Factors Affecting the Performance of Teachers in Physical Education

This study was conducted to determine the factors affecting the performance of teachers in Physical Education. It identified the teachers profile as to age, sex, civil status, field of specialization, highest educational attainment, length of servic, number of years in teaching P. E. and number of trainings related to Physical Education. It also looked into the level of skills of teachers as perceived by themselves in physical fitness, gymnastics, dance, individual and dual sport and team sport, and also identify the facilitating and hindering factors affecting teachers performance in physical education. The profile of the respondents revealed that the teachers were 25 years and younger, female, married, with specialization in T. H. E. /T. L. E. , bachelor's degree holder, 5 years and below in service, 1-5 years experience in teaching P. E. and with at least 1 related training/seminar in Physical Education. Majority of trainings and seminars was on teaching strategies in PEHM. The level of skills of teachers in physical fitness was high with a mean of 2.86, low in gymnastics with 2.24 mean, high in dance with 2.57 mean, low in individual and dual sport with 2.42 mean and high in team sports with 2.59 mean. The overall grand mean is 2.53 which falls within the interval of high. The most facilitating factors affecting performance were exposure to athletic meets and participation of students while the hindering were negative attitude towards P. E. and individual differences of the students.