Total Quality Management and Performance of Adventist Elementary Schools

The study determined the Total Quality Management of Adventist education in North- Central Mindanao Conference in school year 2016-2017. It covered the 20 Adventist schools of Bukidnon. 124 Adventist Elementary school teachers were the respondents of the study. TQM quality indicators include: access; services to customers; leadership; physical environment and resources; effective learning and teaching; students; staff; external relations; organizations; and standards. School performance was based on the annual evaluation done by the Education Department of North-Central Mindanao Conference. The study utilized the descriptive – correlational design. A survey questionnaire was used to gather reliable data from the respective schools. Most of the teachers have an age range of 26-35 years old. Majority of them are married and bachelor degree holders. Almost half of them worked for 3 years and below. The level of Total Quality Management implementation among Adventist schools in Bukidnon is “moderately implemented”. The school performance rating of the Adventist schools in Bukidnon is Very Satisfactory. The null hypothesis 1 is accepted since there is no significant relationship between the variables. There is a significant difference of student variable and school performance, thus, null hypothesis is rejected. In TQM implementation, several indicators’ needs to be implemented in all Adventist schools. Quality tools and techniques to improve the school must be established so that continuous quality checking can be done so that indicators that needs improvement will be developed and addressed positively