Assessing Special Education Teachers’ School-Related Happiness during Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Abstract: This research aimed to determine the significant relationship between the profile and the level of happiness of the respondents. It utilized a descriptive correlational method. The respondents were 45 SPED teachers of three identified division in Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines. A teacher’s questionnaire forschool happiness scale was used to describe teachers’ happiness during the COVID-19 pandemic. The level of happiness was categorized into three namely; physical equipment, collaboration and school management. In physical equipment, a three-item questionnaire was used to describe teachers’ happiness with school facilities. For collaboration, eight-item questionnaire. And for school management four-item questionnaire. Overall, there are 15 questions for school happiness scale. The frequency counts, means, percentages and chi-squarewere used to treat the data. For the relationship between the respondents’ profile and their school-related happiness in terms of physical equipment has no significant difference. While for the relationship between the respondents’ profile and their school-related happiness in terms of collaboration has no significant. And for the relationship between the respondents’ profile and their school-related Happiness in terms of school management has no significant difference in terms of their gender and length of service. However, the relationship between the respondents’ profile and their school-related Happiness differed significantly based on their Civil status and academic rank.