Newly Hired Teachers Lived Experiences in Classroom Management During the Full Face-to-Face Classes in the New Normal: A Phenomenology

The full face-to-face is the shift of Education from blended approach of new normal. This study examined the experiences of Novice teachers on classroom management in the full implementation of the face-to-face class after the COVID-19 pandemic. Various researches were conducted about the classroom management. However, none of those studies highlighted the experiences of Novice Teachers about the classroom management. This study uncovered the lived experiences and personal encounters of the newly-hired teachers on how they handle their classroom in a face-to-face instruction. This study used Heideggerian Phenomenology design to delved more on the participants’ lived experiences. The gathered data was carefully analyzed as well as interpreted using the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) popularized by Moustakas and was modified by Van Kaam. This study has (4) participants reaching the data saturation. The data highlighted the lived experiences of Novice Teachers of Saint St Augustine Academy, Alcantara, Cebu.  After gathering of the data, the researchers generate 5 themes: the strategy, the struggle, the silver lining, the addresser, the effect. Every theme aid to know the exploration of the Novice Teachers in Classroom Management during the full implementation of face-to-face in the new normal. This research recommends for further exposures among the newly-hired teachers on how to attain a good command of classroom management especially in handling students with disruptive behavior.