Empowering and Fostering the ESL Teachers of a Faith-Based English Language Institute in Philippines

Abstract

Empowerment of employees is essential in any organization or company. In order of any organization to flourish and be at par with others, leaders or managers have to strive harder to encourage and motivate and empower employee or faculty. With empowerment as the main target for success, each member in an organization or company can produce great materials, resources and learning tools, clear vision and mission, goals, and objectives. Empowerment is a process that keeps going. Bandura’s Social Cognitive theory and Self-Determination theory (Baundura, 2001; Deci & Ryan, 2008) contribute to employee or faculty empowerment and aid them to determine the choice of task and foster positive attitudes. Faculty will feel free and possess the competence to resolve problems and contribute their ideas for the success of an organization (Fock, Hui, Au, & Bond, 2013). The purpose of this study was to find out how administrators foster and empower teachers in an English language institute. This study used a qualitative research design (case study) approach. Interviews, observations, document analysis and other necessary documents that may be needed for the research design will be used. The participants were ESL teachers from selected Adventist Higher Educational Institutions in the Philippines. This study would benefit the leaders first as well as the faculty in an educational institution.