Authors : Mildred S. Rafal

Volume/Issue : Volume 11 - 2026, Issue 10 - October

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/26Oct013

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Abstract : Fundamentally, teacher empowerment is a measure expected to improve the school-based management participation of teachers. In this study, the researcher selected the 197 elementary school teachers in Sta. Cruz North District, Davao del Sur as the respondents of the study. Stratified random sampling technique was utilized in the selection of the respondents. Non-experimental quantitative research design using descriptive-correlational method was employed. The data collected were subjected on the following statistical tools: Mean, Pearson Moment Product Correlation and multiple linear regression analysis. Findings revealed that teacher empowerment and school-based management participation of teachers in Sta. Cruz North District, Davao del Sur were described as extensive. Further, correlation analysis demonstrated that there is a significant relationship between teacher empowerment and school-based management participation of teachers in Sta. Cruz North District in Davao del Sur. Evidently, regression analysis proved that teacher empowerment in terms of meaning and impact were significant predictors of school-based management participation of teachers in Sta. Cruz North District, Davao del Sur. In other words, teacher empowerment has influence on the process in school-based management participation of teachers in Sta. Cruz North District, Davao del Sur. The study, therefore, conducted for further utilization of findings through publication in reputable research journal.

Keywords : Educational Management; Teacher Empowerment; School-Based Management Participation of Teachers; Davao Del Sur; Philippines.

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