Teachers’ perception, competence, and performance in flexible teaching: inputs for instructional management plan

Responding to the change from a physical to a digital environment for teaching and learning, the study looked into the perception, ability competence and performance effectiveness of faculty members. Utilizing the descriptive-correlational design, results disclosed that teachers’ have high knowledge perception of the nature and characteristics of flexible teaching and learning and are generally exhibiting very high level of competence in implementation. They were found to be moderately high on course design and technical competence dimensions, but are highly competent on the ability competency aspects of course communication and time management. For every 10 teachers, eight of them are outstanding performers as per student assessments of teaching effectiveness. Result of the correlation analysis further revealed that young teachers who are still new in the teaching service tend to showcase outstanding teaching performance in the delivery of instruction than older counterparts. The study proposed instructional plan to sustain strengths and conduct support mechanisms to address needs of teachers responsive to better implementation of blended teaching-learning delivery system.