Teachers’ Stress, Coping Strategies And Their Teaching Proficiency Under The New Normal

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—— This study aimed to determine teachers’ stress, coping strategies and their teaching proficiency under the new normal. Descriptive survey and correlational analysis were used using questionnaires as the main tool in gathering data and utilized five hundred (500) teachers as respondents of the study. The results revealed that there was no significant difference in the level of teachers’ stress under the new normal when grouped according to profile. Further, it was found out that there was no difference in the coping strategies employed by teachers when grouped according to profile. The teachers were highly proficient in their teaching job and there was no evidence on the difference of their teaching proficiency when respondents were grouped according to profile. Finally, the findings revealed that there was a significant relationship between the level of teachers’ stress and their teaching proficiency under the new normal condition. Thus, it was concluded that the teachers were highly stressed, but employed coping strategies to a moderate extent so then teaching proficiency was high. Recommendation made were focused on ways to cope with stress. School heads should find ways so that teachers will come to work free from outside stressors, establish a strong linkage with parents, and teachers should be required to attend webminars on stress management. Keywords — Teachers’ Stress, Coping Strategies under the new Normal