Abstract
This study on the integrated findings of an exploratory sequential mixed methods research design examined the teachers’ professional competencies amidst pandemic. The exploratory sequential mixed method design is characterized by an initial qualitative phase of data collection and analysis, followed by a phase of quantitative phase of data collection analysis, with a final phase of integration or linking of data from two separate strands of data. More specifically, it aimed to construct, develop and evaluate the teachers’ professional competencies amidst pandemic scale. In the qualitative phase, there were seven teachers who participated in the in-depth interview and ten teachers participated in the focus group discussion. There were three themes that emerged from the interview that put emphasis on acknowledging the students’ need, technological competence and knowledge on the curriculum guide. A 20-item teachers’ professional competencies amidst pandemic scale was also constructed based from the results of the interview, which was subjected to the quantitative phase. In the quantitative phase, 200 questionnaire responses were analyze for exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Results showed three underlying dimension of teachers’ professional competencies amidst pandemic. A total of three themes on teachers’ professional competencies amidst pandemic questionnaire was developed which are acknowledging the students’ need with a total of six items, technological competence with a total of seven items and knowledge on the curriculum guide with a total of seven items and the overall the scale has a total of 20-item questionnaire.