Extent of Teachers' Readiness to Use the Modular Approach in Teaching During the New Normal and its Impact on Learners' Academic Achievement in Araling Panlipunan

This study was conducted to find the relationship between the extent of teacher’s readiness to use modular approach to teaching in the new normal and learner’s academic achievement in Araling Panlipunan, SY 2020-2021. This study used the survey questionnaire which a researcher made. The respondents of this study will be delimited to the teachers at schools located in District II of Valencia City Division. The data was processed and interpreted using descriptive statistics such as frequency count, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test of significant difference, and Pearson r Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The teachers in District II of Valencia City Division were young, females, Teacher were well distributed into different grade levels taught, mostly attended 3 – 4 seminars/webinars on using modules in teaching. In general, the extent of teacher’s readiness to use modular approach to teaching in the new normal in terms of Content and Pedagogy, Availability of resources, System of distribution and retrieval, Curriculum Support, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Trainings Attended were described as High Extent. Majority of the pupils’ grades were in 75 – 79 only fairly satisfactory and have poor grades. There was no significant difference in the extent of teachers’ readiness to use modular approach to teaching in the new normal when they are grouped according to demographic profile. There is a significant relationship between the extent of teacher’s readiness to use modular approach to teaching in the new normal and the academic achievement of the pupils in Araling Panlipunan. The teachers must continue to upgrade themselves by attending seminars/webinars that may improve their technical know-how about the new normal way of teaching. Even if they are already professionals, they must not stop learning and must continue to grow professionally. The teachers must withstand their high extent of teacher’s readiness to use modular approach to teaching in the new normal in terms of Content and Pedagogy, Availability of resources, System of distribution and retrieval, Curriculum Support, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Trainings Attended. It would make them equipped and capacitated to handle classes without face-to-face. The parents and teachers must work together so that the fairly satisfactory academic achievement of the learners can be improved into better achievement such as very satisfactory or perhaps outstanding. This can be done through more effective strategies and close monitoring of the teachers as well as religious assistance and follow-up of the parents at home. AS always quoted, it takes a village to raise a child. The school heads must do their part as instructional leaders. They must give technical assistance to the teachers so that no matter what the teachers’ age is, gender, position, grade level taught, and seminars attended, their high extent of readiness remains the same. The teachers must uphold their extent of the teacher’s readiness to use modular approach to teaching in the new normal because it has a significant relationship to the academic achievement of the pupils in Araling Panlipunan.