CHALLENGES / ISSUES

OF MULTI GRADE CLAS

SES
 Teachers in multi-grade settings face many
challenges such as inadequate training, social
and cultural isolation, instructional, lack of tim
e, lack of community understanding, and rural
nature of most of the multi-grade settings.
 Challenges of Multi-Grade C
lassrooms
 Lack of Time
 Lack of Motivation
 Academic Failure
 Inability to Manage the Classroom
 Heterogeneous Age Composition
 Challenges of Multi-Grade C
lassrooms
 Lack of Attention to the Students’ Individual Ch
aracteristics
 Lack of Educational Facilities
 Lack of Educational Justice
 Inadequate Authorities’ Support
 Challenges of Multi-Grade C
lassrooms

Lack of Time
All the teachers noted the lack of time as t
he main disadvantage of multi-grade classroo
ms.
 Challenges of Multi-Grade C
lassrooms

Lack of Motivation
In the views of teachers, in multi-grade
classrooms, the student has no motivation to
study and he/she enjoys limited teacher’s
attention and limited variety of learning met
hods and teaching tools
 Challenges of Multi-Grade C
lassrooms
Academic failure: the teachers stated that in m
ul-ti-grade classrooms, the academic achiev
ements of stu-dents are low due to the lack o
f proper teaching facilities, non-use of new tea
ching method
 Challenges of Multi-Grade C
lassrooms

Inability to manage the classroom

according to the teachers, they could not
control and manage the chil-dren because the
classrooms are too crowded and the time is ve
ry short.
 Challenges of Multi-Grade C
lassrooms

Heterogeneous age composition

According to the teachers, in multi-grad
e classrooms, age composition is inappropria
te and this contributes to the creation of spe-
cific problems.
 Challenges of Multi-Grade C
lassrooms

Lack of attention to the students’ in

dividual characteristics
Teachers believe that the differences
be-tween the students and their needs are ig
nored in multi-grade classrooms.
 Challenges of Multi-Grade C
lassrooms

Lack of Educational Facilities

According to the teachers, educational
atmosphere in multi-grade class-rooms and s
chools is too inappropriate.
 Challenges of Multi-Grade C
lassrooms

Lack of Educational Justice

Teachers stated that the rights of student
s are ignored because they study the same te
xtbooks taught in the single-grade schools.
 Challenges of Multi-Grade C
lassrooms

Inadequate Authorities’ Supports

The teachers com-plained about the lac
k of cooperation of authorities and also, they c
omplained that their rights and privileges are
equal to the ones of teachers of single-grade c
lassrooms.
 Prepared by:
Carmela De Guzman - BEED 3-B
 Functions and Roles of the M
ulti-Grade Teachers

1.As Field/Action Researcher

➡️A teacher in a multi-grade class needs to un
dertake studies on methods and techniques, w
hich improve participation and learning achiev
ement.
 Functions and Roles of the M
ulti-Grade Teachers
2.As Teacher/Learning Facilitator
➡️The teacher should know his/her students, Teache
r of a multi-grade class and their experiences, so that
he/she can use strategies which will make learning a
ppealing and effective. The teacher should also be ab
le to recognize, and cater for, the individual differenc
es which exist among the students.
 Functions and Roles of the M
ulti-Grade Teachers
4.s Community Liaison/Resource Person
➡️Most teachers, because of their training, position and respon
sibility, assume an important position in the local community. T
he multigrade teacher is no different. The nature of many situa
tions, where a multi-grade school exists, is such that the cooper
ation and assistance of the local community is needed, to impr
ove the quality of the educational services provided by the mul
ti-grade schools.
 Functions and Roles of the M
ulti-Grade Teachers
5.As Social Worker/Counsellor

➡️The multi-grade teacher is often the most welleducat

ed person in the community (in a formal as distinct from
a non-formal sense). As such, he/she plays an important
role as an adviser to students and their families, in a wid
e range of social, and possibly psychological, matters.
 Functions and Roles of the M
ulti-Grade Teachers
6.As Evaluator

➡️One of the roles which a multi-grade teacher must

play, is to monitor the process of the pupil’s learning,
so as to ensure a good quality of education. This req
uires teachers to determine the educational levels of
pupils when they first enter the class, during the sch
ool year, and at the end of it.
 Prepared by:
Gina Garcia - BEED 3-B
 Functions and Roles of the M
ulti-Grade Teachers

7. As Para-Professional Trainer

• The teacher has a critical role in the training

of parents, and other local community mem
bers, to act as facilitators for student`s learni
ng.
 Functions and Roles of the M
ulti-Grade Teachers

8. As Government Extension Worker

• Many government policies, concerning famil

y planning and health care, can be put into pr
actice better with the help of teachers.
 Functions and Roles of the M
ulti-Grade Teachers

9. As Quality Controller

• The teacher in the multi-grade class need to

monitor closely the performance of his/her p
upils, and take steps to ensure that they achi
eve the competence needed for permanent l
iteracy and numeracy.
 Functions and Roles of the M
ulti-Grade Teachers
10. As Surrogate Parent
• The atmosphere in a multi-grade classroom i
s more like that of a home, since pupils are n
ot separated by age or grade levels. In this co
ntext, the multi-grade teacher is often seen a
s a surrogate parents to the students.
 Functions and Roles of the M
ulti-Grade Teachers

11. As Financial Manager

• The multi-grade teacher is a manager of the

finances of the school in situations where a fi
nancial allocation is made to the school.
 Functions and Roles of the M
ulti-Grade Teachers
12. As Representative of Cultural, Moral and Po
litical Values

• The multi-grade plays an important role in the l

ife of the community in terms of cultural,moral
and political values. He/she can utilize the posi
tive values of the community to enhance the p
articipation of the community in the life of the
school, and the learning achievement of the pu
pils.
 Prepared by:
Gutierrez- Johanna M. - BEED 3-B
 CHALLENGES /
ISSUES OF MULTI
GRADE CLASSES
 Teachers in multi-grade settings
face many challenges such as
inadequate training, social and
cultural isolation, instructional, lack
of time, lack of community
understanding, and rural nature of
most of the multi-grade settings.
Challenges of Multi-Grade
Classrooms
 Lack of Time
 Lack of Motivation
 Academic Failure
 Inability to Manage the
Classroom
 Heterogeneous Age Composition
Challenges of Multi-Grade
Classrooms
 Lack of Attention to the
Students’ Individual
Characteristics
 Lack of Educational Facilities
 Lack of Educational Justice
 Inadequate Authorities’ Support
Lack of Time
All the teachers noted the lack
of time as the main disadvantage of
multi-grade classrooms.
Lack of Motivation
In the views of teachers, in
multi-grade classrooms, the student
has no motivation to study and
he/she enjoys limited teacher’s
attention and limited variety of
learning methods and teaching
tools .
Academic failure: the teachers
stated that in mul-ti-grade
classrooms, the academic
achievements of stu-dents are low
due to the lack of proper teaching
facilities, non-use of new teaching
metho
Inability to manage the
classroom
according to the teachers,
they could not control and manage
the children because the classrooms
are too crowded and the time is
very short.
Heterogeneous age
composition
According to the teachers, in
multi-grade classrooms, age
composition is inappropriate and
this contributes to the creation of
spe-cific problems.
Lack of attention to the
students’ individual
characteristics
Teachers believe that the
differences be-tween the students
and their needs are ignored in
multi-grade classrooms.
Lack of Educational
Facilities
According to the teachers,
educational atmosphere in multi-
grade class-rooms and schools is
too inappropriate.
Lack of Educational
Justice
Teachers stated that the rights
of students are ignored because
they study the same textbooks
taught in the single-grade schools.
Inadequate Authorities’
Supports
The teachers com-plained
about the lack of cooperation of
authorities and also, they
complained that their rights and
privileges are equal to the ones of
teachers of single-grade classrooms.