A Self-Assessment: Stress and Teaching Health

- This study sought to assess if stress in teaching is present among Secondary Health Teachers in the Schools Division of the City of Meycauayan and determine its causes and consequences. It used a self-made survey questionnaire with interview questions to describe how teachers assess their stress levels and analyze how it affects their teaching performance as Health Teachers. The data gathered were analyzed through quantitative and qualitative methods. The percentage was used to describe the level of stress in teaching among Secondary Health Teachers, self-assessment of Health Teachers as to how stress is affecting their teaching performance and student achievement, and the facilitating and hindering factors that may influence their stay in the Department of Education or for them to leave DepEd due to stress. Word Statistics through the NVivo application was used to describe the qualitative data gathered from the interview of teachers. The quantitative and qualitative data gathered from this study both revealed that the Top 2 sources of stress in teaching among Health Teachers and the top 2 most valid reasons for them to leave the Department of Education were ‘Extra Paperwork or so much paper works’ and ‘Time Constraints for extra work’.