Extent of Partnership Between Parents and Teachers During Pandemic and Learners’ Academic Achievement

This study was conducted to find the relationship between the extent of collaboration between parents and teachers during pandemic and learners’ academic achievement in District IX-Malaybalay City Division. This study used of the survey questionnaire which was adapted and modified by the researcher. The respondents of this study were delimited to the teachers of schools located in District IX-Malaybalay City Division. The data were treated with descriptive statistics such as frequency count, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test of significant difference, and Pearson r Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. This study found out that: Majority of the respondents were matured in terms of age, female, mostly Teacher I, were equally distributed to teach in all grade levels, and were in 6 – 10 years of service. In general, there was a Large Extent of collaboration between parents and teachers during pandemic in terms of School planning, PAP’s Implementation, MDL Implementation, Bayanihan sa Bayan ni Juan, and Decision making. Most of the learners had low grades or satisfactory academic achievement in Araling Panlipunan. The collaboration between parents and teachers during pandemic did not significantly differ when the respondents were grouped according to Age, Gender, Present Position, Grade Level Taught, and Length of Service. There was no significant relationship between the extent of collaboration between parents and teachers during pandemic and the academic achievement of the learners in Araling Panlipunan. The end-users are recommended with the following: The teachers are highly encouraged to upgrade themselves or be promoted by finishing their master’s degree and meeting all the standards for ranking and for Equivalent Record Form. The schools may sustain their culture of collaboration through the leadership of the community people and school personnel performing shared leadership for the welfare of the learners. The learners may be closely monitored by their parents and teachers so that they can understand their lessons more and increase their grades from satisfactory to outstanding grade level. The teachers, regardless of their rank, may perform at their best. The parents may continue to collaborate with the school staff in order to help their children learn more, achieve more, and be more.