ISSN: 2782-893X
eISSN: 2799-0664
ISSN: 2782- 893X
Thisstudy aimed to delve the lived experiences of multigrade teachersin Laak District, Division of Compostela Valley. This multi-case study sought to determine the teaching and lives’ remarkable challenges of multigrade teachers, their coping mechanism, strategies and aspirations as multigrade teachers to address critical issues and concerns. The data were gathered through indepth interview, focus-group discussion and observation from 15 multigrade teachers in Laak District, Division of Compostela Valley. The instrument was carefully reviewed by the panel of experts to evaluate the content and validity. This panel of experts was teachers and experts in the multigrade teaching, performing as an instructional head, and supervisory officer. There are salient themes that were generated out from the gathering procedures employed to collect responses. The themes which have come up from the different challenges traversed by the multigrade teachers were the strategies employed to address needs and challenges, and aspirations to improve the multigrade teaching. This study had come up with the need to revisit the realities of multigrade teaching and to address the needs of multigrade teachers. There must be a need to conduct assessment and evaluation of the situations of multigrade schools. The components must be educational logistics, technology, learning materials, compensation or allowance of multigrade teachers, formatting class size, teachers’ training need analysis, relocation of school sites to safer areas, provision of infrastructure, providing short courses or Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for multigrade teachers, and conduct of further research to improve the quality of education in multigrade schools.