Towards Becoming a Teacher FS 6

LEARNING EXPERIENCE 1: My Philosophy of Education

Teacher is considered an agent of change, a primer mover in nation building. Teacher is

the architect of the learner’s future. To perform this task, teacher must have the expertise of his
field or content area. He should also be able to communicate this body of knowledge to the
learners in a meaningful way and conducive learning environment.

In order to achieved meaningful learning and achieved learning outcomes, it is important

to create a real life connections to learners learning experiences, to use learner – centered
strategies assisted by technology, to maintain conducive but approachable and facilitating
classroom management and varied assessment strategies. It is also of great importance to
continually quest for professional growth. All of these tasks are influenced by teacher’s cultural
background, beliefs, practices, point of views, experiences, environment and values foundation.
Thus teacher’s action is guided by his/her philosophy.

In this learning experience, you will be guided to discover or formulate your own teaching
philosophy as future 21st century K to 12 Teacher.

LEARNING OUTCOME.

At the end of this learning experience, you are expected to:

 Develop teaching philosophy as a future 21st century K to 12 teacher.

Your experiential task:

A. Exposure. To employ yourself to make connection with the topic.

 What is my teaching belief?
B. Participation. To look closely on the topic by involvement and participation to build
understanding.
 What is the teaching belief of others (new and seasoned teacher)?
C. Identification. To communicate what you have learned and figure out what they mean.
 What category your belief belongs? How do my belief differ from others (new
teacher and seasoned teacher)?
D. Internalization. To see and relate the knowledge learned to its own experiences and its
implications.
 What teaching philosophy will be the best guide to become an effective and
efficient K to 12 Teacher?
E. Dissemination. To share or communicate your learnings and insights to others.
 What is your educational philosophy? How do you use this philosophy to become
an efficient and effective 21st Century K to 12 Teacher?
EXPOSURE

What is my teaching belief?

MY BELIEF STATEMENTS

Use the survey questionnaire below to examine yourself on how these statements
relate to your teaching. Read each statement and answer honestly using the rating below:

5 - Strongly Agree
4 - Moderately agree
3 - Slightly agree
2 - Disagree
1 - Strongly Disagree

Do I believe in this statement? 5 4 3 2 1

1. Education is constant. /
2. The school’s function is to teach the world.
3. The school sharpens the mind. /
4. The school continually seeks to discover ways to improve society. /
5. The school exist to aid the students in knowing themselves and their /
place in society.
6. Change is necessary at all times. /
7. Education is a preparation for life. /
8. The curriculum focuses on values development. /
9. The teacher is a model of behavior. /
10. The teacher must impart knowledge of reality. /
11. Curriculum consists of subjects and doctrines. /
12. The curriculum puts heavy emphasis on social subjects and /
experiences.
13. The school presents exemplary models of behavior. /
14. The school is dominated by subjects such as Math and Science. /
15. The teacher interprets and tells. /
16. The students determine what should be taught. /
17. The students are actively involved in discovering the world in which /
they live.
18. The students are passive participants in the study of things. /
19. The students are passive recipient of learning. /
20. The teacher’s questions assist the students in personal journey. /
21. The methods of teaching are receiving, memorizing and reporting. /
22. The methods of teachings are observation and study. /
23. The methods of learning are problem solving and inquiry. /
24. Subject matter is a matter of interpretation. /
25. Subject matters are literary philosophical and religious. /

PARTICIPATION

What is the teaching belief of others (new and seasoned teacher)?

Request the assistance of one new teacher (1-3 years of teaching experience) and one
seasoned teacher (4 or more years of teaching experience) to answer the survey questionnaire
below.
 Beliefs of Teachers

Use the survey questionnaire below to examine yourself on how these statements relate
to your teaching. Read each statement and answer honestly using the rating below:

5 - Strongly Agree
4 - Moderately agree
3 - Slightly agree
2 - Disagree
1 - Strongly Disagree

Do I believe in this statement? 5 4 3 2 1

1. Education is constant. /
2. The school’s function is to teach the world. /
3. The school sharpens the mind. /
4. The school continually seeks to discover ways to improve society. /
5. The school exist to aid the students in knowing themselves and their /
place in society.
6. Change is necessary at all times. /
7. Education is a preparation for life. /
8. The curriculum focuses on values development. /
9. The teacher is a model of behavior. /
10. The teacher must impart knowledge of reality.
11. Curriculum consists of subjects and doctrines. /
12. The curriculum puts heavy emphasis on social subjects and /
experiences.
13. The school presents exemplary models of behavior. /
14. The school is dominated by subjects such as Math and Science. /
15. The teacher interprets and tells. /
16. The students determine what should be taught. /
17. The students are actively involved in discovering the world in which /
they live.
18. The students are passive participants in the study of things. /
19. The students are passive recipient of learning. /
20. The teacher’s questions assist the students in personal journey. /
21. The methods of teaching are receiving, memorizing and reporting. /
22. The methods of teachings are observation and study. /
23. The methods of learning are problem solving and inquiry. /
24. Subject matter is a matter of interpretation. /
25. Subject matters are literary philosophical and religious. /

IDENTIFICATION

What category your belief belongs? How do my belief differ from others (new teacher
and seasoned teacher)?

There are different philosophical foundations which become the guiding principle of what
the school should be and do, define the curriculum it offers, how the curriculum content should
be taught, and how students will learn. In the belief survey questionnaire, each item represent
five distinct educational philosophy: perennialism, idealism, realism, experimentalism and
existentialism.

C.1. Compare your philosophical view with that of the views of the new teacher and the
seasoned teacher by checking the appropriate box/es based on the result of the survey.

Perennialism

My New Seasoned
Item Do I believe on this statement?
Own Teacher Teacher
1 Education is constant. / / /
7 Education is a preparation for life. / / /
11 Curriculum consists of subjects and doctrines. / / /
15 The teacher interprets and tells. / / /
The students are passive recipient of
19 / /
learning.

Compare the results. Who among the three of you is most inclined to perennialism as
educational philosophy?

In the box above shows how both the new teacher, seasoned teacher and mine’s
perception about how education is hypothetically constant knowing that education is
unalterable the curriculum does. When you educate a certain person all the knowledge
he/she acquired retains for his/her for a long time words may disappear but the learning
stays to be used in everyday living. Subjects and principles are both in observed in a
curriculum wherein there are philosophy that are needed to be perceived when an individual
learns. The teacher needs to understand and interpret what he/she had read to effectively
impart the knowledge to the learners. The students are passive in a way that they accept
what are the things that a teacher teaches they like to spoon fed everything, but todays
learners are more active and they are able to share their thoughts in various ways.
 Idealism

My New Seasoned
Item Do I believe on this statement?
Own Teacher Teacher
3 The school sharpens the mind. / / /
9 The teacher is a model of behavior. / / /
The school presents exemplary models of
13 / / /
behavior.
The methods of teaching are receiving,
21 / /
memorizing and reporting.
Subject matters are literary philosophical
25 /
and religious.

Compare the results. Who among the three of you is most inclined to idealism as
educational philosophy?

Children are sent to school to hone their curious minds and let them discover and
learn new things inside the classroom. The school helps the learner/student learn various
things that would help them in attaining the right knowledge and learning that a student
deserves to have. The teacher and the school should become an example of a compose
individual that a child will reflect their selves while studying and a place which is conducive
for learning where a student becomes the future of the society. Mostly when a teacher is still
new to his/her posts they usually follow these methods but in the long run these methods
are replaced only by lecturing. Religious and philosophy in teaching is encourage to be
present to balance the learning of the student while he/she learns. Subject matters in our
generation is an important thing that needs to be considered as always when you teach. The
new teacher and seasoned teacher are not quite sure if those are observe when they teach
knowing they have graduated for years already. They are more concern to the idea that a
student learnings, are the goals attained.
 Realism

My New Seasoned
Item Do I believe on this statement?
Own Teacher Teacher
2 The school’s function is to teach the world. / / /
The teacher must impart knowledge of
10 / / /
reality.
The school is dominated by subjects such as
14
Math and Science.
The students are passive participants in the
18 / /
study of things.
The methods of teachings are observation
22 /
and study.

Compare the results. Who among the three of you is most inclined to realism as
educational philosophy?

The schools are the institution and the foundation at the same time wherein scholars
are studying and those scholars are the future of the world. The future we’ve been aiming for
decades. Reality must be the basis of the students learning, a teacher must teach the learners
the real things and let them be aware of the beauty of reality. I won’t say that subjects are
dominated by Science and Math’s because they are thought equally even in elementary and
secondary level but when it comes to tertiary level of course, it depends on the course they
have chosen. The students are passive in a way that they accept what are the things that a
teacher teaches they like to spoon fed everything, but todays learners are more active and
they are able to share their thoughts in various ways. As you can observe teachers right now
are taught to become a facilitator that helps and guide the students as they learn and the
students are allowed to be audacious to feed the hunger of curiosity and questions they
have. Unlike in the past generations where students are being spoon feed and babied.
 Experimentalism

My New Seasoned
Item Do I believe on this statement?
Own Teacher Teacher
The school continually seeks to discover
4 / / /
ways to improve society.
The curriculum focuses on values
8 / / /
development.
The curriculum puts heavy emphasis on
12 / /
social subjects and experiences.
The students are actively involved in
17 /
discovering the world in which they live.
The methods of learning are problem solving
23 / /
and inquiry.

Compare the results. Who among the three of you is most inclined to experimentalism
as educational philosophy?

From the start, the school is always trying to improve and had conducted some
research to seek information and find some ways to expand the means of learning a school
can offer. It has been long implemented that a curriculum must be focused and geared up
with values. Experiences is used in learning as of today, it helps to simplify the things that
seems to be difficult and those experiences are easier to comprehend as you ponder. Today’s
learners are obviously more active compared to the learner’s years ago, they love to involve
their selves in discovering the secrets and knowledge beneath. Problem solving and inquiry is
a way of learning. Students are active in creating a problem and would indulge their selves in
solving it. Since it is student centered active learning approach focusing on the process of
solving a problem and acquiring knowledge.
 Existentialism

My New Seasoned
Item Do I believe on this statement?
Own Teacher Teacher
The school exist to aid the students in
5 knowing themselves and their place in / / /
society.
6 Change is necessary at all times. / /
The students determine what should be
16 /
taught.
The teacher’s questions assist the students
20 / /
in personal journey.
24 Subject matter is a matter of interpretation. /

Compare the results. Who among the three of you is most inclined to existentialism as
educational philosophy?

From the start the school helps to determine what are the potential things that a
student possess thus the school and the teacher can help them improve and to let them
know or realize their talents and abilities that will assist them on what will be their plans on
becoming for the future. Change is the only constant thing we can say in this world. The
curriculum, strategies, and the needs of the students always changes and those changes must
be met to fully grasp the learning of an individual. Years ago students are taught what’s on
the curriculum guide but in these generation students are involve in choosing what will be
the topics and learnings they should take for them to be aware. Sometimes questioning them
will poke their interest in wanting for more knowledge. Questions thrown by the teacher
made the students became inquisitive that would lead them to dig and learn more.
C.2 Self – Reflection. Discuss the philosophical agreements among the three of you (you, new
teacher and seasoned teacher).

Seasoned teachers tend to be practical in many ways and the way they teach,
they are classified to be traditional. They are more comfortable and they find it easy
when they use chalk and talk strategies. They impart knowledge unsure if those
students were able to grasp the lesson that the teacher had share. The new teacher
uses what he/she learned how a teacher should teach his/her students making the
lesson easy to comprehend for the benefit of the students. Somehow, the new
teachers are worried from the fact that there efforts in teaching will not be paid off
thus they do their best to be efficient but if not it can’t be helped and need to proceed
to the next topic and lesson. For me, as my school taught me to become the best
teacher my students can have, they need to be the student that a society dreamed of.
They need to be equipped with the knowledge they are entitled to have. As a millennial
they are worthy to be as knowledgeable as much as possible with the help and with the
guidance of the teacher which is me, the authorized teacher to be the millennial
teacher.

C.3. What significant disagreements occurred among the three of you (you, new teacher and
seasoned teacher).

As a millennial teacher equipped with millenarian knowledge and wisdom I believe

that my students deserves what is best thus it is my duty in making sure that they are
going to possess the knowledge that is justifiable for them. Knowing that they are the
future’s future then it is only right for them to get the best learning that a teacher can
give to his/her students. The new teacher aims to give the wisdom that a learner shall
have as much as her learning can give them. Well, the teacher teaches traditionally,
whether the students learn or not they should continue their lesson unsure that the
majority of the class were able to get the lesson.
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INTERNALIZATION
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What teaching philosophy will be the best guide to become an effective and efficient K
to 12 Teacher?

In the advent of the implementation of the K to 12 Curriculum, what will be the most
appropriate views on:

D.1 education?

The K-12 curriculum is more than just adding years to the child’s schooling and
education but it is the blueprint for their journey to reach their peak and surmount to
their chosen field. This will help them, the students, teachers and all of the particular
persons engaged in this curriculum become successful. The curriculum will bring more
opportunities for the many people who wanted to become the future the people look
onto. This plan will give them more time to cultivate their skills and knowledge they will
be needing when the right time comes.

D.2. school?

The school is a big part for the students voyage thus it has to be ready for the
students need. The school which adapt the idea of the K-12 curriculum will also have the
opportunity in wielding its course making big changes as it adjust to become the
foundation were in students nurture and develop their skills. the facilities shall be ready
and fully prepared to be used. Learning with good facilities create a conducive
environment for the children as they learn.

D.3. curriculum?

The curriculum is the heart of the learning institution which means a certain
school or universities cannot continue and exist without it, the curriculum. The
curriculum has been dynamic all throughout the years, it changes because the needs in
our society changes itself.

D.4. Teachers

Teachers play an extraordinary part in the lives of the children as a learner for
consecutive and formative years of their development as a student and the importance
of teachers is something that cannot be understated in implementing this curriculum is
a vital part as they facilitate how the children learns through the years. They are
 extremely important as they are the façade to the society for so many reasons and their
role in the society and the student’s life are both significant and valuable in many ways.

D.4. students?

Students are the crucial affiliates in terms of K 12 education as they are the
direct recipient of the curriculum and the student’s education to prepare them for life.
The students are entitled to pay attention, with this after they graduate they are
probably qualified to do that job that will define the parameters of the job most people
are qualified for that daily job.

D.5. pedagogy?

Pedagogy is answering the question "how" the teaching and learning occurs
inside a classroom. Knowing that students are not empty vessels to be filled with our
expert knowledge. They must construct their own understandings through our
considered learning experiences. A teacher has his/her own way to share knowledge to
his/her students, effective teachers use an array of teaching strategies because there is
no single, universal approach that suits all situations. In the new implementation
different strategies must be used in different combinations with different groupings of
students that will help to improve learning outcomes using the strategies a teacher
generated.

D.6. school management?

Teachers play various roles in a typical classroom, but surely one of the most
important is that of classroom manager. Effective teaching and learning cannot take place
in a poorly managed classroom. Effective teachers appear to be effective with students of
all achievement levels regardless of the levels of heterogeneity in their classes. The
effective teacher performs many functions that can be organized into three major roles:
making wise choices about the most effective instruction strategies to employ, designing
classroom curriculum to facilitate student learning, and making effective use of classroom
management techniques (Marzano, Pickering, & Pollock, 2001). Hence, effective teachers
have a wide array of instructional strategies at their disposal, are skilled at identifying and
articulating the proper sequence and pacing of their content, are skilled in classroom
management techniques.
 Have you discovered your own educational philosophy? How do you feel upon knowing
it? Does it reflect on the things you do as a future teacher?

As a soon-to-be teacher and having the experience while I’m in the field it helps
me realize that a mere talking won’t make you an effective teacher. A teacher needs to
be looked up and have the standards. I have promise to teach the future’s future so I
am authorized to educate them with the knowledge worthy to be proud of as a
teacher. I want to be the best teacher for them if not perfect, I want them to be wise in
different and various ways. I want them to reach the top and to become successful like
others.

DISSEMINATION

What is your educational philosophy? How do you use this philosophy to become an
efficient and effective 21st Century K to 12 Teacher?

Think of the characteristics of the 21st Century Teacher and the Implementation of the K
to 12 Curriculum and how to achieve its goals as the basis of your own Philosophy of Education.
Articulate your Philosophy of Education of what a 21st Century K to 12 Teacher.

Use the following as your questions to examine, discuss and communicate your
philosophy of education:

1. What are schools for?

2. What is the best learning experience you have had as a student?
3. What is the best teaching experience you have had as a teacher?
4. What do you want your students to achieve in your teaching?
5. Why is it student learning important to you?
6. How do you achieve your learning outcome?
7. Why do you use a particular pedagogy?
8. What is an ideal 21st century K to 12 Teacher?

As someone who has spent over half of her life as a student, I can vouch for the
importance of school. School serves a number of purposes from building
confidence to teaching children the importance of teamwork and working with
others. School helps guide youngsters though the establishment of a daily routine,
which is of utmost importance as we direct them toward the workplace, and as
they become productive members of society. Students are provided with access to
new ideas in school itself. Experience taught me a lot of things, as a student I am
authorize to try things to have some experience I can use in the field. Interacting
 with the students while teaching, encouraging them to speak for themselves and
let them express their knowledge regardless of what it was because you are a
teacher and as a teacher you have to consider things. I want my students to grasp
the lesson I am giving them for them to use it in everyday life and it is important
for me as a teacher for the students to learn for the reason that they will need it,
learning can never be taken from you. Using a certain pedagogy will make the
teaching efficient thinking that those strategies are useful whenever you teach. An
ideal k-12 teacher is a teacher equipped with 21 st century skills and knowledge, a
teacher who believes he/she can handle the new system of learning that our
government implemented. A teacher whom he/she knows the nature of the 21 st
century learners and the millennials.

ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING EXPERIENCE 1

Rating DESCRIPTION
93 – 100 All tasks were done with outstanding quality; work exceeds expectations;
grammar and spelling are exemplary
87 – 92 All or nearly all tasks were done with high quality; grammar and spelling are
superior
81 – 86 Nearly all tasks were done with acceptable quality; grammar and spelling are
acceptable
75 – 80 Fewer than half of the tasks were done; instructions were met but need
improvement; grammar and spelling are unsatisfactory

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Signature over printed name of supervising instructor

Towards Becoming a Teacher FS 2
LEARNING EXPERIENCE 1: The Teacher in a School Setting

The school is a primary place for teaching – learning process to occur. It is an institution
where learning is the primary activity under the supervision of a professional teacher. As place
of learning, it should provide a conducive and facilitative environment to provide meaningful
learner’s experience and to maximize learning.

As such, it requires teachers to build vast numbers of teaching competencies. It is of

utmost importance for every teacher to develop effective and efficient management skills. These
are the things that you need to build as preparation to become the future K to 12 Teacher.

LEARNING OUTCOME.

At the end of this learning experience, you are expected to:

 Infer from observation the different teachers’ management concerns and actions in
a school setting.

Your experiential task:

A. Engage.
 What are the teaching competencies?
B. Explore.
 What did the teacher do in the classroom?
C. Explain.
 How does teacher maintain control in the classroom?
D. Extend.
 How do you feel about the teacher’s workplace? Are the condition healthy for
both the teacher and the students?
E. Express.
 What previous learning or concepts in professional education are uphold and
concretize in actual school experience?

EXPOSURE

What are the teacher’s management competencies?

The Teacher’s Management Competencies

A.1. Instructional Management

 Provide well-planned, focused and logical organization of the lesson

 Select variety of learner – centered teaching pedagogies to cater diversity of learners.
  Exercise flexibility to adjust to the learners’ needs and abilities.
 Provide opportunities for productive, conducive and meaningful involvement and
participation
 Utilize styles that sustain learner’s interest to have a meaningful discussion
A.2. Time Management
 Develop a plan of action in all your activities
 Maximize allotted learning time by starting and the classes on time.
 Manage prompt and appropriate behavior and discipline during instructional activity.
 Conduct instructional activity at a brisk pace, avoiding unnecessary slowdown.
 Maintain clear, firm and reasonable work standards and due dates
 Determine what you want to achieve, then be alert to activities that do not fall in
those categories.
 Note any distractions that prevent accomplishing goals in a timely manner.
 Eliminate time thieves or distractions that interfere with activity and productivity
A.3. Management of Relationship
 Model care and consideration for students’ capability and shortcomings
 Establish positive, polite and respectful interactions.
 Foster honest, wholesome and constructive conversation
 Exhibit warm and cheerful disposition
 Adapt communication style to the needs of different students, depending on their
age, culture, ability, and learning style
 Communicate in clear, accurate, and professional terms with parents, colleagues, and
administrators, both in person and in writing.
A.4. Management of Behavior and Discipline
 Provide a clear, established set of rules and regulations
 Manage and facilitate serious behavior problems through behavior analysis
 Implement systematic mediation procedures to resolve conflict
 Exhibit high degrees of empathy and self – efficacy
 Respect learner’s strengths and weaknesses as seriously of those of the colleagues
 Understand the social, spiritual, physical and emotional growth is a continuous
process
 Respond to behaviors consistently and predictably
 Establish proactive measures for behavior management and discipline
 Create learning environment that encourage trust and mutual respect
 Utilize verbal and non – verbal communicate cues for behavior modification and
discipline intervention
A.5. Management of School Environment
 Exercise frugality, creativity and industriousness in the development utilization of
instructional materials
 Establish set rules of boundaries and territories
  Provide physical arrangement setting that maximizes visibility and accessibility
 Maintain neatness and cleanliness
 Create an environment that is free from physical or psychological harm and conducive
to teaching and learning.
 Create both well-lit and dimly-lit areas in the classroom
 Provide opportunities for children to move around while visiting learning centers and
other special classroom areas
 Ensure to maintain ideal classroom size, teacher to student ratio and student to
learning material ratio
A.6. Management of Routines
 Establish routine activities to set directions
 Develop well – defined set of schedules throughout the school year
 Establish and practice a specific and clearly defined routines or procedures that
require little monitoring
 Plan and establish a well – organized learning climate through well set class rules,
procedures and sets of activities.
 Ensure that students follow class routines for daily chores without nagging but
approachable and facilitative attitude
Point to Ponder:

What do you think are the challenges of a teacher as a classroom manager? Why do you
think this are considered as challenges?

Using classroom management to control students’ behavior is by far one of the most
challenging tasks that teachers have. A lot of the time, teachers are completely unaware of
what is going on in their students’ home lives, which oftentimes is the reason for the
students’ undesirable behavior in school. Likewise, as students grow up, they have to deal
with a variety of social and emotional changes that may result in the disruption of their
behavior. However, with a little forethought and some creative classroom
management, teachers can turn their students’ unfavorable behavior around.

As a teacher you should be aware of your own students, knowing them deeply may help
you understand how are they dealing with their lives that affects their studies. Looking for
any recurring behavior patterns. Most of the time, students who have behavioral issues
have more than one and a classroom manager you should be conscious for you to be able
to take an action so it won’t become a big issue. looking for any reccurring behavior
patterns. Most of the time, students who have behavioral issues have more than one. Your
goal during this step is to choose just one behavior to correct at a time. So look for one that
sticks out, like blurting out or bothering other students. If the child is continually bothering
other students because they are trying to avoid doing their work, you need to rethink your
seating arrangement. Place them in a seat where they are unable to bother anybody or
even be tempted to. In addition to that, you can look at what the students’ interests are.
When children are bored, they tend to talk to their classmates or become distracted. Take a
closer look at your lessons and see if you are meeting the needs of all of your students.
Sometimes, all you have to do is make sure your lessons are a little more engaging and of
interest to the child who is misbehaving.
PARTICIPATION

What did the teacher do in the classroom?

Visit a school and ask the principal permission to observe two (2) teachers, one from
Junior High School and one from senior high school. Use the checklist below for your classroom
observation.

Classroom Observation Guide

Check whether you have observed or not the following concerns in the teacher:

O - Observed

NO - No Opportunity to Observe

NA - Not Applicable

Junior High Senior High

Teachers’ Concerns School School
Teacher Teacher
A. Instructional Concerns O NO NA O NO NA
The teacher avoids jumping from topic to topic.
The teacher ensures that all students stay involved in the
lesson.
The teacher maintains group focus.
The teacher keeps students engaged, busy and
productive.
The teacher adjusts teaching styles to students’ abilities.
B. Time Management Concerns O NO NA O NO NA
The teacher begins and ends classes on time.
The teacher avoids unnecessary class interruptions.
The teacher minimize time for class discipline.
The teacher starts lesson time.
C. Relation Concerns O NO NA O NO NA
The teacher respects students and values what they can
do.
The teacher shows more concern on larger than smaller
issues.
The teacher establishes emotionally wholesome climate
The teacher encourages wholesome and constructive
conversations.
D. Behavior and Discipline Concerns O NO NA O NO NA
The teacher provides clear classroom rules and
regulations.
The teacher works harmoniously with the whole class.
The teacher creates an atmosphere of mutual respect
between and among students.
The teacher keeps students busy on meaningful tasks.
The teacher uses simple non – verbal cues.
The teacher gives affirmation and praise.
The teacher manages serious behavior problems thru
analysis.
 The teacher uses peer mediation to resolve conflict.
E. Physical Environment Concerns O NO NA O NO NA
The teacher organizes the use of supplies and materials
in accessible place.
The teacher maintains rules that go with territories.
The teacher arranges furniture that will facilitate overall
monitoring
The teacher arranges physical setting that maximizes
visibility and accessibility.
F. Routine Concerns O NO NA O NO NA
The teacher establishes reasonable routines
The teacher establishes announcements for students’
guidance.
The teacher provides purposeful guidelines to set
direction

Note: Insert a page or two containing pictures with caption of you observing the class.

IDENTIFICATION

How does teacher maintain control in the classroom?

Write and share your observation experiences. Use the following questions as guide:

C.1. How did the teachers manage the instructional time?

A. Junior High School Teacher

Junior High Teacher tend to manage their instructional time in utilizing the needed
facilities such as applying strategies and activities necessary for the student’s active
participation in class which will help them to effectively cope with the lesson. The main
objective why Junior High School Teachers want to deliver unique strategies in order for
the students to develop their macro skills in an enjoyable manner.

B. Senior High School Teacher

A senior high school teacher always uses his/her time actively teaching his/her
students, lecturing, showing and giving some examples that will help him/her aid the
difficulties of the topic in order for the students to understand the lesson
comprehensively. While the teacher is teaching he/she monitors everyone in his/her
class giving each and every one an emphasis and making sure that the students were
involved in the learning process that he/she is conducting.

C.2. How did the teachers manage the student behavior?

A. Junior High School Teacher

 Junior High School teachers manages the student behavior by applying classroom
regulations especially prior to the start of the lesson. Most teachers apply different kinds of
“monitoring” or “behavioral” charts to maintain the disciplinary attitudes of the students while
listening to the teacher’s discussion.

B. Senior High School Teacher

Senior high schools behavior are advanced, expecting that these time of their life
are critical with raging hormones. When it comes to participating they always
participate accordingly, but there are still some cases that they get bored thus as a
teacher it is your role to find a way to engage them and convince and try to catch their
attentions.

C.3 How did the teachers maintain the environment to be conducive learning?

A. Junior High School Teacher

Although there were disciplinary actions and regulations to be implemented,

teachers must always maintain the healthy connection with the students to be
able to maintain their confidence and to lessen the pressure inside the classroom.
Teachers must make sure that students could always feel the comfort inside the
classroom for them to enjoy and actively participate with the teacher’s discussion.

B. Senior High School Teacher

The environment is very important for a teacher to consider because it builds up

the mood in learning. A place wherein they are comfortable is a must. A comfy
learning place well help and construct a room conducive for learning. A room that
is well ventilated so that the students will not be disturbed and feel irritated and
a room that is cozy for the students to learn.

C.4. How did the teacher manage a successful teaching – learning process?

A. Junior High School Teacher

In Junior High School, teacher manages successful teaching-learning process by

following the objectives written in the lesson plan that is being prepared prior to the
lesson proper. It will only be successful when there is an interactive and collaborative
 condition of the students present inside the classroom. Moreover, the strategies and
techniques are very essential to maintain a continuous learning nevironment.

B. Senior High School Teacher

Teaching isn’t easy but with proper knowledge and strategies you’ll conquer as
long as you have the will. It’s a fact that teaching effectively involves not only the use of
tools, techniques, and strategies to optimize student learning but an understanding of
context, in particular how your students learn, how they process information, what
motivates them to learn more, and what impedes the learning process. With all these
being part in a teaching will help you get through and achieved your goals in the end of
your teaching. An effort and knowledge will make you attain the suppose objectives in
the end of the lesson.

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How do you feel about the teacher’s workplace? Are the condition healthy for both the
teacher and the students?

Share how knowledge you learned from your actual observation relate to your own
experiences. Use the following questions as guide:

D.1. What are the teaching competencies you hope to develop?

I want to develop my skills in connecting with the students thus I can convince
them to stand and give answers or reason why they explained it like that. Also relating
their answers to real life situations to make the lesson more comprehensive rather
than difficult.

D.2. What type of classroom management structure and strategies would you implement in
the future?

I envision myself having a classroom that is full of active students whom I can
control when they are lost in track. I will make sure to monitor them at all times and
conduct special counselling so that they can share and open up. A classroom where I
can manage effectively without making big fuss and problems as long as I can settle
things inside the room it will be settled too.
 D.3. What characteristics do you have at present that can make you an effective classroom
manager? Discuss how these characteristics can help you?

I am patient, approaching and friendly. I believe I can be an effective classroom

manager because I’m patient, patience is a good characteristic that a teacher should
possess because there are some students who will test your patience up to the end and
knowing that I’m patient I’m pretty sure I can handle things in a quiet and calm
manner. Approaching and friendly can be used inside the classroom because the
students will not be intimidated with you as their teacher. They will feel comfortable in
opening up and raising some inquiries thus they will be guided as they learn.

D.3. What characteristics do you have at present that can hamper you from becoming an
effective classroom manager? Discuss how these characteristics can help you?

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DISSEMINATION

What previous learning or concepts in professional education are uphold and

concretize in actual school experience?

Make your own plan of action on how to realize the development of your teaching
competencies. Share you plan of action to realize them.

PLAN OF ACTION: BUILDING MY REPERTIORE OF TEACHING COMPETENCIES

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ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING EXPERIENCE 1

Rating DESCRIPTION
93 – 100 All tasks were done with outstanding quality; work exceeds expectations;
grammar and spelling are exemplary
87 – 92 All or nearly all tasks were done with high quality; grammar and spelling are
superior
81 – 86 Nearly all tasks were done with acceptable quality; grammar and spelling are
acceptable
75 – 80 Fewer than half of the tasks were done; instructions were met but need
improvement; grammar and spelling are unsatisfactory

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