THE

TEACHER
WE
REMEMBER
PARTICIPATION & TEACHING ASSISTANSHIP | FS 2 | LEARNING
EPISODE 01

TARGET YOUR
INTENDED
LEARNING
OUTCOMES

At the of this
Learning Episode, I
must be able to:

•Cite the personal

qualities of an
effective teacher

•State the
professional
competencies
expected of the
teacher

OVERVIEW!

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.
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REMEMBER
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REMEMBER

Before you embark on your one-semester journey in Observation and Teaching

Assistantship, it may be 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. the journey gets more focused
and challenging now as you observe assist your Field Study Resource Teacher. Don’t you
worry! You have been prepared 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 Standards for Teachers (PPSTs) and the Southeast Asia Teachers
Competency Framework and the Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers.
2. You will view on youtube 2 TEDx talks on “What makes a good teacher great” and “The
Power of a Teacher”.

CAREER STAGES OF THE TEACHERS Source: DepEd Order no. 42, s. 2017
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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 techers competency framework is also given below.

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You will also view in [Link] What makes a good teacher

great? |Azul Terronez| TEDxSantiagoDomingo and The Power of a Teacher| Adam Saenz|
TEDxYale- You tube [Link]

Who is the great teacher?

(Note to Student Teacher: As you participate and assist your FS Resource Teacher in
her daily task 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.

[Link] note of the following:

 Your Resource Teacher comments, facial expressions, gestures and actions in class
 Student’s comments, facial expressions, gestures and behavior in class
 How your Resource teacher relates to you
 The classroom proceedings
 The classroom atmosphere- relaxed or threatening?
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1. From the PPSTs, the Southeast Asia Teachers Competency Standards and the TEDx
videos that you viewed, what competencies does a great teacher possess?
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2. Are these competencies limited only to professional competencies?
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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.
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4. For a teacher to be great, which is more important- personal qualities or professional

competencies?
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5. Who are the teachers that we remember most?

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Which personal traits do I possess? Not possess? Do I need improvement in?

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Which professional competencies am I strongly capable of demonstrating?

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In which competencies do I need to develop more?

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Who are the teachers that we remember?

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1. OBSERVE
In assisting my Resource Teacher, I observed that personal traits such as
____________________________________________ and professional competencies
like____________________________ were least/not displayed and as a result, students were
class
was______________________________________________________________________________________
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2. REFLECT
The lack of these personal traits and professional competencies (mentioned in num 1)
may be caused
by_______________________________________________________________________________________
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3. PLAN
I would like to address this problem mentioned in num 2 by conducting an action
research
on______________________________________________________________________________________
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4. ACT
a. The main objective of my action research is
___________________________________________
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b. My specific research questions are:
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c. To answer my research questions, I

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Attach your reflections here: