistent with these competencies. Forty sampleschools were selected from a total of 75 on all Pakistan bases. The data collectedthrough the questionnaire, classroom observations, focused group discussion andofficial documents was analyzed using both qualitative and quantitativetechniques.Most of the teachers’ responses and results of observations were consistent in theareas of classroom management and material utilization. The teachers in WWFmodel schools, though professionally trained, did not use these competencieseffectively in the classroom.The paper recommends that teachers may be provided in-service training onregular basis. The schools at the same time should develop strategies to superviseclassroom teaching to ensure that teachers use competencies effectivel