Exploring the Skills Improvement and Job Placement Profile among Graduates of Technology and Livelihood Education: Basis for Skills Development Plan of Future Educators

Job placement profile provides a set of essential data of graduates which is considered part of the educational outcome of degree programs with skills improvement as one of the factors for employment. This study aimed to determine the contribution of Bachelor of Secondary Education major in Technology and Livelihood Education (BSEd-TLE) program in the skills improvement of graduates and  test the differences of their responses when they were grouped according to job placement profile. Quantitative-descriptive type of research design was utilized in the study with 184 graduate-respondents. Result showed that male graduates have significantly higher response on the improvement of their communication skill than females. The BSEd-TLE graduates with higher improvement on communication skill are those employed in less than six (6) months. Communication skill together with the IT skill has significantly higher level of response from the graduates regarding the skills improvement compared to the problem-solving skill and research skill. Those working students during college have significantly higher response on skills improvement in terms of problem-solving and research skills. However, those employed graduates with less than Php 10,000 as monthly salary and the previous job is not relevant to teacher education are those with higher response on the contribution of the program to the improvement of their IT skill. Employed BSEd-TLE graduates have significantly higher level of improvement on research skill compared to those unemployed. The findings of the study served as a basis for a development plan based on the 21st Century skills for future educators.

Keywords – communication skill, information technology, problem-solving, research skill, employment status