Influence of Teachers Webinars to Professional Development

Abstract: This study investigated the influence of webinars to public high school teachers in terms of the domains of the Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers (PPST). Variables namely age, sex, highest educational attainment, teaching experience, and number of webinars attended were considered in the study. Comparative data analysis was used to determine the significance of the differences in the categories of the variables. Results revealed that public high school teachers were highly influenced by webinars in domains (1) content knowledge and pedagogy, (3) diversity of learners, (4) curriculum planning (5) assessment and reporting, and (8) plus factor. Additionally, public high school teachers were very highly influenced by webinars in domains (2) learning environment, (6) community linkages & professional engagement, (7) professional growth & professional development. Some of the differences in the influence of webinars to public school teachers were found to be statistically significant in all domains when grouped according to the variables. Keywords: Influence, professional development, teachers, webinars