Respondents of the Study The respondents of this study are the college English instructors who are presently teaching English courses in Sulu State College of school year 2015-2016 regardless of the academic department where they are assigned to teach English subjects Sampling Design A non-probability sampling method through census de jure sampling procedure was employed in this study. That is, due to access. Availability and time constrains. All college English language instructors were taken as samples of this study. The use of census de jure sampling is to ensure the collection of quality and quantity of data that were used in this study. Data Gathering Procedure A self-report questionnaire is the main instrument used to gather data on demographic proļ¬les and professional development hindrances among college English language instructors of Sulu State College. There are two parts of the research instrument used in this study. First part of the questionnaire focused on obtaining the