FS 6 EPS 1

Picture of the teacher

A.
How do I use my personal qualities to become a good teacher? Write in at
least two (2) paragraphs.
B.
How does the experienced teacher, utilize his/ her personal qualities to make
him/ her a good teacher? Write in at least two (2) paragraphs.
FS 6 EPS 6
My Learning Map
This episode, will bring you to a closer encounter with professional teachers.
To achieve your desired learning outcomes, you will follow this learning map.
Step 1: Have a close encounter with a Beginning Professional Teacher.
Step 2: Have a close encounter with a Young Professional Teacher.
Step 3: Have a close encounter with a Mentor/Master Professional Teacher.
Step 4: Have a close encounter with the Expert/Sterling Professional Teacher.
Step 5: Have a close encounter with a Retired Professional Teacher.
Step 6: Record all answers and prepare for a written report.
Step 7: Request to take a picture of the teacher which will form a part of your
report.

1.
Conduct an interview with the beginning teacher by asking the following
questions:

Where did you earn your degree? When?

How did your University prepare you to become a good teacher?

When did you pass the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET)? What was
your passing rating?

When did you start teaching as a professional?

What makes you happy as a teacher?

What disappoints you as a teacher?

What professional development activities/trainings have you participated in?

Are you a member of a professional organization? What is the name of the

organization?

As a professional teacher, what code of conduct do you strictly follow? Can

you name the specific behavior that should be followed to the utmost?


What kind of professional teacher would you dream to become before you
retire?
2.

Records all answers and prepare a written report.

3.

Request to take picture of the teacher, as part of your report.

Conduct an interview with a Mentor/Master Professional Teacher.

2. Ask the following questions:

Are you satisfied with your job as a mentor professional teacher for the past
few years? If yes, why? If no, why not?

What are the things that you do as a mentor professional teacher that make
you happy? Sad?

How did you mentor younger professional teachers?

Looking back to you earlyyears as a professional, how do you compare

yourself with your mentees now?

What awards or citations have you received?

What are your plans for the future as a professional teacher?

Do you think you will retire as a professional teacher or be promoted to

higher position?
3. Record all answers and prepare a written report.
4. Request for a picture taken as part of the report.

1. Conduct an interview with an Expert/Sterling Professional Teacher.

2. Ask the following questions:

Are you satisfied with your job as a professional teacher for the past years? If
yes, why? If no, why not?

What are the things that you do as an expert professional teacher that make
happy? Sad?

What was your most unforgettable experience as an expert professional

teacher? Please tell.

What do you consider as your most significant contribution to the teaching

profession?

What are your plans for the future as an expert professional teacher?

Have you been promoted in your job? Why were you promoted? What
benefits did you get from your promotion?

3. Record all answers and prepare a written report.

4. Request for a picture taken as part of the report.

1. Conduct an interview with a Retired Professional Teacher.

2. Ask the following questions:

What are your usual activities as a retired professional teacher? Please tell.

Did you find your past teaching experiences memorable? What were your
significant experiences?

How long have you taught as a professional teacher? Do you have any
regrets of having been a professional teacher? Why?

What do you consider as your most significant contribution to the teaching

profession? Please tell.

Have you been promoted in your job? Why were you promoted? What
benefits did you get from your promotion?

Would you consider teaching as the greatest profession? Why? Why not?

What food for thought would you like to give us, and the young professional
teachers?
3. Record all answers and prepare a written report.
4. Request for a picture taken as a part of the report.
FS 6 EPS 5
My Learning Map
Here are the steps that you should take in order to reach your desired
learning outcome.
1.
Request for a short interview of any public school teacher about the teachers
competencies in the NCBTS. (Elementary or High School)
2.
Request the teacher to answer a short questionnaire on the NCBTS teachers
competencies.
3.

Analyze the data.

a.

In which of the seven domains did the teacher rate herself/himself HIGH?

b.
Which competencies are practiced by the teacher at all the time? Often?
Sometimes? Never?
4.
Go to the web, interview, chat, skype, or use other means to obtain the
information about other teachers in at least two other countries aside from the
Philippines.
NCBTS and the Global Filipino Teacher

Name of the Teacher: _______________________________________________________

School: _________________________________________________________________
Grade Level/Year Level: _________________________________________________

Instruction: based on your NCBTS-TSNA Individual Profile, please check the

Domain, where you rated yourself HIGH. Please give your explanation.

NCBTS DOMAINS
NCBTS-TSNA DOMAINS

if HIGH,

Give brief explanation why you are

check

rated HIGH

Domain 1 Social Regard

for Learning
Domain 2 Learning
Environment
Domain 3 Diversity of
Learners
Domain 4
Curriculum
Domain 5 Planning
Assessing and Reporting
Domain 6 Community
Linkages
Domain 7 Personal
Growth & Professional
Development
FS 6 EPS 4
Activity 2: Classroom Utilization of Community Resources in Lessons
After making the inventory of community resources, spend some time to
observe classes and find out which are being utilized by the teachers.
Add the chart in your Portfolio.
Community Resources Utilized in Classroom
Subjects in School
Science

Mathematics

Social Studies

Activity 3: Interview of the School Teacher

Visit the school in the community which you surveyed. Interview a teacher.
Questions:
1. What school activities do you conduct that allow the participation of
the people in the barangay?
2. Are there community activities that you, as teachers join? Please
name. Do your learners join also these activities?
3. What learning do your pupils/ students gain from the participation?
4. What does the community benefit from joining in your school
activities?
5. As per observation, are the lessons that you taught in the school
transferred to the homes or the community?
Record the answer and make a narrative report of your observations.

Activity 4: How is the Teacher Viewed the Community?

1. Randomly select 10 community members for a survey. Use the survey
instrument below:

Community View of the Teachers

For Community Members:
Elected Official: _________________

Community member: ________________

1. Do you ask teachers advice for a solution of a problem?

2. Do you cooperate when teachers request you to do something in school?
3. Do you consider the teacher s a respected person by the community
members?
4. Do teachers serve as models in their behavior in the community?
5. How best will you describe all the teachers in school?

My Learning Portfolio
Recommended entries include:
1. Picture of the landscape view of the community
2. Narrative/essay about the resources of the community
3. Report on the Community View of Teachers
FS 6 EPS 3
My Learning Map
This experiential learning episode will take you to the school setting. You
will spend more time making observations and talking to your resource teacher.
Here are the steps that will guide you in your journey today.
Step 1: Visit a particular teacher in a school.
Step 2: secure the teachers program. Study the time schedule and the
activities.
Step 3: Make a school setting observation at a certain period of the days
activities.

Based on the daily program, find out what the teacher is supposed to do during
the time of your visit. Observe what the teacher is doing. Take note of the different
activities.

My Learning Activity
Activity 1:
Teacher in the School Setting:
Encounter of the First Kind
1. Copy the Class Program of the Teacher
Name of the Teacher _________________________________________
Name of the School ___________________________________________
District of ____________________________________________________

Division of ___________________________________________________
CLASS PROGRAM
Grade _______
Morning Class Session

Noon Break
Afternoon Class Session

2. Record Observations
At the time you are in school, what significant observations have you
made?
Areas of Focus for
Observation in the School
Setting
Physical Setting
1.Classroom Arrangement

2.Bulletin Board Display

3.School Playground

4.Learning Resource Center

Socio-Psychological Setting
1.Class Schedule

2.Teachers Activities

3.Learners Activities

My Observations (Describe clearly as you can)

4.Co-curricular Activities

5.Extracurricular Activities

My Learning Portfolio
Portfolio Entries may include:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Picture of the school site

Pictures of the teacher s classroom with the teacher and the children
Class Program
Observations in Activity
FS 6 EPS 2

My learning Map
Here is the way to achieve your desired learning outcomes (DLO). Follow this.

Activity 1 will be step 1 to 6

Step 1: Know thy self. Determine your own philosophy, by answering the 40 items
scale.
Step 2: Record your answer on the matrix provided on the column S (student). Add all
your scores from all the items in the cluster.
Step 3: Go to a school where you have a teacher as a resource person. Request two of
the teachers to answer the same survey form that you answered. Secure a permit
before asking them to answer. Your coordinator will endorse that to the teacher.
Step 4: Record this answer, in the same way you did it with your own results.
Step 5: Analyze the results in the matrix. Rank the Philosophies of each one from the
Most Dominant (highest) to the Least Dominant (lowest).

Step 6: Add the result matrix as you entry to the Portfolio.

Activity 2 will Step 7 to 9

Activity 7: Go back to the school where you surveyed the teacher. Identify from our
matrix, his/her dominant philosophy.
Activity 8: Observe his/her class and activities in at least three hours. Record your
observation in your notebook. Write down at least 5 teaching actions that reflect
his/her philosophy of education. Describe in detail.
Activity 9: Prepare this report as an entry to your philosophy.

My Learning Activities
Activity 1

Know Thy Self: My Philosophy of Education

Use the Survey Instrument found below for yourself and for two teachers in the school.
Read each statement and answer honestly. Select among the choices from Agree
Strongly to Disagree Strongly.
WHAT IS YOUR PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION?
(Based on Sadker & Sadker, 2nd Ed. Bilbao, 2014)
What is your philosophy of education? To find out, read each of the following
statements about the nature of education. Decide whether you agree or disagree with
each statement. Use the following numbers to express your response:
Legend:

4 Agree strongly
3 Agree

2 Disagree
1 Disagree strongly

______ 1. The student learning should be centered around 3Rs only.

______ 2. The school subjects should focus on the great thinkers of the past.
______ 3. Many students learn best by engaging in real-world activities than
reading.
______ 4. The students should be permitted to determine their own curriculum.
______ 5. Subject matter is taught effectively when it is broken down into small parts.

______ 6. The school subjects should include only essential for all students to know.
______ 7. Schools above all, should develop students abilities to think deeply,
analytically, and creatively than develop social skill or acquire body of
knowledge.
______ 8. Teaching should prepare students for analyzing and solving the types of
problems they will face outside the classroom.
______ 9. Reality is determined by each individuals perceptions. There is no
objective and universal reality.
______ 10. People are shaped much more by their environment than by the exercise
of their free will.
______ 11. Students should not be promoted to the next grade until they have read
and mastered certain key material.
______ 12. An effective education is not aimed at the immediate needs of the
students or society.
______ 13. The curriculum of a school should be built around the personal
experiences and needs of the students.
______ 14. Students who do not want to study much should not be required to do
so.
______ 15. Programmed learning is an effective method of teaching information.
______ 16. Academic rigor is an essential component of education.
______ 17. All students, regardless of ability, should study more or less the same
curriculum.
______ 18. Art classes should focus primarily on individual expression and
creativity.
______ 19. Effective learning is instructive and informal.
______ 20. Students learn best through reinforcement.
______ 21. Effective schools assign a substantial amount of homework.
______ 22. Education should focus on timeless questions such as What is beauty?
or What is truth?
______ 23. Since students learn effectively through social interaction, schools
should plan for more social gathering in their curricula.
______ 24. The purpose of school is to help students understand themselves and
find the meaning of their existence.
______ 25. Frequent objective testing is the best way to determine what students
know.
______ 26. Countries must become more competitive economically, hence schools
must holster their academic requirements for more competition.
______ 27. Students must be taught to appreciate learning primarily for its own
sake, rather than to help them into their careers.

______ 28.

Schools must place more emphasis on teaching about the concerns of

minorities and women.

______ 29. Each person has free will to develop as he or she sees fit.
______ 30. Reward students well for learning so they will remember and be able to
apply what they learned, even if they were not able to understand why the
information is worth knowing.
______ 31. Philippine schools should attempt to instill traditional Filipino values to
students.
______ 32. Teacher-guided discovery of profound truths is a key method of teaching
students.
______ 33. Students should be active participants in the learning process.
______ 34. There are no external standards of beauty. Beauty is what an individual
decides it to be.
______ 35. We can place a lot of faith in our schools and teachers to determine
which student behaviors are acceptable and which are not.
______ 36. Schools must provide students with a firm grasp of basic facts regarding
the books, people, and events.
______ 37. Philosophy is ultimately a practical subject to study like computer
science.
______ 38. Teachers must stress to the students the relevance of what they are
learning to their lives outside and inside the classroom.
______ 39. It is more important for a student to develop a positive self-concept than
to learn specific concepts.
______ 40. Learning is more effective when students are given frequent tests to
determine what they have learned.
My Learning Activities
Activity 1

Know Thy Self: My Philosophy of Education

Use the Survey Instrument found below for yourself and for two teachers in the school.
Read each statement and answer honestly. Select among the choices from Agree
Strongly to Disagree Strongly.
WHAT IS YOUR PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION?
(Based on Sadker & Sadker, 2nd Ed. Bilbao, 2014)

What is your philosophy of education? To find out, read each of the following
statements about the nature of education. Decide whether you agree or disagree with
each statement. Use the following numbers to express your response:
Legend:

4 Agree strongly
3 Agree

2 Disagree
1 Disagree strongly

______ 1. The student learning should be centered around 3Rs only.

______ 2. The school subjects should focus on the great thinkers of the past.
______ 3. Many students learn best by engaging in real-world activities than
reading.
______ 4. The students should be permitted to determine their own curriculum.
______ 5. Subject matter is taught effectively when it is broken down into small parts.
______ 6. The school subjects should include only essential for all students to know.
______ 7. Schools above all, should develop students abilities to think deeply,
analytically, and creatively than develop social skill or acquire body of
knowledge.
______ 8. Teaching should prepare students for analyzing and solving the types of
problems they will face outside the classroom.
______ 9. Reality is determined by each individuals perceptions. There is no
objective and universal reality.
______ 10. People are shaped much more by their environment than by the exercise
of their free will.
______ 11. Students should not be promoted to the next grade until they have read
and mastered certain key material.
______ 12. An effective education is not aimed at the immediate needs of the
students or society.
______ 13. The curriculum of a school should be built around the personal
experiences and needs of the students.
______ 14. Students who do not want to study much should not be required to do
so.
______ 15. Programmed learning is an effective method of teaching information.
______ 16. Academic rigor is an essential component of education.
______ 17. All students, regardless of ability, should study more or less the same
curriculum.
______ 18. Art classes should focus primarily on individual expression and
creativity.
______ 19. Effective learning is instructive and informal.
______ 20. Students learn best through reinforcement.
______ 21. Effective schools assign a substantial amount of homework.

______ 22. Education should focus on timeless questions such as What is beauty?
or What is truth?
______ 23. Since students learn effectively through social interaction, schools
should plan for more social gathering in their curricula.
______ 24. The purpose of school is to help students understand themselves and
find the meaning of their existence.
______ 25. Frequent objective testing is the best way to determine what students
know.
______ 26. Countries must become more competitive economically, hence schools
must holster their academic requirements for more competition.
______ 27. Students must be taught to appreciate learning primarily for its own
sake, rather than to help them into their careers.
______ 28.

Schools must place more emphasis on teaching about the concerns of

minorities and women.

______ 29. Each person has free will to develop as he or she sees fit.
______ 30. Reward students well for learning so they will remember and be able to
apply what they learned, even if they were not able to understand why the
information is worth knowing.
______ 31. Philippine schools should attempt to instill traditional Filipino values to
students.
______ 32. Teacher-guided discovery of profound truths is a key method of teaching
students.
______ 33. Students should be active participants in the learning process.
______ 34. There are no external standards of beauty. Beauty is what an individual
decides it to be.
______ 35. We can place a lot of faith in our schools and teachers to determine
which student behaviors are acceptable and which are not.
______ 36. Schools must provide students with a firm grasp of basic facts regarding
the books, people, and events.
______ 37. Philosophy is ultimately a practical subject to study like computer
science.
______ 38. Teachers must stress to the students the relevance of what they are
learning to their lives outside and inside the classroom.
______ 39. It is more important for a student to develop a positive self-concept than
to learn specific concepts.
______ 40. Learning is more effective when students are given frequent tests to
determine what they have learned.
Record your answer in the matrix below.

Now that you have responded to all 40 items, write the number of the response
to each statement in the matrix below. Add the raw scores in each column to
determine your PHILOSOPHY. Record those for the teachers in T1 and T2.

My Philosophy of Education
Essentialism
Item S T T
1

Perennialism
Item S T T

Progressivism
Item S T T

Existentialism
Item S T T

Behaviorism
Item S T T2

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

40

Tota
l

Tota
l

Tota
Tota
Tota
l
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l
Legend: S-Self; T1-Teacher 1; T2- Teacher 2

Based on the information taken, answer the following questions:

Rank your total raw scores for each category. Do the same for Teacher 1 and
Teacher 2.
1

What philosophy is most dominant for you? ___________________________________

Which is least dominant? _____________________________________________________

For Teacher 1, which is the most dominant? __________________________________

Least dominant? _____________________________________________________________

For Teacher 2, what philosophy has gained the highest score? _________________
This is the most dominant philosophy of the teacher. What has the lowest
score? _______________________________________________________________________
FS 5 EPS 1
My Learning Activities

I will observe two classes, record my observation with the use of an Observation Sheet.

OBSERVATION SHEET #
1.1

Indicators of Assessment FOR, OF and AS Learning

ResourceTeacher`:___________________Teacher'sSignature________School:___________
Grade/YearLevel:____________________SubjectArea:______________Date:___________
Assessment
FOR
Learning
Write observed
teacher
activities that
manifest
assessment
FOR learning
(Assessment
while teacher
teaches.
Conduct of
pretest and
posttest are
included).

Assessment AS
Learning

Assessment OF Learning

Write observed
teacher and student
activities that
manifest assessment
AS learning. (Selfassessment)

Write observed teacher activities that manifest

assessment OF learning. (Assessment at the end of
teaching)

FS 5 EPS 2
Observe at least three ( 3 ) classes with a learning partner.
I will choose one class from each of the three groups.
Group 1- Language / Science / Math
Group 2- Physical Education, ICT, TLE
Group 3- Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao / Araling
Panlipunan
My Learning Activities_____________________________________
Resource Teacher: _____________ Teachers Signature _____________ School ____________
Grade/Year Level: _____________ Subject Area ___________________ Date ______________
Which of the following principles were observed by the Resource Teacher?
Principles of Assessment

Observations (Describe observed

behaviors of the Resource Teacher that

1. Make use of varied tools for assessment

data gathering and multiple sources of
assessment data. It is not pedagogically
sound to rely on just one source of data
gathered by only one assessment tool.
Consider multiple intelligences and
learning styles.

is/are aligned to each principle).

Which assessment tools did Resource
Teacher use?

2. Learners must be given feedback about

their performance. Feedback must be
specific. Good work! is positive
feedback and is welcome but actually is
not a very good feedback since it is not
specific. A more specific better feedback
is You observed rules on subject-verb
agreement and variety of sentences.
Three of your commas were misplaced.

Give examples of comments of teacher on

students work/answer.

3. Assessment should be on real-world

application and not on out-of-context
drills.

How was this demonstrated?

4. Emphasize on the assessment of higherorder thinking

How was this done?

5. Emphasize on self-assessment
(Assessment as learning)

Were students given the opportunity to do

self-assessment?

MY LEARNING ACTIVITIES
I will observe 3 Resource Teachers and focus my observation on their
assessment practices with the help of an Observation Sheet.

OBSERVATION SHEET #2.1 Traditional

Assessment Practices
Learning in the Cognitive Domain and Declarative Knowledge
Resource Teacher: ________________ Teachers Signature __________School:____________
Grade/Year Level: ______________ Subject Area: __________________ Date: _____________
Paper -and-Pencil
Tests
Selected-response
type
1 Alternate-response

Matching type

Multiple choice

Others

Please put a check ( ) on the test which the teacher used

and give at least 2 test items as examples. You may ask for
samples f past tests that your Resource Teacher used in the
past to complete your matrix.

For Science, Math, English, Filipino, Mother Tongue

Constructed-Response
type
1 Completion

Short answer type

Problem solving

Essay

restricted

none- restricted

Others

OBSERVATION SHEET #2.3 Authentic Assessment Practices*

Learning in the Psychomotor Domain, Procedural Knowledge, Product and

Performance

Resource Teacher:

Teachers Signature

Grade/Year Level:

Subject Area:

Authentic Assessment
1. Product

School:
Date:

Describe how a product/performance was assessed?

Example/s of product/s assessed. How was it/were they
assessed?

2. Performance

Example/s of performance/s assessed. How was it/were

(Psychomotor)

they assessed?

*For Physical Education, EPP/TLE, Music and Arts

FS 5 EPS 8
My Learning Activities

Activity 1: Interview of Research Teacher

Interview Guide question Resource Teacher
Based on DepEd Order 8, s. 2015:
1. What are the bases grading
2. How do you compute grades per quater for Grade 1 to 10 and grades 11 to 12.
Give an example.
3. How do you compute grades at the end of the school year?
4. What description and grading scale are used in repporting progress of
learner?
5. What are the bases for learners promotion and retention at the end of the
school year?
6. What is the report on learners observed values?

Activity 2: Interview of 5 students

Interview Guide questions for 5 students
1. What do you like in the new grading system?
2. Do you have problems with the new grading system. If there is what?
3. Does the new grading system give you a better picture of your performance?
Why or why not?