Paper Title
Level of Knowledge and Skills of Non- MAPEH Major Teachers in Physical Education

Abstract
This study specifically aimed to find out the level of knowledge of teachers in the areas of physical education as perceived by the students and the department head; find out the level of skills of teachers in the areas of physical education in terms of dance, individual/dual sports and team sports and what action plan can be proposed based on the findings of the study. It was conducted in Northern Samar for school year 2015-2016. It employed the descriptive method of research. The respondents of the study were the public secondary schools teachers who are non- MAPEH teachers teaching physical education subject in the secondary schools in Northern Samar. A survey questionnaire was used in gathering the data. Frequency counts, percentages, standard deviation and mean were used in this study. The level of skills in dance as rated by the students ranging from 3.15 to 2.66 which means that these quantities fall within the mean of high. On the part of the department heads they rated the teachers in the indicator ranging from 3.42 to 2.74 which falls within the mean interval of very high to high. The overall rating obtained was 3.09 and fall within the interval of high. The level of skills in individual/dual sports ranging from 3.30 to 2.27 which falls within the mean interval of high to low. The obtained general rating was 2.52 which falls within the mean interval of high. The department heads rated the teachers in the indicator ranging from 3.30 to 2.09 which falls within the interval of very high to low. The obtained overall rating was 2.70 and falls within the mean interval of high. In the level of skills in team sports, the students rated their teachers in the indicator ranging from 3.32 to 2.40 which falls within the mean interval of very high to low. The overall rating obtained was 2.74 which falls within the mean interval of high. The department heads on the other hand rated the teachers in the indicator ranging from 3.13 to 2.13 which falls within the mean interval of high to low. The overall rating obtained was 2.50 which is interpreted as low. It is recommended that the proposed program designed for the improvement of knowledge and skills of the non-MAPEH major teachers handling physical education be implemented to address on the identified weakness of the respondents. Keywords - Knowledge, Non-MAPEH Major Teachers, Skills, Physical Education