The Journey of Retirable Public School Teacher During the Covid-19 Pandemic

The purpose of this study was to tell and retell the experiences told about the journey of the retirable public school teachers. The study employed narrative approach design to explore the humble beginning, coping strategies and successful endeavor of the participants. The respondents of this study were the four retirable public school teachers aged 63-64 still currently teaching and are residents of General Santos City who undergo in-depth interview using the approved questionnaire. The study had three formulated themes which were the retirable humble beginnings, coping strategies and successful endeavor. The humble beginnings of the retirable had two cluster themes which were the work demand which revealed emergent themes work overload, strict admin, and students’ discipline while personal demand revealed themes like family and self-expectation. Moreover, the other formulated theme the coping strategies had two cluster themes which were the administrative support with an emergent theme of support from teachers and admin and re-evaluation of teaching while the personal appraisal with emergent theme, time management. The last formulated theme the successful endeavor had one cluster theme the disposition of life revealed: economic view and personal view