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Southern Luzon State University

GRADUATE SCHOOL

Lucban, Quezon

GRADUATE TRACER STUDY

(Ph.D. in Development Education and Ph.D. in Science Education

(For Alumni)

Directions: Please supply the information needed or check the box that corresponds to your

response(s).

I. Personal Information:

a) Last Name ___________________________________

b) First Name ___________________________________

c) Middle Name ___________________________________

d) Present Address ___________________________________

i. Street and Street No. ___________________________________

ii. Barangay/Town/City ___________________________________

iii. State/Province ___________________________________

iv. Country ___________________________________

v. Zip Code ___________________________________

e) Email Address ___________________________________

f) Telephone ___________________________________

g) Mobile Phone ___________________________________

h) Civil Status ___________________________________

i) Gender ___________________________________

j) Date of Birth ___________________________________

k) Province of Origin ___________________________________

II. Educational Background


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c. Status Symbol

d. Prospect for better employment

e. Prospect for career advancement

f. Prospect for attractive pay

g. Change of environment

h. Relatedness of graduate work to undergraduate degree

i. Demand or challenge of the jobj. Professional growth and enhancement

k. Competition in the workplace

l. Availability of scholarship opportunity

m. Prestige of being in SLSU

n. Affordable Tuition

o. Quality graduate work

p. Availability of the course offering

q. Fulfillment of a dream to study at SLSU

Part III- B. Do you think that you had an adequate educational preparation for graduatework?

( ) Yes ( ) No ( ) Uncertain

How did you know about your masters program at SLPC/SLSU

( ) Through friends

( ) Through relatives

( ) Through co-teachers/workers

( ) Through website

( ) Through leaflets/ brochures

( ) Through graduates or students of the university

( ) Others; please specify

Graduate Masters Admission Test Performance

( ) Passed ( ) On Probation ( ) Failed ( ) Not required during my time

How long did it take you to finish the graduate program (s)?

( ) Master Years ___________________

( ) Doctoral Years ___________________

What made you pursue advance studies?

( ) For promotion

( ) For professional development

( ) Others. Please specify


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Part IV- Employment Data and Characteristics

(Employment here means any type of work performed or services rendered in exchange for

compensation under a contract of hire which create the employee relations)

Directions: Kindly put a check ( ) mark in the parenthesis corresponding to your answer

to each of the following items.

A. Type of Organization Employed In

( ) DepEd

( ) Department of Education Supervised School

( ) TESDA

( ) CHED

( ) CHED Supervised School

( ) State Colleges and University

( ) Other, Please specify_______________________

Non- Government Organization

Nature of NGO

Nature of work

( ) Foreign

( ) Local

Type of Project

( ) Large Scale (24 mos. or more)

( ) Small Scale (6-23 mos.)

C. If you were promoted, what position did you consider after earning a Graduate

Certificate/ Graduate Diploma or a Doctoral Degree? (Specifically academic rank)

( ) Teacher _____________________________

( ) Head Teacher _____________________________

( ) Master Teacher _____________________________

( ) Assistant Principal _____________________________

( ) Principal _____________________________

( ) Assistant Professor _____________________________

( ) Associate Professor _____________________________

( ) Professor _____________________________

( ) Administrator/ Supervisor _____________________________


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( ) Superintendent ____________________________

( ) Director ____________________________

( ) Others (Please specify) _____________________________

D. When did you apply for it?

( ) Before graduation

( ) After graduation

( ) I did not apply for it

( ) Others (Please specify)

E. How long did it take you to be promoted after graduation from the graduate school?

( ) Right after graduation

( ) Less than a year

( ) One year

( ) More than a yearHow long?_____________

( ) Others (Please specify)_______________________

F. How did you get promoted?

(Multiples replies accepted)

( ) Result of Periodic evaluation

( ) Qualified for the position

( ) By application

( ) Recommendation by employer

( ) Political Connection

( ) A friend/ relatives influence

( ) Others (Please specify)___________________________

B. Status of employment

( ) Permanent ( ) Temporary ( ) Self employed

If Temporary

( ) Contractual

( ) Substitute


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( ) Special

( ) Special Order

( ) On probation

Current Position

( ) Top Manager (Pls. specify)__________________________

( ) Middle manager (e.g Supervisor, Principal, Head Teacher, Master Teacher)

( ) Others. Please specify_________________________

Part IV. Transition

Directions: The following questions refer to your experiences from the time you finished your

graduate degree up to the time you were promoted. Please check the appropriate response(s).

A. Work Status after Graduation

( ) Retained Position (Proceed to B)

( ) Change of work (Proceed to I)

( ) Got Promoted (Proceed to C up to H)

If you were retained in your position, what were the difficulties that you encountered?

( ) Few job vacancies/ lack of position/ item

( ) Mismatch with educational qualification

( ) Personality factors

( ) Not meeting paper requirements

( ) Lack of political patronages

( ) No fraternal Affiliation

( ) Others__________________________

G. What factors enabled you to be promoted?

(Multiples replies accepted)

( ) Field study

( ) Scholastic standing

( ) Reputation of the University or College

( ) Personality Factors

( ) Finishing the degree


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H. In which area are you promoted?

( ) Area of Specialization

( ) Others. Please specify_________________________

I. If you changed your work, what are your reasons?

( ) Salaries and benefits

( ) Proximity to residence

( ) Career challenge

( ) Peer influence

( ) Family influence

( ) Related to Course or study Program

( ) Related to special skills

( ) Other Reasons (Please specify):_______________________________

Part VI- Learning Environment

Directions: Determine the extent to which the following aspects of learning environment have

met your needs as student of SLSU.

Very

Low (1)

Low

(2)

Moderately

High (3)

High

(4)

Very

High (5)

1. Teaching quality of lecturers and

professors.

2. Structure of degree program.

3. Opportunities of students to take part

in the formulation of school policies.

4. Interaction of fellow student.

5. Chances to participate in school

research and extension program.

6. Provision for independent study.

7. Delivery mode of courses.

8. Provision and utilization of

information technology resources (e.g.

IT, sports, etc.)

Part VII. Professional Success

Directions: This part of the questionnaire focuses on the general dimensions of your

professional success. Please check the appropriate box that corresponds with your response.

1. To what extent have you been involved in any of the activities after taking advanced

courses at SLSU?

Not at

all (1)

Very

limited

extent (2)

Limited

Extent

(3)

To

some

extent

(4)

To a

great

extent

(5)


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1. As a lecturer

2. As a resource person

3. As a facilitator

4. As a coordinator of a seminar

workshop

5. As a faculty in the tertiary level

6. As an administrator of academicunit

7. As a project director

8. As a project consultant

9. As a team leader of a Research

Project

10. As an author/co-author of books

11. Others. Please specify

2. To what extent are you satisfied with the following dimensions of your current position?

Not at

all (1)

Very

limited

extent (2)

Limited

Extent

(3)

To

some

extent

(4)

To a

great

extent

(5)

1. Position

2. Salary

3. Fringe benefit

4. Job security

5. Relatedness of degree to work tasks

6. Opportunity for training

7. Consultancy8. Research

9. Publication

10. Invention and Creative work

11. Autonomy in the job

12. Physical climate

13. Job prestige

14. Awards and recognitions

15. Personal fulfillment

16. Psychological climate

17. Social climate

18. Contribution to the Professionalorganization

19. Contribution to community

development

20. Others: please specify

3. Please rate the usefulness of the overall course curriculum for professional work.

Aspect Please check

Very useful Useful Not useful

General EducationCore Courses

Professional Courses

Elective Courses

Undergraduate Thesis/Special Problem

Seminar

4. In general, how do you feel about your professional career?


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( ) Very much satisfied

( ) Satisfied

( ) Quite satisfied

( ) Not satisfied at all

Thank you for taking the time to fill out this questionnaire. May we request to list down

names of the SLSU- Graduate School graduates including their contact information? Their

participation will also be needed to make this study more meaningful and useful.

Name Batch (Course & Year

Graduated)

Contact info. (email, phone,

address)

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