I. i the latest outbreak of coronavirus 2019 n-cov in wuhan has spread all over the globe and the philippines is not spared. the philippine government implemented community quarantine to mitigate its effect but the philippines’ confirmed covid cases continued to escalate. with the terrifying effect of covid-19 on the health and wellness of the people, the economy, and all other aspects of our daily existence, the philippines is shifting to the “new normal”. in the educational sector, this means shifting to a flexible and alternative delivery of instruction while observing social distancing. this flexible instruction may include face-to-face meetings with only 20 students per class to observe social distancing, online instruction and other alternative modality. it is then a necessity for teachers to be prepared for this new normal in education. in addition, problems were reported on the skills and knowledge of teachers in teaching during the era of technology in different countries [1]. moreover, the development of these 21 century skills is a means of improving teacher instructional quality [2], and among these