Abstract
Pangasinan State University started its partnership with higher education institutions in different Southeast Asian countries like Thailand and Indonesia through the exchange student program in 2017. One of the projects offered by Pangasinan State Unviersity in collaboration with the Southeast Asia (SEA) Teachers and Southeast Asian Ministers of Educational Organization or SEAMEO is the SEA Teachers Project. The respondents of this study as the SEA Teacher Project completers of batch 2019. The objectives of this study is to describe the personal qualities of the SEA Teacher Project completers; and the level of teaching competencies of the respondents as influenced by the SEA Teacher Project sponsored by the SEAMEO and Pangasinan State University. This study found out that the respondents are provided with opportunities to learn the local policy and standards of the school like work ethics, moral conduct, and organizational behaviour. There is also a refinement in the respondent’s communication skills. They are motivated to engage themselves in the local school environment and capable to manage this engagement for the benefit of all the stakeholders. The recommendations of this study are the conduct of regular meetings and other activities spearheaded by the Linkages Office with the active participation of the foreign students and better comprehension of the English language by the foreign students enrolled in the SEA Teacher Project.
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