Instructional Readiness of Teachers in Isabela East District on Face-To-Face Classes Amidst Pandemic

The goal of the study was to determine teachers' instructional readiness for face-to-face classes in the midst of a pandemic in Isabela East District, Isabela City Division, Isabela City Basilan Province, Philippines. The study employed a descriptive research design, with respondents chosen using stratified random sampling. Out of a total population of 133 teachers in the district, only 100 respondents were randomly selected of which were 15 male teachers and 85 were female teachers. There were 12 respondents aged 20 - 30 years old among the 100 respondents, followed by 26 respondents aged 31 - 40 years old and 51 - 60 years old, 32 respondents aged 41 - 50 years old, and 4 respondents aged 61 - 65 years old. The majority of respondents were Teacher I - III, with 85 regular teachers and 15 Master Teacher I - II. The length of service of 38 respondents was 21 - 30 years followed by 25 respondents for 11 - 20 years of service, 22 respondents for 1 - 10 years of service, 9 respondents for 31 - 40 years of service, and only 6 respondents with less than one year of service. The instructional readiness on face-toface classes of teachers in Isabela East District overall agrees on the situation on areas of classroom management and layout, classroom traffic management and safety procedures and learning resources. The Mann-Whitney U Test and Kruskal-Wallis H Test were used for the significant differences. The results revealed that when instructional readiness of teachers on face-to-face classes grouped according to gender, position, age and length of service are of no difference