Authors

Josefina L. Bernardo*
Polo National High School
Valenzuela, Philippines
Email: josefinalunaria.bernardo@deped.gov.ph

Patrick Darilag
Valenzuela National High School
Valenzuela, Philippines
Email: patrick.darilag@deped.gov.ph

Mary Joy Eduria-Darilag
Polo National High School
Valenzuela, Philippines
Email: maryjoy.eduria@deped.gov.ph

James M. Macaranas
Department of Education – National Capital Region
Metro Manila, Philippines
Email: james.macaranas001@deped.gov.ph

Maria Concepcion T. Sison-Javier
Schools Division Office
Valenzuela City, Philippines
Email: conniesison19@gmail.com

Abstract

This correlational study investigated the link between teachers’ self-efficacy and their job satisfaction among 12 senior high school teachers at Paso de Blas Senior High School. Using the Job Satisfaction Survey (Spector, 1994) and the short form of the Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale (Tschannen-Moran & Woolfolk Hoy, 2001), data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation. The key finding reveals a significant positive correlation between teachers’ perceptions of self-efficacy and their level of job satisfaction.

Keywords: job satisfaction, sense of efficacy

* Corresponding author

DOI: http://doi.org/10.69651/PIJHSS0404542

Recommended citation:

Bernardo, J. L., Darilag, P., Eduria-Darilag, M. J., Macaranas, J. M., & Sison-Javier, M. C. T. (2025). The empowered educator: Linking teacher job satisfaction to a sense of efficacy. Pantao (The International Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences) 4 (4), 5890-5897. http://doi.org/10.69651/PIJHSS0404542

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