This study investigated the stress management skills of public elementary school teachers and their relationship to classroom efficiency in the Danao City Division for the school year 2025–2026. Anchored on Social Cognitive Theory, the Transactional Model of Stress and Coping, and the Coping-Competence-Context Theory of Teacher Stress, the study used a descriptive-quantitative correlational design. Data were gathered from 246 public elementary school teachers selected from a population of 637 th
