Pedagogical Competence and Academic Performance of Pre-Service Teachers of Basilan State College

The Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers (PPST) defines teacher quality in the Philippines. The standards describe the expectations of teachers' increasing levels of knowledge, practice, and professional engagement. Thus, this study was conducted to assess the pedagogical competency of 60 Pre-service teachers of Basilan State College. Specifically, this study aims to determine the level of pedagogical competency and the academic performance in the professional education. The descript survey method was used, with mean and standard deviation, t-test was employed to compare the assessment of the pre-service teachers and teachers teaching professional education subjects. The findings revealed that: The Preservice teachers of Basilan state College performed “very satisfactory” on the seven domains of the Philippine Professional Standards, “outstanding” on the domain on Personal Growth and Professional Development, on the average have “very satisfactory” academic performance in their professional education subjects, and this study found out that there is no significant difference between the level of Pedagogical Competence and Academic Performance of the Pre-service Teachers. However, there is a need to capacitate the Preservice Teachers on areas such as Assessment and Reporting as well as Curriculum and Planning by conducting Seminar Workshops and or Training before they will finally be evaluated