MULTICULTURAL PERSONALITY OF SCHOOL HEADS AND CULTURALLY DIVERSE TEACHING COMPETENCE OF TEACHERS

The study explored the relationship between multicultural personality of school heads and culturally diverse teaching competence of teachers in District 1 public secondary schools of Davao City Division. Also, it investigated the association of the involved variables and the domains of multicultural personality of school heads that significantly influence culturally diverse teaching competence of teachers. With the use of probability sampling, 203 public secondary teachers were selected as the respondents. Utilizing the descriptive-correlational survey method, the data collated were analyzed through the use of Mean, Product-Moment correlation and Regression Analysis. Results revealed that there was a high multicultural personality of school heads and a high culturally diverse teaching competence of teachers. Furthermore, there was a significant relationship between multicultural personality of school heads and culturally diverse teaching competence of teachers. Moreover, all domains of multicultural personality of school heads, namely, culturally empathy, social initiative, open-mindedness, emotional stability, and flexibility, were found to have significantly influence the culturally diverse teaching competence of teachers. Based on the findings, it was further suggested that higher officials in the Department of Education may concretize programs and interventions on strengthening the multicultural personality of school heads which would reinforce the culturally diverse teaching competence of teachers. More so, future researchers may further explore the variables considering other factors research methods. Keywords: Multicultural Personality; Culturally Diverse Teaching Competence; Davao City Division, Philippines