This Is Me

I know it's late, but it's better late than never I guess *nervous laugh* It's already September but I can never forget the orientation period, and I think everyone else who were deployed in my designated school will never forget that memorable day. We arrived at HAU at around 7:30am, and we left exactly at 8:00. After three schools, we finally arrived at our designated school at around 8:30. Since there was an emergency meeting, no one was there to entertain us. So we waited another hour. Then one hour became two, until someone finally accompanied us at the library. The person who oriented us was the coordinator of MAPEH. She just reminded us to wear proper uniform and be courteous to all the faculty in the school. After that, she told us to wait for the coordinators before leaving. When she left, there were almost 40 of us waiting. We waited until 12nn. Everyone was literally on fire, and I kept quiet. Because what could I get if I let my hot-headedness get to me? N...

When it comes to classroom management, Harry Wong seems to be the master of it all (even if he claims that none of what he says is purely his, and yet he manages to perform almost perfectly). Discipline has a negative connotation to it. Students are afraid of the term, but some teachers however love using it so that they can get the message. Consistency in the rules is the key to managing the classroom. This is why rules are set on the day of class. The challenge in consistency is through the ways how the teacher gets to take his/her word in action. These rules set a boundary and a foundation of respect between teacher and student. So we have to set aside the word, "discipline" and change it into "managing". Managing serves as a positive outlook towards what students should and not do. The fear of punishment goes away, and if the students fail in following the rules, they get to realize it themselves. In being effective teachers, this is what we should instill i...

Of all the four classes I am observing, I am handling one higher section and three challenged ones. And I also aid my resource teachers in managing the class. The students from the higher section were actually chatty students who need to be reminded of the silence every once in a while, but I can say that even if they are a bit chatty, they are very creative learners especially when it comes to the visual arts. I was enjoying myself when I was checking their slogans. They were very good in calligraphy and designing. In all my time observing in their class, they remain consistent when in terms of performance and behavior. The rest, however, seemed as though I was just another person in class, and that even if they were being scolded by their teachers, some behaved worse than before. The more I was in there classes the less the students have been attending. Maybe it was a different factor that caused it. A lot were still cutting classes even if sometimes their lesson days are more of...

Instinctly, teachers, especially Values Educators are the epitome of Good Morals and Right Conduct of not only students, but of the entire community. Teachers are professionals and looked with full dignity. The teachers I am observing at my school are both the epitome of GMRC in their own little ways. Teacher 1 is very prim and proper, but knows how to give a good laugh. In all her classes, she knows and sees everything each student does in class and acknowledges him/her even in the smallest detail of sitting properly or having their phones out. Whenever she sees her female students doing their makeup or grooming in class, she reminds them that the classroom will never be a comfort room, otherwise their designated seats will be urinals. Teacher 2 knows when to be firm in times her students need it. She never likes noise and always points out disrespectful remarks not only to her but to even their classmates. She always makes it a point that respect begets respect. Because in some...

The Child Protection Policy has been highly implemented ever since the K-12 Curriculum has also been implemented. DO 40, s.2012 ensures the safety of children, especially the students in all institutions. Protection includes  Abuse, Violence, Exploitation, Discrimination, Bullying and Other Forms of Abuse.  In the traditional days way back, students get to be "punished" for reasons like not submitting home works in time, being mischievous in classes, and being late. Of course, these are just some of the violations students commit that teachers have the leisure to "teach them a lesson" once in a while by letting them stay out in class, getting their hands slapped by a ruler or by hand. Some of these may effect the physical and psychological aspects of a student. But I tend to wonder if this is necessary since students who did not go through the strict implementation grew up to be disciplined and well-behaved individuals, making them mature. With my observation in t...

Growing up 12 years in a Catholic School, I always wondered how public schools were run, and I'm thankful that in all my field study units were in public schools. Francisco G. Nepomuceno Memorial High School is one of the largest DepEd schools in Angeles that cater to more than 5,000 students excluding this year's first batch of Senior High School students. Typically, schools in DepEd follow the same Philosophy, Vision, and Mission, as well as the core values. The school also houses more than 2,000 faculty members excluding the administrators and those in other offices. A large school such as FGNMHS requires a lot of attention especially with the large number of populations it caters, but seeing the system itself whenever I am in the Principal's Office, the faculty, and even in the classrooms, I can say that the Educational System of this particular school is organized and well-updated. Of course, there are flaws, and not every institution is perfect, but everyone has...

Values Education teachers have always been stereotyped as those teachers who are quite strict with the impression of a principal running in the head of every student, but in reality, these are the teachers that students of this century cling onto whenever they are in times of immense guidance. For both of my resource teachers, I've always viewed them as Existentialists. As I had the opportunity to observe and have times of conversation with them, they truly are Existentialists because of the holistic development as well as they frequently use the values clarification strategy. They ask students as well to always present in ways they could express themselves because even if these lessons were in the syllabus, they want students to be creative and imaginative. Then I thought to myself, this is a good realization that in Values Education/CLE classes in my future should be creative and make my students be creative in their own ways because in this subject, hearts and hands are more...