Questions:

1. How do you feel as a teacher coordinator?

2. What are your most important duties and responsibilities?
3. What are your achievements as a teacher coordinator?
4. What challenges have you encountered as a teacher coordinator?
5. How do you cope with those challenges?
6. What are your insights and lessons gained as a teacher coordinator?

NO. Initial Coding Categories/ Initial

Themes

Being a teacher coordinator is tiring but doable

liking the coordinatorship because it is manageable

Finding the ancillaries too many to handle, yet still

manageable

Finding tasks doable if all coordinatorship will not ask for

reports simultaneously
Finding teacher
coordinatorship doable
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when reports are not
asked all come at once
 Feeling stressed especially when tasks all come at once

Finding it tough when the tasks are already piled and asked all
at once.

Being pressured when reports are to be submitted at the same Finding the weight of
time the ancillaries
overwhelming and
Finding it as an extra burden when there are urgent reports
unjust
Finding it hard and challenging because of the many reports

Finding it challenging because of having more ancillary

functions than co-teachers

having the feeling of unfairness to have more ancillaries than

her co-teachers

Finding work challenging and time consuming because of the

nine coordinatorship

Feeling tired because of the additional work

Finding it hard due to limited time and conflict with other

activities

Finding the number of ancillaries overwhelming

Feeling overwhelmed with a lot of things to do on top of

being a combination teacher (handling 2 grade levels)

Not being to love it because of its weight

Finding work as a heavy task

Finding the work too much

Finding work as a heavy workload

Finding it challenging to perform specific functions

feeling honored but worried, Being a teacher

coordinator gives both
Finding work hard and challenging, yet interesting
positive and negative
Having mixed emotions about it depending on the gravity or urgency feelings
of tasks

Having mixed feelings depending on the kind of tasks

Having mixed feelings of sadness and fulfilment depending on the

nature of the work

Being happy but pressured due to the gravity of the task

finding it challenging yet fulfilling

Feeling confident and well-versed in the coordinatorship

being handled
Expressing confidence
Having interest in the coordinatorship and interest in one’s
coordinatorship
Being confident because of experience prior knowledge

Wanting to prove one’s worth to others Wanting to prove one’s

worth and capabilities
Challenging one’s self to prove one’s capabilities as a teacher
Trusting one’s capabilities coordinator

Wanting to prove others of one’s capabilities

Loving the work because it is computer-related and loving and

manageable appreciating the
importance, beauty
Accepting that with a higher position means having more and nature of one’s
responsibilities. work
Loving the work as a teacher coordinator

Loving the work but willing to share it with others if given a

chance

Learning to appreciate the beauty and importance of the

nature of the work

Loving the work as a teacher including the ancillaries

Loving the work for the learners and the community

considering it as a commitment to the work and community

considering all aspects of being a coordinator

Having classes to attend to beside the coordinatorship

Finding it challenging to juggle between being a classroom

teacher and a teacher coordinator.
Being faced with the
Having to balance time between ancillaries and classroom challenge to balance
teacher responsibilities time between
ancillaries and other
finding it difficult to balance the time for teaching and extra responsibilities or
duties duties

Having no choice Being left with no

choice because of
Having no choice since colleagues would not accept them limited workforce,
Having no choice because name was already listed unreadiness of co-
teachers, and difficulty
Having no choice because of limited workforce in refusing immediate
supervisor’s request
Having no choice because it is part of the job

Having been appointed by immediate supervisor

Having seen suited for the tasks by the immediate supervisor

Being mandated by the school head

being given most of the ancillaries because of being the

newest teacher in the school

Having been appointed and informed of the assigned

coordinatorship without prior consultation

Being surprised to see the name on the memo of a certain

activity

Being added to the GC without prior notice

Having been informed directly of the assigned coordinatorship

Having been nominated by other co-teachers.

Being nominated to save others

Being pushed to accept the ancillaries because of co-teachers

unreadiness

Having difficulty refusing or declining the immediate

supervisor’s request

Accepting the ancillary functions because of the Respecting

and trusting the immediate supervisor

Being afraid to refuse since just hired in the service

Having no choice because of the job itself

Feeling grateful for the

immediate supervisor’s
Feeling rewarded because of the immediate supervisor’s trust trust in one’s skills and
Having seen suited for the tasks by the immediate supervisor capabilities

Being chosen by the immediate supervisor based on skills and

capabilities

Feeling grateful for the trust given to her

reminding ourselves that we are trusted by others

Seeing it as an opportunity for growth to be updated in one’s Considering teacher

profession coordinatorship as an
opportunity for
Wanting to learn and improve oneself personal and
Finding it helpful for professional growth professional growth

Accepting the responsibilities because of learning

opportunities

Being motivated to update one’s knowledge

Honing one’s abilities

Having sense of purpose, recognition and desire for

professional growth

Having to explore and join different activities and contests

Being able to see improvements in their coordinatorship

being able to develop leadership skills

being able to develop leadership skills and self-confidence

Being able to increase and boost self-esteem

Having the chance to explore and learn

Upgrading knowledge and skills

Gaining learning from trainings and seminars

being able to boost one’s confidence when being recognized.

considering ICT Skills and time management skills as

achievement

enabling you to overcome shyness

Seeing the most and truly unfortunate Finding great joy in

serving other people in
Seeing great joy in their faces during the feeding program need
Being touched by children who look forward to the next
feeding program

being productive as ICT Coordinator since I can help co-

teachers

ensuring safety of the learners while working on your

ancillaries

helping and assisting co-teachers and learners

being able to help me prepare lessons and assist my co-

teachers

introducing new ideas to indigenous people

Being motivated to interact with other people

being afraid to miss the cut-off and deadlines to avoid being

reprimanded by the school head

making sure not to submit last among other schools

aiming for the school not to be mentioned for having pending

submissions

aiming to submit and beat the deadline without compromising

the school

aiming to be the 1st one to submit but sometimes hindered by Fulfilling one’s duty to
internet connectivity meet the immediate
aiming to submit reports first head’s expectation
happy and to keep the
aiming to be active and submit needed reports on time good image of the
school
aiming to submit reports on time

aiming to accomplish all the reports asked and required

Ensuring not to be reprimanded by the school head

Doing job well to prevent top management in providing

negative feedback
 Being pressured by the district coordinators

Feeling scared to be blamed

Being afraid to elicit bad impression

Ensuring that the principal will be happy

Being motivated to make the school head happy that his

subordinates are performing well

aiming to improve the quality of the school programs to be

implemented

Being motivated to fulfill duties to beautify and improve the

school

having the school program activity implemented in the school

is already an achievement

6 having no awards or recognitions received yet (3) being unable to

receive any awards
making certificates of our own and the school head will sign based on
it coordinatorship
being unable to receive any awards based on coordinatorship

having no credible achievement in the coordinatorship that I

handle

Being unable to receive recognitions and awards focusing on

coordinatorship

"Having no school or district awarding

Hoping for a school or district awarding"

Thanking myself on behalf of my school head

 Being unappreciated by the school head

Feeling valued and given importance in the job

Feeling appreciated by others

Being appreciated by co-teachers for being the first one to Feeling valued and
submit sometimes or submitting a good report appreciated by others
Feeling good if the school is first to submit the report for a job well done

Being known in the district for working accurately

feeling good to be included in the first 3 to submit reports

hearing and receiving only “thank you”

Considering “thank you” as an award for working hard and

performing well

Feeling accomplished and fulfilled upon receiving “thank

you” Feeling accomplished
and fulfilled upon
Being able to receive words of affirmation from the school
receiving “thank you
head more than material tokens.
and spoken praises
receiving praises from the district coordinators and school
head

being able to receive only spoken praises, nothing more

Loving the work when being recognized

8 Being satisfied with one’s job performance despite difficulty (3) Being satisfied
with one’s job
Being satisfied with the job performance since able to performance despite
accomplish all the reports the difficulty
 Being satisfied with the performance as a teacher coordinator
because of the exerted effort

Giving oneself with ten out of ten because of complying with

everything

Being satisfied with the job performance as a teacher

coordinator

being satisfied because of loving the works assigned

being satisfied being the ICT coordinator because of being

appreciated with the updated reports

giving oneself with 10 out of 10 because of the effort exerted

Giving oneself with 9/10 rating because of the genuine work

done

9 Rating myself with 8/10 because there is still room for (3) recognizing one’s
improvement limitations and room
for improvement
Believing that there is still much to learn, experience, and
improve

Rating oneself with 7.5 because there are still lapses

rating oneself with 8 because the 2 points will be for

improvements still

being unsatisfied because there is still room for improvement

rating one’s self with 8 or 7 because of being not so efficient

being unable to accomplished some tasks

being not fully satisfied with the performance because there

are still many to learn

rating oneself with 8 of 10 because there are still point for

improvement

Being unsatisfied with the performance of the ancillary

functions assigned
 Giving oneself with only 6 out 10 since the school was
mentioned several times in the group chat already

being unsatisfied because of the belief of being able to do

more.

aiming to finish work with the time frame set

observing time management is highly needed

Managing the time properly

setting time frame when to do the task

Managing the time Observing time

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Having time management to finish work on time work on time
being motivated to manage time effectively

Prioritizing tasks based on urgency

preparing and planning things in advance

avoiding overlapping tasks

balancing time between ancillary duties and teaching

balancing time between family and work time

Finding ways to balance time between work and family

Balancing time
Having balance of time between work and
personal or family life
having time management and work-life balance

setting time for work and personal time

Being allowed and given time by the school head to finish and Being given ample time
comply with the tasks to finish the task by the
immediate supervisor
being given time by the immediate supervisor to do the work

liking the LIS coordinatorship because of ample time given

for each task
 Getting confused about where to start and how to tackle the
workload

Finding it hard what to prioritize first

Being preoccupied and bombarded with many tasks Being confused of what
task to prioritize
Being confused on where or what to start.

Mismanaging time

finishing tasks some other time if already tired

being able to carry out duties

being able to carry out the tasks required

being able to perform most of the duties and beat the deadline
(2) being able to
being able to do and perform responsibilities
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being able to submit reports on time for that coordinatorship responsibilities

Being able to submit reports on time, though there are things

missed

Being able to do the task

recognizing not being effective and functional in some

coordinatorship

being mentioned in the group chat for submitting the reports

late because of internet connection
(3) accepting one’s
being usually the last to submit reports ineffectiveness in some
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being unable to carry out all the duties but working to the best coordinatorships
of one’s abilities assigned

feeling pressured of the coordinatorship because other

teachers would give most of the task to the ICT Coordinator

doing all the computer-related tasks

13 Being ready for class the next day though lacking of sleep (4) Enduring the
physical fatigue just to
 Enduring the lack of sleep and energy for the day after
engage with the
Lacking energy for the next day
learners
Having less energy in dealing with learners

Feeling motivated to work harder

being motivated to do more and better next school year

Being motivated to do better

being motivated to work harder and be more effective as

teacher and teacher coordinator

being determined to do more and better next time

being motivated to do better in the reports next time

Feeling motivated to do good reports more (3) being determined to

14 Feeling more eager to perform your ancillary functions keep improving in
one’s work
Being motivated with the opportunities and challenges

Being motivated with brilliant co-teachers

Being motivated to do and perform better the ancillary duties

given

Making it a challenge and motivation to do more and better

being able to perform more and better now compared to the

time of being new in the service

doing your best in you work Giving one’s best to

one’s work
Ensuring error-free work

being responsible with your work

being committed to the assigned work

Doing our best in making reports

 Working smart rather than working hard

Considering being a teacher coordinator a privilege

Doing his best as a coordinator even with no extra benefits

failing to give pupils proper attention

Giving learners seat works to do while making reports

Being unable to teach the day’s lesson effectively

Having less time and attention given to the pupils

Giving less attention to the pupils.

Falling behind on the learning competencies to be taught

Feeling guilty for failing to teach, since ancillary tasks are

only considered secondary duties.
(4) Prioritizing
Prioritizing urgent reports over classroom teaching ancillary functions
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over teaching the
having no choice but to leave students with emergency learners
worksheets

Giving less attention to the class

Having the teaching performance affected by urgent reports

Having teaching performance affected

ensuring safety of the learners while working on your

ancillaries

Giving learners seatworks during busy days

Sacrificing teaching time to comply with ancillary works

16 Being given extra incentives like allowing to not report in the (3) Being given special
school to have some rest privileges by the
immediate supervisor
being permitted and allowed to be late in coming to school

Having local agreement between the school head and the

teacher regarding absences depending on the number of days
 to be absent especially with regards to the DTR

Being excused from duties in times of emergencies

Having no trouble asking school head’s permission to be late

or absent from duties

asking permission from the principal easily knowing that you

have done your part and responsibilities

feeling relieved to be off from duty easily without having it

reflected in the DTR

seeing it as an advantage to ask immediate supervisor for

favor

Being able to enjoy the extra time after a task/ meeting

Being allowed to attend virtual meetings at home

receiving/ enjoying 15 days service credits

considering having floating teachers to take over the class to

attend to an urgent report

changing attitudes and behaviors for the better

being given and receiving extra supplies because of the

assigned coordinatorship

17 Attaching the certificates received in the IPCRF as one of the (3) Receiving
MOVs certificates to be
attached in the RPMS
receiving school-based certificates during Closing Exercises Portfolio for Plus
to be attached in the IPCRF portfolio Factors
receiving certificates of recognition during Graduation
Exercises.

Receiving certificates of recognition (school-based)

Receiving awards and recognitions during Teachers’ Day

Celebration by the school head.

Receiving certificates during Teachers’ Day

 Receiving certificates from the principal (school-based only)

receiving certificates during closing exercises

Being able to receive more certificates than fellow teachers

Winning and receiving certificates of recognitions in the

district level

being the 2nd place in Brigada and those certificates given by

our school head during Graduation

receiving award from cluster chairman and as a research

presenter

Being given by Cluster Chairman with Most Outstanding

Teacher Award

being qualified and winning some division level contests

Receiving certificates of recognitions from contests

Receiving certificates and recognitions

Receiving incentives such as service credits

Receiving tokens of appreciation

winning some contests makes me more motivated

18 Feeling deserving of the awards received because of the effort (3) Feeling deserving of
exerted to work and perform the awards received
because of the effort
Being deserving of the awards and recognitions especially exerted in performing
with the experiences and the learning from the seminars and the ancillary functions
training.

being deserving of the recognitions received because of

working hard

feeling deserving of the praises received because of working

hard for it

Feeling deserving of recognitions for sacrificing sleep just to

make and finish reports
 Feeling comforted by the received awards/ recognitions

Feeling deserving of the recognitions and awards received

because of taking tasks seriously

Being able to develop friendships with other teachers from the

other schools
Extending one’s
19 Being able to benchmark with other schools especially on
network
things you don’t understand

Finding the work challenging due to unclear instructions

Accomplishing reports urgently with unclear instructions

Dealing with unclear instructions for different tasks

(4) Finding the work
Doing the report all over again because of unclear challenging due to
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instructions. unclear instructions
and limited time
Being pressured due to having not enough time to do the work

Receiving instructions 1 hour prior before submission time

Considering deadlines as one of the challenges

Asking help and ideas from co-teachers

Asking help from other people (5) Working

21 Sharing responsibilities due to limited workforce collaboratively with
others
being able to complete successfully the reports with the help
of co-teachers

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23 Sleeping late to comply with reports asked (4) Enduring sleepless

night or lack of sleep
Having sleepless nights working on paper works and reports just to work on reports
for many days

Sleeping late or lacking sleep due to working at night

Being unable to sleep/ Lacking sleep to comply with the

 reports

Sleeping late to comply with paperwork

Experiencing or having sleepless nights

Enduring lack of sleep and drained energy

Experiencing headaches

Going to sleep with a headache

Having one’s physical health affected

Sacrificing one’s
Affecting mood due to lack of resources emotional and physical
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health to comply with
Affecting emotional health already the task
Making and complying with reports even if you are sick

thinking always of what are needed to comply even though it

means skipping meals and sleeping late

Working still instead of spending time with family

Compromising time with family over work Prioritizing work over

Spending less time with family meaningful moments
with family and friends
Being not able to attend or spend time with our own children.

Having problems in my marital relationship with my wife

25 Having less time with self and family

Having no time for romantic relationship

Having no time for friends

being able to perform the responsibilities to the point of

sacrificing personal and family aspects

Sacrificing many things

Having to work beyond school hours Working beyond duty

hours
Bringing one’s work at home

Bringing home reports and tasks at home do during weekends

 Prioritizing working on some reports instead of relaxing or
resting

Working beyond duty hours

Having to submit urgent report but being away from home or

station

26 Having time to destress (5) Learning to pause

and give oneself time to
Engaging destressing activities and rewarding one’s self rest and relax
Watching movies

Going out and spending time with friends

Resorting to stress-eating

Relaxing and doing stress-eating

Diverting stress by doing other chores

Using social media to relieve stress

Going to coffee shops

Drinking alcohol, beer or coffee

Trying to keep one’s self with coffee

Staying at home

Talking to one’s self

Remembering one’s health

having time to relax

having time to rest if already tired

giving time to ourselves

Having “me time” for yourself

taking a break to relax

 Learning from others the importance of taking a pause

Taking a break and continuing the task the next day

Applying for leave to rest

Relaxing to avoid stress

Relaxing to avoid cramming

Staying away from stress to avoid panic and cramming

Taking a break to relax and unwind before finishing the task

Wearing a smile
(6) Finding joy in one’s
27 enjoying your work
work
feeling happy for accomplishing and achieving something

Addressing problems and challenges on my own

(6) Learning to refuse
28 Learning to say NO or decline for one’s
sake
reminding oneself of your limit

Affecting relationships with co-teachers Experiencing an

unsupportive
Having ill relationship with co-teachers environment from
Receiving late the data or information from co-teachers pupils, co-teachers and
school head
Having felt the unsupportive attitude of co-teachers
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Lacking trust and respect from the pupils

Being hindered by the school head to join and participated in

trainings

Being unappreciated by the school head

Having financial problems in terms of school activities (4) experiencing

financial problems in
31 Buying prepaid load from own pocket
complying with school
Buying load from our own pocket for internet connection responsibilities

32 Making up for the time lost (5) Making up for the

lost time with the
 Making up for the lost time when being busy

Coping with time loss through printing learning materials

ahead.

Allotting time for family bonding

Spending time with the family family when having a

chance
Allotting time for each task to have time for the family

Developing a schedule system for the family

Allotting time for loved ones

Spending or having time with the family

Having 11 coordinatorship

Having 6 coordinatorship

Having 6 coordinatorship

Having 8coordinatorship

Having 14 ancillaries
(1) having numerous
33 Having 7 ancillaries coordinatorships to
handle
Having 10 ancillaries

Having 9 ancillaries

Having 7 ancillaries

Having 6 ancillaries

Feeling happy with the number of ancillaries

34 Working and performing other’s ancillaries (1)

Working on behalf of co-teachers’ responsibilities Assuming the co-

teachers’ responsibilities
Putting co-teachers’ data by myself just to be able to submit
reports in order to accomplish

improvising previous reports to have something to submit the task.

 Feeling good to be able to shout and cry

Sharing emotions and feelings to others (5) Expressing

emotions and feelings
35 Expressing emotions and feelings through complaining,
ranting, shouting and
Ranting to express emotions crying
Crying out for the time lost for the family

Lacking resources

Feeling irritated because of many factors such as internet (4) Having experienced
connections the lack of resources
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and an unstable
Having no internet service provider in the assigned station internet connection
Having unstable internet connection in the assigned school

37 being the School Based Feeding Program Coordinator being able to carry out
important ancillary
being the LIS and ICT Coordinator functions by helping
being the BSP, LIS, ICT and Sports Coordinator others and mingling
with the people in the
being the ICT Coordinator community

being the Brigada Eskwela and DRRM Coordinator

being the School Based Feeding Coordinator and ICT

Coordinator

considering the Brigada Coordinator and GPP Coordinator the

most important responsibility

being Brigada Coordinator is the most important duty and

responsibility

considering the ICT COordinator the most important because

you can help your school head, co-teachers and learners

being good at as ICT Coordinator

being good at being Purok Coordinator- socializing and

 mingling with people in the community

being good at as School ICT and BSP Coordinator for having

good performance on it

Being good as Brigada Eskwela Coordinator

feeling confident about being ICT and LIS Coordinator

being good at finding school partners, dealing parents and

helping school maximize volunteers’ attendance

(6) Making family

Making family understand of the nature of work
38 understand the nature
Being understood with the nature and needs of the task
of one’s work
Accepting the difficulty and nature of work

Working for the family

(6) Working for the
39 Being devoted to one’s family, a source of strength family, being the
source of strength

Acting as a leader for the group

(6) Taking the lead in
40 Taking the lead in the group
the group
Risking my name in facing consequences

Finding work a bit hard due to the school’s location Having problems due
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Having problems due to school’s location to school’s location

Seeing worth and value for his sleepless nights to complete

and submit reports on time

being grateful to achieve one’s purpose

Seeing the worth and
Being fulfilled to exercise duties and responsibilities as a
44 value of one’s effort in
teacher coordinator
one’s work
having a mindset of working and performing to be worthy of
the salary