Self-Efficacy of the School Heads and Instructional Competence of Teachers in Public Elementary Schools of Davao City Division

Abstract

The study explored the relationship of self-efficacy of school heads and instructional competence of public elementary teachers in Davao City Division. It investigated the association of the involved variables and the domains of self-efficacy of school heads that significantly influenced instructional competence of teachers. Using the probability sampling, it catered the 150 elementary teachers in the public schools as the respondents. Utilizing the descriptive-correlational survey method, the data collated were analyzed through the use of Mean and Product-Moment correlation. It was revealed that there was an extensive self-efficacy of school heads and instructional competence of teachers. Furthermore, there was a significant relationship between the two variables. Moreover, all domains of self-efficacy of school heads were found to have significantly influence on instructional competence of teachers. Based on the findings, it was further suggested that higher officials in the Department of Education identify means on how to help school heads strengthen their self-efficacy in order to guide and empower teachers to be competent when it comes to giving instruction. More so, future researchers may further explore the involved variables considering other research methods.