SCALE DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTIGATION OF FILIPINO TEACHERS’ MORALE
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This descriptive developmental research examined the factors of teacher morale of elementary teachers in Batangas, Philippines. A validated instrument was developed by the researchers, with population samples of 243 initial participants, followed by 724 teachers who responded accurately to the Teacher Morale Scale. The study used statistical treatments, such as factorial analysis, internal consistency, descriptive estimates, and stanine scores. Specifically, findings show that there are three factors affecting teacher morale and they are identification, belongingness, and rationality. Using the factors as bases, 51 out of 60 initial items of the scale are deemed valid and reliable indicators of Teacher Morale as revealed in the validation results. When used, it further unveils that most of the participants have an average level of teacher morale. Organizational education leaders and managers such as directors, superintendents, supervisors, principals and other school heads may use the scale to describe the teacher morale profile of their teachers and enable them to consider the results of assessment in organizational development policy development and implementation in the academe.
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