National Camp Volunteers’ Competency and Implementation Practices

This study determined the competency and implementation practices of the National Learning Camp volunteer’s basis in crafting an intervention in the public elementary schools in Jose Panganiban West District in the Division of Camarines Norte. Specifically, it determined the level of competency of the volunteers in the implementation of National Learning Camp in terms of teaching and learning resources and facilities, teaching and learning pedagogies, learners’ assessment, teachers’ assessment, and teachers’ professional development; the level of implementation practices of the National Learning Camp volunteers along the aforementioned variables; analyzed significant relationship between the level of competency and implementation practices of the National Learning Camp volunteers; identified challenges; and proposed interventions.

National camp volunteers, competency, implementation practices, teaching and learning resources and facilities

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