RESEARCH PROPOSAL APPLICATION FORM AND ENDORSEMENT OF

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR

A. RESEARCH INFORMATION
RESEARCH TITLE: Mastering Action Research through the 4Is Model
SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE RESEARCH: It is a mixed-method
research that aims to capacitate the Master Teachers of Lahug National
High School (Night), North District III, Schools Division of Cebu City, School
Year 2023 to 2024 on making action research through the 4Is Intervention
Model, as the basis for the proposed continuous improvement plan.

RESEARCH CATEGORY (check only RESEARCH AGENDA

one) CATEGORY
o National (check only one main research
o Region theme)
o Schools Division o Teaching and Learning
o District o Child Protection
o School o Human Resource
Development
(check only one) o Governance
o Action Research
(check up to one cross-cutting
o Basic Research
theme, if applicable)
O DRRM
o Gender and Development
o inclusive Education
o Others (Please specify):
_____
FUND SOURCE (e.g. BERF, SEF, others) Amount
BERF P 30, 000.00
B. PROPONENT INFORMATION
Lead Proponent
LAST NAME: FIRST NAME: MIDDLE NAME:
BUGTONG JASON RUBIO
BIRTH DATE SEX: POSITION/DESIGNATION:
(MM/DD/YYYY):
NOVEMBER 26, 1984 MALE MASTER TEACHER 1
REGION/DIVISION/SCHOOL (whichever is applicable): School
CONTACT NO. 1: CONTACT NO. E-MAIL ADDRESS:
09321511930 2: [email protected]
236-8021
EDUCATIONAL TITLE OF THESIS/ RELATED RESEARCH
ATTAINMENT PROJECT:
(DEGREE TITLE)
Enumerate from
bachelor's
degree up to doctorate
degree
BACHEOR’S DEGREE:
BSED-BIOLOGY,
University of San Jose-
Recoletos, Cebu City
MASTERAL DEGREE: INTEGRATING DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
Master of Arts in AND MANAGEMENT IN GRADE 8 EARTH
Education-Science SCIENCE: PRACTICES, CHALLENGES AND
Education, Cebu Normal OPPORTUNITIES
University, Cebu City
(2016)
DOCTORATE DEGREE: PPST IMPLEMENTATION OF BASIC
Doctor in Education-
EDUCATION: GAPS AND GAINS
Educational
Management, Cebu
Normal University
(Candidate)
SIGNATURE OF PROPONENT:
Proponent 2
LAST NAME: FIRST MIDDLE NAME:
NAME:
PEPITO ARNEL RESMA
BIRTH DATE SEX: POSITION/DESIGNATION:
(MM/DD/YYYY): SHS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
JULY 4, 1971 MALE II
REGION/DIVISION/SCHOOL
(whichever is applicable):
School
CONTACT NO. 1: CONTACT E-MAIL ADDRESS:
NO. 2: [email protected]

EDUCATIONAL TITLE OF THESIS/ RELATED

ATTAINMENT RESEARCH PROJECT
(DEGREE TITLE)
Enumerate from bachelor's
degree up to a doctorate
BACHEOR’S DEGREE:
Bachelor of Secondary
Education-General Science,
St. Theresa’s College, Cebu
City
MASTERAL DEGREE: Increasing Productivity through Workspace
Master of Arts in Education- Quality
Administration & Supervision,
Cebu Technological
University, Cebu City (2012)
DOCTORATE DEGREE: Shaping the Essence of IPEd in Urban
Doctor in Development
Setting
Education-Administration &
Supervision, Cebu
Technological University,
Cebu City (2014)
SIGNATURE OF PROPONENT:
 IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR'S CONFORME

I hereby endorse the attached research proposal. I certify that the proponents

have the capacity to implement a research study without compromising their

office functions.

LIBERATO A. LAURONILLA EdD

PSDS, ND 3
DECLARATION OF ANTI-PLAGIARISM AND ABSENCE OF CONFLICT OF

INTEREST

DECLARATION OF ANTI-PLAGIARISM

1. I, Jason R. Bugtong, understand that plagiarism is the act of taking and

using another’s ideas and works and passing them off as one’s own. This

includes explicitly copying the whole work of another person and/or using

some parts of their work without proper acknowledgement and referencing.

2. I hereby attest to the originality of this research proposal and has cited

properly all the references used. I further commit that all deliverables and the

final research study emanating from this proposal shall be of original content. I

shall use appropriate citations in referencing other works from various

sources.

3. I understand that violation from this declaration and commitment shall be

Subject to consequences and shall be dealt with accordingly by the

Department of Education and the SCHOOLS DIVISION RESEARCH

COMMITTEE (SDRC).

PROPONENT: JASON R. BUGTONG EdD

SIGNATURE: _________________________

DATE: _______________
 DECLARATION OF ABSENCE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST

1. I, Jason R. Bugtong, understand that conflict of interest refers to situations

in which financial or other personal considerations may compromise my

judgment in evaluating, conducting, or reporting research.

2. I hereby declare that I do not have any personal conflict of interest that may

arise from my application and submission of my research proposal. I

understand that my research proposal may be returned to me if found out that

there is conflict of interest during the initial screening as per established by

the Research Management Guidelines (RMG).

3. Further, in case of any form of conflict of interest (possible or actual) which

may inadvertently emerge during the conduct of my research, I will duly report

it to the research committee for immediate action.

4. I understand that I may be held accountable by the Department of

Education and the SCHOOLS DIVISION RESEARCH COMMITTEE (SDRC)

for any conflict of interest which I have intentionally concealed.

PROPONENT: JASON R. BUGTONG EdD

SIGNATURE: ______________________

DATE: _______________
 DECLARATION OF ANTI-PLAGIARISM

1. I, Arnel R. Pepito, understand that plagiarism is the act of taking and using

another’s ideas and works and passing them off as one’s own. This includes

explicitly copying the whole work of another person and/or using some parts

of their work without proper acknowledgement and referencing.

2. I hereby attest to the originality of this research proposal and has cited

properly all the references used. I further commit that all deliverables and the

final research study emanating from this proposal shall be of original content. I

shall use appropriate citations in referencing other works from various

sources.

3. I understand that violation from this declaration and commitment shall be

Subject to consequences and shall be dealt with accordingly by the

Department of Education and the SCHOOLS DIVISION RESEARCH

COMMITTEE (SDRC).

PROPONENT: ARNEL R. PEPITO DevEdD

SIGNATURE: _________________________

DATE: _______________
 DECLARATION OF ABSENCE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST

1. I, Arnel R. Pepito, understand that conflict of interest refers to situations in

which financial or other personal considerations may compromise my

judgment in evaluating, conducting, or reporting research.

2. I hereby declare that I do not have any personal conflict of interest that may

arise from my application and submission of my research proposal. I

understand that my research proposal may be returned to me if found out that

there is conflict of interest during the initial screening as per established by

the Research Management Guidelines (RMG).

3. Further, in case of any form of conflict of interest (possible or actual) which

may inadvertently emerge during the conduct of my research, I will duly report

it to the research committee for immediate action.

4. I understand that I may be held accountable by the Department of

Education and the SCHOOLS DIVISION RESEARCH COMMITTEE (SDRC)

for any conflict of interest which I have intentionally concealed.

PROPONENT: ARNEL R. PEPITO DevEdD

SIGNATURE: ______________________
 DATE: _______________

I. CONTEXT AND RATIONALE

Action research is a distinct kind of research that systematically examines the

inherent and external causes of an existing situation to advance democratic change

and cooperative participation through a potent intervention. The common

characteristics of action research are to solve the prevalent issue or problem in an

organization, produce theoretical and practical knowledge about the situation, foster

collegiality, collaboration, and involvement of participants who are actors in the

situation and most likely to be impacted by changes, and establish an attitude of

constant change, self-development, and growth (Burns, 2017).

Action research is also an empirical strategy that supports systematic

leadership and management, data-driven decision-making, and the implementation

of interventions to address identified teaching-learning gaps and issues in education.

As a result, action research plays a crucial role in the lives of school heads and

master teachers, whom the Department of Education regards as highly proficient

teachers under the Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers (PPST). They are

regarded as subject-matter specialists in schools. Indeed, they are seen as coaches

and mentors by teachers 1 to 3.

Moreover, the master teachers are part of the school's Planning and

Management team. They are part of designing and implementing effective and

efficient interventions to address the identified critical issues in school. They are also

part of helping the school head increase the school performance indicators. Action

research could help them systematically in making decisions and in carrying out the

tasks delegated to them.

 Making research to enrich the knowledge of content and pedagogy is part of

the deliverables of the Master Teachers under domain 1 of the PPST. However, most

of the Master Teachers in the Department of Education failed to conduct research.

According to Ullah (2017) conducting research in the country, especially in public

secondary schools, may be limited since only a few teachers have tried to do it.

Nevertheless, master teachers are knowledgeable about what action research is.

They just lack the time to conduct action research, but they would be willing to do it if

someone could walk them through the process. They understood that failing to

conduct action research will not have an impact on their performance evaluation

(Enerio, 2020).

Cortes et. Al (2021) cited Morales et al. (2016) that teachers also reported

that their teaching loads are beyond the prescribed. In effect, it exhausts them, thus,

leaving little time and energy to do research. Several Philippine studies also reveal

that Filipino teachers still face a plethora of challenges in doing Action Research.

Consequently, research productivity in the country, especially in the basic education

sector is scarce because many teachers do not engage despite Action Research

being a part of their standard outcome and as a basis for promotion to a higher level

in their career paths (Department of Education, 2007). Furthermore, studies on this

aspect indicate that the majority are conducted in Luzon and Mindanao while

teachers' challenges and clamor in Action Research are not well explored in the

Visayan regions, specifically in Cebu City (Cortes et.al, 2021).

In the Schools Division of Cebu City, only a small number of master teachers

are conducting action research. Six master teachers at the research locale of this

study have not yet conducted any Action Research. This prevalent situation

prompted the researchers to conduct this research with the firing desire of helping

the Schools Division of Cebu City in increasing the number of action research being

conducted by both the teaching and non-teaching personnel.

 However, such a desire is quite challenging. Thus, the researchers will start it

in their home court as they help their master teachers in conducting action research.

The master teachers of Lahug National High School (Night), North District 3, will be

capacitated on the knowledge and skills on making cation research using the 4Is

Model in the school year 2023 to 2024. The 4Is Model is an intervention Model with

four stages that focus on identifying the existing problem of an organization, looking

for possible intervention, implementing such intervention, and evaluating its efficacy.

II. ACTION RESEARCH QUESTIONS

This study aims to capacitate the Master Teachers of Lahug National High

School (Night), North District III, Schools Division of Cebu City, School Year 2023 to

2024 on making action research through the 4Is Model, as a basis for the proposed

continuous improvement plan.

Specifically, it seeks to answer the following questions:

1. How many master teachers have conducted action research through the 4Is

Model?

2. What is the average rating of the master teachers’ action research proposals as

assessed by the Research Ethics Committee?

3. How many action researches are granted with the Basic Education Research

Fund?

4. What are the gaps and gains in making action research using the 4Is model?

5. Based on the findings, what continuous improvement plan can be proposed?

III. PROPOSED INNOVATION, INTERVENTION, AND STRATEGY

The proposed intervention of this research is called 4Is Intervention Model.

This is an intervention model derived from the dissertation output of the lead

proponent of this study. This model has four phases which are: Initiation,
Implementation, Improvement, and Inspection. The Initiation phase starts looking at

the topmost critical issue in an organization which is feasible to intervene within the

scope and capacity of the intervention implementers. It seeks potent strategy,

innovation, or intervention of the identified crucial issue. It embodies the preparation

or the input part of the intervention. Lastly, it lays out the plan on how to execute the

intervention considering the needed resources like budget, human resources, and

physical facilities to be used. The implementation phase refers to the process or

mechanism of executing the plan. It is the actual implementation of the chosen

strategy, innovation, or intervention that the implementers affirmed as a potential

solution to the recognized issue. The Improvement phase focuses on the expected

output or outcome after delivering the implementation dimension. It is where the

monitoring of the implementation phases comes in. The thorough gathering of data is

carefully done in this part to support the claim of choosing the strategy, innovation, or

intervention to the problem as the best one. Lastly, the Inspection phase refers to the

evaluation part of the model. It is the stage that either affirms or negates the claim of

using such strategy, innovation, or intervention as a catalyst for solving the existing

issue. From this phase, it can also be gleaned the continuous improvement plan for

the sustainability and replicability of the strategy, innovation, or intervention being

used.

Figure 1 shows the diagram of the 4Is Model.

Figure 1

4Is Intervention Model

Initiation

4Is
Intervention
Model
 Inspection Implementation

Improvement

IV. ACTION RESEARCH METHOD

a. Participants

The participants of this study will be the six Master Teachers of Lahug

National High School (Night), North District III, Schools Division of Cebu City who are

purposively chosen.

b. Data Gathering Methods

This study will use mixed-method research. In a mixed-method study,

quantitative and qualitative research methodologies are used in a single study. The

researchers described how, why, and when these two methodologies would be fully

blended in advance and detail using analytic and theoretical approaches. (Abadiano,

2016). In the quantitative method, a typical descriptive design will be used. It will use

nominal data of frequencies and percentages. A document analysis research

instrument will be utilized to gather the data for the study. Gathering the data as to

the number of participants who can conduct action research relies on the number

frequency of the action research proposals being evaluated by the Schools Division

Research Ethics Committee (SDREC). The average rating of the participants’ action
research proposals will be computed from the evaluation sheets secured from the

SDREC. Lastly, the frequency of the action research proposals being funded by the

BERF will be based on the Memorandum of Agreement signed by the participants

and the DepEd Region 7 Chief of the Planning, Policy, and Research Division. While

the qualitative method will be used to gather data on the gaps and gains as

perceived by the participants in making action research using the 4Is model. A

Focus-Group Discussion instrument will be used.

Once the proposal is granted, the orientation of the research participants will

be done. Then, the journey of making action research with the participants will be

done through the 4Is Intervention Model extensively. The overall data of this study

are dependent on the successful action research proposals of the participants

submitted to the Schools Division of Cebu City Research Ethics Committee. The rest

is history.

c. Data Analysis Plan

The quantitative data of the study will be computed by simply using the typical

descriptive statistics using nominal data of frequencies and percentages. While the

qualitative data gleaned from the FGD will be treated qualitatively using Braun &

Clarke's (2006) Thematic Analysis. Lastly, the findings will be presented and

discussed comprehensively.

V. Action Research Work Plan and Timeliness

STEPS IN RESEARCH PROCESS NUMBER OF DAYS MONTH & YEAR

PROPOSAL AND APPROVAL 30 days Feb. – March 2023

PRE-IMPLEMENTATION
 Orientation of the Research 1 day (1st week) April 2023
Participants About the Study
 IMPLEMENTATION
 Implementation of the different April – October
activities of the 4Is Intervention Model 200 days 2023
POST-IMPLEMENTATION
 Data Analysis 5 days (4th week) October 2023
 Writing the Complete Research 30 days November 2023
Output
 Submission of the Final Output of the
Research for Approval to the Division 30 days December 2023
Office

VI. Cost Estimates

ITEM EXPENDITURE # REQUIRED COST PER AMOUNT

(RIM/PAGE/UNIT/ RIM/PAGE/UNI
SET/PIECE/ T/SET/PERSO
PERSON) N
Research Orientation with 13 persons P 50.00 P 650.00
the Research Participants
(snacks)
Action Research 14 persons P 210.00 P 2, 940.00
Seminar/Workshop
(Snacks & Lunch)
Token for the Resource 1 person P 500.00 P 500.00
Speaker

Implementation of the eight 14 persons (8 P 50.00 P 5, 600.00

Activities in the Proposed days)
Intervention (Snacks)
Continuous Ink for Printer 13 sets P 600 P 7 800.00

Bond papers A4 size 15 rims P 204.66 P 3 070.00

Token for the Research 11 persons P 100.00 P 1, 200.00
Participants
Presentation of Research 14 persons P 160.00 P 2, 240.00
proposal (Snacks &
lunch)
TOTAL FIRST TRANCHE P24, 000.00

ITEM EXPENDITURE # REQUIRED COST PER AMOUNT

 (RIM/PAGE/UN RIM/PAGE/UNI
IT/ T/SET/PERSO
SET/PIECE/ N
PERSON)
Plagiarism Check 1 set P500.00 P500.00

Photocopy & Hard Bounding 5 sets P340.00 P1, 740.00

Photocopy of the Findings

and Results for the teachers
(during the presentation in the
INSET) 80 pages (40 P2000.00 P3,200.00
persons)
Snacks for the research 11 persons P50.91 P560.00
collaborators as thanks giving

TOTAL SECOND TRANCHE P6, 000.00

VII. ACTION PLAN

Research is dead if it is not disseminated to the community or put into

practice. Therefore, the researchers are bound to inform others about the results of

this study. They have to report to their immediate superior about the findings of the

study. During the District In-service Training, the researchers would seek permission

from the Public Schools District Supervisor to give them time to present it to the

teachers. Additionally, the researcher will present it to any local or international

research congress to be recognized, known, and developed.

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