STRESS, COMMITMENT, WORK VALUES, ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MODULAR DISTANCE LEARNING

Teachers are responsible for molding the youth into leaders and achievers.The tasks and responsibilities that await these noble professionals are great. Teaching offers a bright and rewarding career for those who can meet the intellectual and social challenges of the job. At the same time, it could also be a source of frustration and stress. This study attempted to determine the level of stress, commitment, work values, organizational climate, and the level of implementation of the modular distance learning. The study used the correlational and causal designs using a questionnaire checklist in gathering the data. A total of 130 secondary school teachers were the participants of the study. The organizational and extra-organizational stress levels of the teachers are tolerable, and their level of organizational commitment was highespecially under affective and continuance commitment except for normative commitment which was at the moderate level.Moreover, there wascongruency between the personal and organizational values of the teachers, and the organizational climate wasconducive for the teachers to perform their responsibilities.