Students' Perspective on Teacher Performance and Teacher Effectiveness

Using the mixed method research design, this study attempted to determine the relationship between teacher performance and teacher effectiveness.  Two hundred academics were evaluated by 2000 college students from two autonomous universities in Mindanao, Philippines. The two survey questionnaires, namely: Student Assessment of Teacher Performance (SATP) and Teacher Effectiveness Inventory (TEI) served as the main sources of data. While interviews and focus group discussions (FGDs) were used to validate the quantitative data provided by the respondents, correlation statistics was used to test the hypothesis. With regard to the findings, it was found out that teacher performance is strongly correlated with teacher effectiveness. This correlation implies that students can best tell whether or not a teacher is effective. What teachers do and how things are done inside the classroom based on performance standards determine teacher effectiveness. There is a need to develop a program that intends to enhance teacher effectiveness. Likewise, it is imperative that institutions of higher learning evaluate their organizations' processes of assessing teacher performance and teacher effectiveness.

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Keywords: Management, teacher performance, teacher effectiveness, mixed method, Philippines