Abstract
This study was conducted to find the relationship between the impact of lightened tasks among public school teachers and their performance in Dangcagan District, Division of Bukidnon, SY 2024-2025. Specifically, this study determined the impact of the removal of the ancillary tasks among teachers in Dangcagan District, Division of Bukidnon, SY 2024-2025 in terms of Focus on Core Responsibilities, Instructional Quality, Workload and Stress, Collaboration and Professional Development, and Overall Efficiency; determined the level of the teacher’s performance; and found out the significant relationship between the impact of the removal of the ancillary tasks among teachers and the level of the teacher’s performance. This study used a researcher-made survey questionnaire. The respondents were limited to teachers in the whole Dangcagan District, Division of Bukidnon, SY 2024-2025. The data were treated with descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation, frequency count, percentage, and Pearson r Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. This study revealed that there was a Major Long-Term Impact of the removal of the ancillary tasks among teachers in Dangcagan District, Division of Bukidnon, SY 2024-2025 in terms of Focus on Core Responsibilities, Instructional Quality, Workload and Stress, Collaboration and Professional Development, and Overall Efficiency. The data shows that three-fourths of the respondents had claimed a Very Satisfactory IPCRF during the SY 2023-2024. Then, one-fourth of the respondents claimed an Outstanding IPCRF rating in the same school year. No respondents claimed a Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory rating. The only variables showing a significant relationship are workload and stress, which indicates that reducing teachers' workload and stress by removing extra tasks significantly improves their performance. The researcher of this study recommends the following: Educators in the Dangcagan District ought to emphasize the optimization of responsibilities to concentrate on essential jobs, pursue collaboration opportunities, and manage their workload efficiently to improve instructional quality and overall efficacy. Teachers' ought to capitalize on the beneficial effects of eliminating supplementary activities by concentrating on excellence in their primary duties. School administrators should prioritize optimizing teachers' duties to diminish workload and mitigate stress, as demonstrated by the significant effect on performance.
