A study on classroom visitation as a viable means to improve instruction as practiced in four SSPS schools in Abra

The success of a supervisory program of any school organization depends upon the attitudes of the principal, teachers, students, and parents. The principal accomplishes his supervisory work through the teachers. He has to be aware of the teachers\u27 attitudes in order to secure their goodwill and cooperation in the attainment of the objectives of the supervisory program. The faculty development is influenced by their attitudes toward the schools supervisory practices. Consequently, the principals knowledge of the favorable as well as the unfavorable attitudes of the teachers toward classroom visitation is important. Such knowledge will determine the kind of classroom observation measures that may be adopted to correct some undesirable attitudes of the teachers. This will help in making supervision a real cooperative endeavor in its improvement of instruction to effect desirable change on the students. The study had for its main objectives the evaluation of classroom visitation in the four (4) SSPS Schools in Abra. It attempted to analyze the viability of classroom visitation, an aspect of supervision, as a means to improve instruction. Data were gathered from the questionnaires and interview and were then analyzed and summarized by computing the corresponding percentages. The Cochran-Cox t test was used to find out if there were differences in the mean scores by item. This was done to determine the preferences of the respondents. Then, factors affecting classroom visitation were presented, which the respondents were asked to rank. The respondents\u27 answers were multiplied by the corresponding weight of each rank. The weighted scores were added. To indicate the highest rank, the average mean of the weighted scores for each item was computed. The highest mean showed the best factor for a favorable classroom visitation. This particular study aimed to answer three major problems, namely: the nature of classroom visitation as practiced by the principals of the four (4) schools under study the attitudes of the teachers toward classroom visitation and the factors affecting classroom visitation