Abstract
ABSTRACT
This study determined the dimensions of happiness among public-school teachers. Ten participants were invited for in-depth-interview (IDI) and 7 participants for focus group discussion (FGD). Two hundred (200) teachers as respondents used for exploratory factor analysis in the Municipality of M’lang, Cotabato. This study employed an exploratory sequential design. The data gathering tool contained formulated interview guide that asks questions about their thoughts on teacher happiness. The results revealed upon factor analysis that a teacher happiness has seven themes which include personal happiness, work and life balance, student achievement, self-control and self-resilience, commitment and enjoyment, provision and motivation and negative stimulus. Teacher Happiness Questionnaire with 93 items was developed. Reliability test revealed the results on teacher happiness the overall Cronbach’s Alpha value of .825 which interpreted as very high. It means that the validity of the instrument was very high and suitable for using the instrument as a tool. Results from the Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) revealed that there are 77 items of set of questionnaires that are suitable for factor loading. This means that these items are appropriate and pass the face validity for measuring tools in the study.