Literacy Management of Elementary School Heads in Congressional District IV: Basis for Enhanced Learning Recovery Plan

Abstract

Literacy of learners has been a worldwide concern as this competency opens to the development of more complex skills. The two-year remote learning brought by the pandemic crisis posed an impact on the literacy level of students. This study identified the roles and abilities of the school heads in literacy, assessed the readiness catch-up programs as well as the monitoring practices, and proposed a learning recovery plan to shape the literacy progress of the school. Purposive sampling was utilized in this study which selected 45 elementary school heads from the Congressional District IV of Batangas Province. The results revealed that the school heads exemplified a great extent of performing their roles and abilities. Moreover, they have great extent of readiness in preparing catch-up plans,and they greatly monitored the literacy programs. Further enhancements were required in terms of community engagements in planning and inclusivity on programs. In line with the findings, a proposed learning recovery plan was crafted to improve the literacy of the learners.