week 11

October 20-24, 2014

Saying our Gratitude

My Accomplishments

This week, I reached my goal last week which is finishing my 30 lessons and I did. I also was able to say goodbye and say thanks to my students and critic teacher.

My Significant Experiences

In this journey at Baguio City National High School, I am glad that I was able to grow and develop my skills in teaching though it wasn't actually an excellent performance but happy I was to be there. An experience which cannot be discarded and should not be forgotten since it was a big part that molded us in our teaching development.

This week was our last week at BCNHS so for some was a sad feeling for them to leave because they had good times and don’t want to end it, but for me was happy feeling because I enjoyed my stay there. I don’t want to be sad because I know that because of them, I will become a better person when I sail to our next destination.

Before we left BCNHS, we did good things that for me were one of the best experiences that I had there. Aside from giving a fruitful token to our own critic teachers and saying emotional goodbyes to our students, we have serenaded each faculty in BCNHS including the principal’s office of course. Teachers were all happy when we did that so that what made me happy about it.

My Insights

I thought that I would not be able to finish my lessons and that my students will not miss me when I say goodbye to them. But I think I was wrong because aside from finishing my lessons, my students shared good things about me and the things that they think I must improve.

Problems

Now the problem is most of my student’s comment was about my voice which is soft and not that loud.

Solution

I thought my voice was loud when I am speaking but then it wasn't actually that good so I think I must improve it by practicing to have a well-modulated voice so that when we will be deployed in the private school, I will have lesser problems.

My Goals for Next Week

My goal for next week is to be prepared whoever my critic teacher and students are.

week 10

My Accomplishments

For this week, I’m glad that I was able to execute lessons better. Also that I was able to pass our requirements in our Teaching Profession subject.During the examination at BCNHS, I was also able to help my critic teacher proctor the class.

My Significant Experiences

Listed are some of the advantages/disadvantages being in a Science class for me:

-teacher needs to remind students of their responsibilities inside the classroom (cleanliness) -Teacher needs to be equipped more on cognitive and strategies

+ lessons are easily grasped by the students + no worries for a teacher when it comes to disciplining students in terms of their noise + instructional materials are available in the classroom + teacher may give difficult activities/ HOTS for the students

Here are also the things that I have learned from my loving, intelligent, and kind critic teacher:

*I have learned many things from her even in just a short period of time. Like the first time I entered her class up to the present, she never got mad to all her classes, instead she just tell them the consequences of their negative acts if there are. Also, she taught for decades so she knows how to handle different kinds of students. * “Practice makes perfect” is the quote she always tell me which I also like. * Teaching naturally and not memorizing the lesson plan thus master the lesson is what I also learned from her. * Always smile

This week, we also had a seminar workshop last Saturday at Deceastecker building which helped us realize what should be a teacher’s virtue or what should be in their hearts. As Ma’am Lagos, our speaker for the day, shared the different virtues that a teacher should enhance, I was thinking of remembering things or not for the negative thoughts. Also stated during the seminar was to always think positively even when worse things occur in our lives. We made an output which is a heart full of virtues too.

My Insights

Through practice, patience, obedience and passion helped me to improve my practice teaching which my critic teacher had shared to me during our last post conference. It makes me feel good hearing some improvements on my performance.

Problems

There are times when I feel so lazy, sad, and sometimes serious and not on the mood to teach.

Solution

Maybe best for me this time is to have fun and enjoy life, make things one at a time, and look for good things that make me happy and inspired.

My Goals for Next Week

ü  Always stay happy

ü  Be more energetic

ü  Be emotionally, mentally, spiritually and physically stable

ü  Complete the 30 lessons to be accomplished at BCNHS.

week 9

“Sailing with passion”

My Accomplishments

I was able to teach 5 lessons for this week. I was also able to have our requirements in our teaching profession subject.

My Significant Experiences

            As one valuing in one of my lessons: “Beautiful is not just based on the physical appearance, it is more in the inner beauty of a person”, so if u judge a person, you don’t just look on what they look like but also on who they are.

            One of my classes which I consider difficult to be disciplined in terms of their noise were actually very good-hearted people which I didn’t expect from the beginning. As time passes by, they always show respect and love for their teachers though they are still noisy. So I said to myself that all of my students whom I think are the problems in their classrooms are actually kind deep inside. And I was right because last Friday before I went to my classes, I felt very tired so I questioned myself on how to handle my students if they become too noisy, but when I was already in the classroom my weak body became light. My heavy feelings were paved by them which I still can’t explain it until now.

My Insights

            I really am thankful for having a very kind and loving Supervising Instructor that gives us advices for our own betterment, a kind and thoughtful Critic Teacher who also helps us in our practice teaching, friends who always cheer me up, family who are always there for me, and God who doesn’t give up on me since I started sailing out for journey.

Problems

            There are times when I become lazy and don’t want to work or teach. Though there are also times that I am eager to have a lesson and teach. This is maybe because I find my other class difficult to handle.

Solutions

            I’ll try to find ways on how to get my student’s attention and interest when I teach.

My Goals Next Week

            Considering that the end of our practice teaching at Baguio City National High School is near, I hope that all my students have learned something from me even for a short period of time. Furthermore I hope that I will be able to deliver the remaining lessons assigned for me very well.

week 8

"Look Forth to the Open Side"

My Accomplishments

For this week I was able to execute 3 lessons. 

Last Wednesday was also our Supervising Instructors’ birthday, so we celebrated it in during our class.

We also gave our support to our candidates for Mr. and Ms. SLU (Saint Louis University) 2014 by watching the pageant last Saturday 

My Significant Experiences

"Take time to relax and enjoy the moment."

     Giving you respect and gratitude you love and care is one of the best that you can give. This month of October is full of good activities like birthdays and tribute celebrations.

     In Navy Base Campus, during our Teaching Profession subject, we celebrated our Dear Supervising Instructors’ Birthday. It all went great because each group have presented something which we haven’t planned and thought of it. We made our teacher happy as we wanted to as well as we also have enjoy the celebration.

     Next was the Teacher’s Day Celebration at Baguio City National High School. Some students gave their greetings and gratitude to their own teachers so they have prepared different surprises for them. In the afternoon we also had presented something for the teachers at City High. We sang and some of our companions also danced with the theme: "My Teacher My Hero".

     

   Weekend came and I celebrated my 21^st Birthday with my family and friends. 

 

My Insights

     Teachers become happy and complete when they receive good things especially sweet greetings and sincere gratitude from their students. So just like this month of October, World Teacher’s Day is being celebrated and students get the chance to show their love also for their teachers.

Problems

Last Thursday, I was so worried that I cannot deliver the lesson well because I don’t understand it well. But I was not able to teach our class because of the programs our students have prepared. So I expected it that I was going to teach the next day but it was also “Teacher for a Day” of the students so I did not also teach the lesson.

Solutions

     I will study my lessons well so that I will be more prepared when I’m already in the school.

My Goals Next Week

     I hope that I will still continue to execute lessons well in class. I hope for more peace of mind and love for myself, to God and the people around me. :-D