Predictors of Teaching Performance Among the Public Elementary Teachers in Mandaue City, Cebu

Abstract

Public school teachers play a vital role in society, particularly in the lives of their students. The teachers used classroom instructions and presentations to help the students learn and apply different concepts. Hence, in the Department of Education [DepEd], the teachers comprised the most significant portion of human capital in the school system. This study examined the predictors of teaching performance in public elementary schools in the South District of Mandaue City Division for the 2023-2024 school year. The results of the study served as the basis for formulating a proposed action plan.

This study used the descriptive correlational research design to determine the the association of the research respodents’ profile and their level of financial management skill, teaching burnout and teaching competency; level of financial management level and their level of teaching burnout; and level of financial management and their level of teaching competency; and participants’ level of teaching burnout and their level of teaching competency. Seventy public elementary teachers participated as respondents in the survey. This investigation employed a researcher-developed survey questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, including frequency counts, percentages, and weighted means, were used to analyze the data. The Chi-square test of independence was used to test the significant relationship between the measured variables. This investigation adhered to the ethical principles of beneficence, non-maleficence, justice and autonomy.

The majority of respondents fell within the age bracket of 37 to 47, and the majority were female, middle-class, had finished a bachelor’s degree, and had at least 3 to 10 years of teaching experience. They self-assessed that they possessed high skills in spending, moderate skills in budgeting and saving, and less skills in investing. They reported the least evident level of teaching burnout in the aspects of career satisfaction, perceived administrative support, coping with job-related stress, and attitudes towards students. They also self-assessed that they were very competent in teaching. There is a significant relationship between the respondents' socio-economic status profiles and their financial management skills related to savings. Also, a significant relationship exists between the respondents’ profiles in terms of gender and their mechanisms for coping with job-related stress. However, there is no significant relationship between the respondents' profiles and their level of teaching competency.

Furthermore, there is a significant relationship between their financial management skills in the aspects of saving, spending, and investing, and burnout in terms of career satisfaction and perceived administrative support. Another significant relationship is found between their level of financial management, specifically in the aspects of budgeting, saving, and spending, and their level of teaching competencies. Additionally, a significant relationship exists between their level of teaching burnout and career satisfaction, as well as their teaching competencies. Therefore, the current public elementary school teachers at the South District of Mandaue City Division, Cebu, exhibited abilities to manage their financial resources in terms of allocating the essential expense items in the household, keeping a portion for future expenses, but cannot place them in other forms of income-generating activities that will give them an alternative source of income. Likewise, their personal finances, in terms of savings, are based on their current level of income and the assets they own. They were also able to adjust to the demands of their job and viewed stress as a standard component of their work. They had the maturity to manage challenging situations in both their personal and professional lives. However, despite these challenges, they had self-assessed high teaching competencies.