Teachers' Mental Health, Adversity Quotient and Teaching Practices in the New Normal

This dissertation aimed to assess the level of mental health, adversity quotient, and teaching practices among public secondary teachers in the Division of Bohol during the academic year 2020-2021. A total of 546 secondary teachers participated as the study's respondents. Part of its objectives was to present the respondents' profile in terms of their age, sex, civil status, number of subjects handled, highest educational attainment, and length of service. In assessing the level of teachers' mental health, the study focused on the five (5) areas: life satisfaction, positive affect, self-esteem, anxiety, and depression. In assessing the level of teachers' adversity quotient, the study focused on four (4) dimensions: control, ownership, reach, and endurance. The areas for instruction, communication, time management, and technical competence were the focus in assessing the level of the respondents' teaching practices. The study used the weighted mean employing the descriptive-correlational research design in determining the relationship between the independent and dependent variables. The study used a Two-way Chi-square Test in determining the relationship between teachers' profiles and the level of their mental health, adversity quotient, and teaching practices. More so, the study used Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient in determining the correlation between the main variables of the study. Significant findings revealed that the respondents have demonstrated highly stable mental health. Moreover, they showed high levels of teaching practices, particularly in communication and time management. Subsequently, further findings revealed that the respondents only manifested average levels of their adversity quotient in the four (4) dimensions. Based on inferential results, the respondents' profile was insignificantly related to the level of their mental health, adversity quotient, and teaching practices. However, civil status and highest educational attainment were significantly associated with their adversity quotient level. The study concluded that mental health is crucial to how teachers overcome adversities in the workplace and in their teaching practices in modular distance learning (MDL). As such, the study highly considered developing a teacher's well-being enhancement program as the country is in continuous battle against COVID-19. Consequently, the significant findings were used as the basis for a sustainable teachers' well-being towards teaching effectiveness as education frontliners in the Division of Bohol.