ABSTRACT
Teachers of the 21st-century are considered as unsung heroes and the jack of all trades. Their works and contribution to the community surpasses employees working in either public or private institutions. The Department of Education understands the crucial role in upgrading the quality of teaching and learning process and the dilemma of which the teachers are experiencing as they deliver quality instruction to its clientele through the standard classroom observation and with the several phases that RPMS-PPST revolves. The study determines the academic qualifications and teaching competence of Technical and Vocational Livelihood strand teachers in Schools Division of Legazpi City. This research utilized descriptive-qualitative-survey method. The study discovered that majority of the SHS-TVL teachers are on their prime working years, dominated by female teachers, had undertaken graduate studies, and on the regular permanent status that it has four times effectivity that the SHS-TVL teachers in the Division is a National Certificate (NC) Holder. It was concluded that there were problems in the application of knowledge of content within and across teaching areas. The proposed developmental program belongs to personal, institutional, and technological components to enhance their teaching competency along the academic qualifications that they have as trained by TESDA in their trainer’s methodology certification as a quality trainer in TVL strands.
Keywords: Teachers qualification, competence, senior high school teachers, Legazpi city division
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