Navigating Migration: From The Views of Teacher Teaching Abroad

Education

This qualitative study focused on the emotional, professional, and personal variables that influenced the decisions of teachers who were moving overseas, examining their experiences, difficulties, and insights. The study sought to comprehend the difficulties faced throughout the relocation, the coping mechanisms used, and the fundamental causes of teacher migration. Six (6) teacher participants participated in in-depth interviews on their personal experiences leaving the Department of Education (DepEd) to work abroad. While describing problems including homesickness, cultural transition, classroom management issues, and emotional strain, participants also highlighted motives like greater pay, better work settings, prospects for career advancement, and better work-life balance. Despite these challenges, educators learned coping mechanisms such as maintaining relationships with family, praying, taking care of themselves, and creating supportive networks. While teaching overseas proposed career advancement and financial security, there are also many drawbacks such as social isolation and familial separation. In conclusion, the study emphasizes how essential it is to address DepEd's promotion system's inefficiencies, enhance financial incentives, and create encouraging learning settings to lower teacher attrition and keep highly qualified teachers in the Philippines.

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