FIELD STUDY 2 FS 2 Learning Episode 1 The Teacher We Remember To have a meaningful and successful accomplishment in this FS episode, be sure to read through the whole episode before participating and assisting in your FS 2 Resource Teacher's class. Note all the information you will need and tasks you will need to do before working on this episode. Target Your Intended Learning Outcomes At the end of this Learning Episode, I must be able to: cite the personal qualities of an effective teacher state the professional competencies expected of a teacher. Clarify Your Task Before you embark on your one-semester journey in Observation and Teaching Assistantship, it may good to be reminded of the personal and professional qualities which we, teachers, ought to possess. Striving to be the best teacher, the teacher who will leave an imprint of himself/herself on his/her students, is a never-ending journey. The journey began three years ago when you started discussing who the professional teacher is in your course on The Teaching Profession, etc, etc. The journey gets more focused and challenging now as you observe and assist your Field Study Resource Teacher. Don’t you worry! You have been prepared for this for three years and you will end up stronger, happier and wiser! Let’s buckle down for work! 1. You will review the qualities of good teachers as contained in documents such as the Philippine Professional Standard for Teachers (PPSTs) and the Southeast Asia Teachers Competency Framework and the Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers. 2. You will view on Youtube two (2) TEDx talks on “ What makes a good teacher great” and “The Power of a Teacher”. A detailed presentation of the indicators of quality teachers in 37 strands along 7 domains for each career stage is given in DO 42, s. 2017 – National Adoption and Implementation of the Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers. The Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers in the Philippines states how the teacher ought to act in and relate to the state, community, teaching profession, higher authorities, school officials and other personnel, learners, parents and business. It also states how a professional teacher ought to act and behave as a person. The Southeast Asia Teachers Competency Framework is also given below. You will also view in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrU6YJle6Q4 What makes a good teacher great? | Azul Terronez | TEDxSantoDomingo and The Power of the Teacher | Adam Saenz | TEDxYale - YouTube www.youtube.com ˃ watch Who is the great teacher? Participate and Assist (Note to Student Teacher: As you participate and assist your FS Resource Teacher in her daily task, please take note of what you are expected to give more attention to as asked in the next step of this Learning Episode, NOTICE). Participate actively by assisting your Resource Teacher in his/her daily task. Take the initiative to offer your assistance. Don’t wait for your Resource Teacher to ask for it. 1. Take note of the following: your Resource Teacher comments, facial expressions, gestures and actions in class students’ comments, facial expression, gestures and behavior in class how your Resource Teacher relates to you the classroom proceedings the classroom atmosphere- relaxed or threatening? Analyze 1. From the PPSTs, the Southeast Asia Teachers Competency Standards and the TEDx videos that you viewed, what competencies does a great teacher possess? _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 2. Are these competencies limited only to professional competencies? _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 3. For a teacher to be great, is it enough to possess the professional competencies to plan a lesson, execute a lesson plan, manage a class, assess learning, compute and report grades? Explain your answer. _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 4. For a teacher to be great which is more important - personal qualities or professional competencies? _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 5. Who are the teachers that we remember most? _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Reflect Which personal traits do I possess? Not possess? Where do I need improvement in? _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Which professional competencies am I strongly capable of demonstrating? _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ In which competencies do I need to develop more? _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Who are the teachers that we remember most? _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Write Action Research Prompts 1. OBSERVE In assisting my Resource Teacher, I observe that personal traits such as _______________________________________________________________ and professional competencies like ___________________________________________ were least/not displayed and as a result, students were/class was _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 2. REFLECT The lack of these personal traits and professional competencies (mentioned in #1) may be caused by _______________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 3. PLAN I would like to address this problem (mentioned in #2) by conducting an action research on ______________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 4. ACT a) The main objective of my action research is _______________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ b) My specific research questions are: ______________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ c) To answer my specific research questions, I _______________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________
