Personal-Professional Attributes of Teachers and Learning Competence of Junior High School Students

This study investigated junior high school students' learning competency as well as the personal and professional characteristics of teachers. To secure data and produce accurate study results, the descriptive-correlation method was employed. Without attempting to change the variables or establish a causal relationship between them, a descriptive- correlation study describes and forecasts how variables naturally relate to one another in the real world (Frat, 2015). Don Enrique Bustamante National High School in Bago Gallera, Talomo District, Davao City, served as the study's site. The chosen teachers and students who were enrolled in the 2020–2021 school year served as the study's responders. The basic random sample technique was used in this study to select the respondents. A questionnaire created by the researcher and based on the variables examined in this study was also used. The degree of teachers' professional and personal qualities that affected students' learning competency is clearly visible and materialized based on the study's results and conclusions. Lastly, the study found a strong correlation between students' learning competence and teachers' personal and professional characteristics. As a result, teachers' attitudes, both personal and professional, are now crucial in ensuring high-quality education. Only when teachers possess specific traits and attributes can education reach its ultimate purpose. Therefore, teachers are a school's primary source of energy, and their effectiveness is directly correlated with the caliber of their teaching quality.