Lockdown fatigue due to the pandemic transpires when individuals are asked to make behavior changes over a long period of time. This experience is considered to be difficult than short-term changes. Similar to any other deviations in lifestyles, people can follow the new rules for a short period of time. Teachers and personnel in the academe were not exempted from this dilemma. Researches revealed that pandemic fatigue significantly affects the teacher’s psychological well-being. Results showed that in terms of the definite work, due to the online distance learning format, teachers experience struggle with technological concerns and issues during their online teaching which leads to the feeling that the work duty is increasingly difficult and the work pressure is ever-increasing. Teachers during the pandemic felt very exhausted of all the webinars, writing modules and checking outputs both online and offline. Fatigue connected with COVID-19 can have implications on teachers’ capacities to teach efficiently and deliver emotional support for students. In spite of the difficulty and disturbances, strategic and goal-oriented teaching must still continue. Future researchers may focus on respondents specifically those who currently have a full-time work as a teacher and simultaneously work as a full-time mother teaching their own children.

he study aimed to determine the impact of having teaching loads assigned to teachers which are not aligned with their preservice training.  The research utilized a descriptive research design and involved 12 senior high school teachers who are teaching in a public national high school in Marikina City, the Philippines for the school year 2019-2020.  The study also made use of the qualitative data gathered through focus group discussion to have an in-depth analysis of the perceptions of the teachers regarding their situation on teaching a subject that is not part of their expertise.  The study revealed that teachers who are assigned teaching loads which are not part of their preservice training showed some confidence that they can teach their students well.  This was shown on the question how confident they were in teaching their students to become critical thinkers and 8 or (66.67 %) of the total number of the teacher participants said that they exerted moderate effort in encouraging students to become critical thinkers.  In addition, 5 or (41.67 %) of the teachers shared that they can do so much to help students improve in his failing grade.  Surprisingly, 7 or (58.33%) of the total number of the teacher participants said that they can only exert moderate effort to help students who are having difficulty with the subject.  Based from the findings of the study, the researchers thought that the perennial problem of teachers being assigned teaching loads that are not in line with their area of expertise should be given enough training and technical assistance coming from the school administration.  This will help improve teachers in their pedagogical techniques and the type of assessment they employ in their classes.

Dancing is a popular form of physical exercise. Researches have shown that dancing can increase self-esteem and improve our mind and body to become more productive. The aim of this study is to explore the impact of "Galaw Pilipinas" calisthenics exercise on the motivation of students as they go back to face-to-face classes. The sample for this study is composed of 16 female and 15 male Senior High School students of a public national high school in Marikina City. Senior High School students' pretest results; mean score was 87.52, the standard deviation was 4.67 and the standard error mean was 0.84. While the Senior High School students' posttest results; mean score was 95.87,  the standard deviation was 3.24 and the standard error mean was 1.96. A paired samples t-test was conducted to evaluate the impact of the Galaw ng Pilipinas dance routine on student motivation. The results showed a significant increase in the marks of the students’ pretest (M = 87.52, SD =4.67 to posttest (M = 95.87, SD = 3.24), t = 9.1399, n = 31, p= .0001 which is less than 0.05 (two-tailed). By conventional criteria, this difference is considered to be statistically significant. Hence, the dance routine greatly affects the increase in motivation of the students.

The study aimed to determine the qualifications and competencies of guidance teachers in correlation with their performance for the school year 2018 – 2019. The status of the qualifications of the guidance teachers was determined in terms of educational attainment, level of seminars and trainings attended pertinent to guidance related work and length of service as a guidance teacher.  The respondents of the study were 15 school heads, 37 guidance teachers and 1,001 teachers. The study utilized the descriptive evaluative method. Data were collected through the use of researcher – adapted questionnaire checklist.  The results showed that there is no significant correlation between the qualifications of the guidance teachers and their competencies as perceived by the three groups of respondents. The results showed that there are no significant correlations between the qualifications of the guidance teachers and their performance. In consideration of the correlation that exists, the administrators and the teachers perceived that the guidance teachers’ qualifications are positively correlated with the performance. The results showed that there is a low correlation between the competencies of guidance teachers and their performance but considered to be not significant. In consideration of the administrators and teachers, the correlation is positive while for the guidance teachers themselves, the correlation is negative.

The students’ preferred learning style is a very important part of the teaching and learning process.  In selecting the most appropriate pedagogy to teach a lesson, the diversity of learners must be taken into serious consideration.    The study examined the preferred learning styles of teacher educations students in Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Marikina, Philippines during the time of the Covid 19 pandemic.   A survey was conducted among 282 college students taking education course.  Descriptive research design was used to analyze the data gathered during the investigation.   Results showed that both male (WM=3.06) and female (WM=3.11) teacher education students scored highest on the visual learning style meaning they learn best when shown instructional materials in the form of pictures and videos.  However, it was also revealed that female students learn better in terms of visual style as compared to their male counterpart.  Hence, it is recommended that college instructors and professors consider and take a look at the teacher education students’ preferred learning styles when crafting teaching strategies for their students even in remote learning in the time of pandemic.