Preparedness and Coaching Styles of the School Paper Advisers on Campus Journalism in the New Normal
Keywords:
preparedness, coaching styles, school paper advisers, school paper management, new normalAbstract
When the pandemic struck in 2020, the world was halted, including educational institutions and all their operations. The conduct of campus journalism activities deviated to a new schema, giving school paper advisers the challenges to overcome. This study aimed to determine the level of preparedness and coaching styles of the school paper advisers on campus journalism in the new normal in a large sized schools division of Negros Oriental during the School Year 2021-2022 as a basis for a capability-building plan. The study focused on school paper advisers’ level of preparedness and coaching styles considering their background knowledge, training, availability of resources, and facilitated learning. The study involved more young school paper advisers with shorter tenures as school paper advisers compared to old ones with longer experience as school paper advisers. Further, more teachers were handling higher levels compared to those handling lower levels. The results reveal that the respondents fared moderately in terms of preparedness. In this particular aspect, the area of training got the lowest mean. On the level of coaching styles, the respondents also fared moderately with the area of training having the lowest mean. Also, the study found no significant difference in the level of preparedness and coaching styles of school paper advisers on campus journalism in the new normal when grouped and compared according to the aforementioned variables. The results of this study, calls for school paper advisers need training on preparedness and coaching styles on campus journalism in the new normal.
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