International Journal of Education and Social Science (IJESS)

This research highlights the significance of developing teachers’ competencies and its significance in the performance of the students in the context of schools in Jordan. The research has established that teachers’ competencies is one of the major factors that affect the performance of the students in Jordan. Further, the research has highlighted that the types of competencies to be developed by the teachers include their experience (through licensing), mastery of the subject area, their training and skills, delivery of the course content, and the strategies they use. All these competencies positively impact the performance of the students. For instance, the use of a number of strategies by the teachers while teaching positively contribute to the performance of the students while the use of a single strategy lowers the performance of the students. Licensed teachers also produce higher performance than those who are not licensed. In the context of Jordan, several researchers as highlighted in the literature review indicate that teachers’ competencies directly affect the performance of the students. For example, the performance of English as found by some researchers has been hampered by the movement of well trained and competent teachers from Jordan. Thus, it is vital to develop teacher competency so as to achieve higher student performance in Jordan.