FIELD STUDY 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.

Clarify Your Task

Before you embark on your one-semester journey in observation and Teaching Assistanship, 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 and assist your Field Study Resource Teacher. Don’t you worry! You have
been prepared for this 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 (PPTs) 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 TEACHERS
Source: DepEd Order no. 42, s.2017
 A Detailed presentations of the indicators of quality Teachers in 37 strands along 7 domains foe
each career stage is given in DO 42, S. 2017 – NATIONAL ADAPTATION 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:
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WHO IS THE GREAT TEACHER?

PARTICIPATE AND ASSIST
(Note to Student Teacher: As you participate and assist your FS
Resource Teacher in her daily tasks, please take note of what you are
expected to give more attention to asked in the next step of this
Learning episode, NOTICE).

Participate actively by assisting your Resource Teacher in his/her daily tasks. Take the initiative to
offer your assistance. Don’t wait for your Resource Teacher to ask for it.

NOTICE
Take note of the following:
● Your Resource Teacher comments, facial expressions, gestures and actions in class.
● Students comments, facial expressions, 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 TEDs videos that you
viewed, what competencies does a great teacher possess?
Being a great teacher is possessing these competencies: First, is the ability to broaden and
deepen knowledge by knowing and understanding what to teach to students. Second, the capability to
acknowledge each student's needs and help them throughout the teaching and learning process not only
academically as well as to develop them holistically through integrating values in every lesson. Third,
teachers can establish a rapport with parents and other people who support each student's learning by
having leadership skills that take the community into consideration. Finally, there is always an opportunity
for development. Teachers not only impart knowledge to students, but they also learn. As a result, they are
able to identify the positive attributes and abilities they need to develop in order to become more effective
teachers over time.

2.Are these competencies limited only to professional competencies?

No, since I believe that these competencies are the most important aspect of being dedicated to
our profession. Everyone can be a teacher in different ways, and these competencies can be acquired as
they expand their understanding of teaching. Because they are driven to teach, even non-professional
teachers have these professional competencies. These capabilities can be enhanced as we gain
experience. It only gets limited based on the individual's desire, passion, and goal. It will not be possible
unless they have a strong desire to teach.

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.
A teacher's greatness is not assessed by how successfully he or she can prepare and execute a
lesson plan, manage a class, assess learning, or compute and report grades. These are just indications of
a teacher carrying out their duties in accordance with their job. The greatness of the teachers can foresee
in the students that they handle. If students can apply what they've learned in class to real-world
challenges, they are effective teachers that encourage students to learn not only academically but also
holistically in developing their positive values towards life. Through effective communication and
rapport-building, teachers can go above and beyond the scope of their course plans by encouraging
students to pursue their aspirations and set greater goals.

4.For a teacher to be great, which is more important – personal qualities or professional competencies?
For me, having both positive personal qualities and professional competencies will do to be a great
teacher. We must not only focus on our daily lesson plan but rather know how our students will learn.
Students are highly motivated by a teacher who listens to them since they have their own language. We
must understand and be patient with what they want to say or do because it may help them learn. Then,
professional competencies must be adapted in order for us to make learning meaningful, making us a
pioneer who creates a bright future for our students while contributing to the development of our country.

5.Who are the teachers that we remember most?

Students frequently remember teachers who show positive characteristics in teaching, These
characteristics are courteous, humorous, bright, enthusiastic, and even eccentric. Students learn and are
motivated by this teacher since they may speak and freely express their thoughts. Teachers who notice
when they are struggling, so they realize these teachers genuinely care about them. Teachers who make
no assumptions about what they are and are not capable of doing, teachers just stand there and watch.
And they come to their rescue when they are in need. Students remember teachers who saw something in
them that no one else did. Also, students remember teachers who taught values that can be applied in their
everyday lives.
REFLECT
Which personal traits do I possess? Not possess? Where do I need improvement?
The personal traits that I possess as I become an educator are: that I am adaptable to changes, I
adapt will my instructional strategies based on the ages of my students, the resources available, and
changing curriculum, practices, and requirements to be able to function in a constantly changing
environment. Showing empathy and understanding to different students, I will consider that students
learn differently, some of the activities may be easier for others, and for some are not, I must be observant
before we designate some learning tasks. And I am eager to learn, teachers not only teach but also want
to learn, they said that being a teacher is having a lifetime to learn, as time passes by there are lots of
concepts that we can absorb as we teach and this can be meaningful to our everyday life. On the other
hand, The personal trait that I think I do not possess and must be improved is my communication skills
since having a small voice is not enough to teach a lot of students, also it is where we can know if our
students are really learning not only the concepts but also the values that integrated with the lesson.

Which professional competencies am I strongly capable of demonstrating?

I am able to understand what I teach since sometimes I go through deep research about the
concepts that I will study, this may help me in teaching my students since I have a lot of prior knowledge I
will able to expound our topic if ever my students ask me more about it. Also, I am very resourceful, I find
ways if some problem arises throughout the teaching and learning process.

In which competencies do I need to develop more?

I need to develop more are my communication skills, preparation, and time management. This is
crucial since this will help me to have a smooth flow of discussion when I am teaching. I will do a lot of
practice by watching and reading sources that will help my teaching career.

Who are the teachers that we remember most?

As I experience, I remember my teacher in Grade 6, who encourage me to showcase my talents
and abilities like drawing, slogan making, and even in singing, she showed me that she believe in me. Even
though we have a good relationship she tells me about the wrong things that I do in a polite manner. Also I
tend to remember those teachers who are humorous and strict since they also influence me to who I am
and how I learn today.
WRITE ACTION RESEARCH PROMPTS
(I based on the online class of Grade 2 students - English St. Albert - Mrs. Duran)

1.OBSERVED In assisting my Resource Teacher, I observed that personal traits such as being
enthusiastic, kind, patient, and open to her student's thoughts and opinions.
Professionals Competencies like mastery of the lesson where she was able to answer students' questions,
integration of values that can be applied in a real-life situation, and classroom management since it is an
online class all students were able to participate and not distracted by anything were least/ not displayed
and as result, students were/class was time management where activities became an assignment since it
has not a lot of time to do it.

2 REFLECT The lack of these personal traits and professional competencies (mentioned in #1) may be
caused by the mode of learning, which is the online class since the gestures, the creativity of learning
materials, the communications are become limited, unlike the face-to-face classes the students clearly see
what teachers want to deliver.

3 PLAN I would like to address this problem (mentioned in #2) by conducting an action research on

The Coping Mechanisms of Teachers through Online Learning

4 ACT
a) The main objective of my action research is to have a better understanding of how teachers teach
effectively in online learning under new normal.
b) My specific question are:
What are the coping mechanisms that teachers do as we transitioned into an online class?
How do they resolve problems in teaching an online class?
A. Internet connectivity
B. Learning materials
C. Time management
c) To answer my specific research questions, I will observe how online classes are conducted, from
learning plan to execution. Identify the challenges that may arise during online classes, do surveys
on how teachers address the challenges that will arise, and establish coping mechanisms to make
their teaching more effective in the online mode of learning.
 Check for Mastery

Direction: Read the questions and choose the letter of the correct answer.

1 Which behavior does a great teacher who can empathize with his/her student display?
A. Feels what student feel
B. Expects students to understand his/her feelings
C. Gives no assignment
D. Makes test easy

2 According to students, a great teacher is “chill”. What does this mean? Teacher is ____
I cool
II calm
III doesn’t get overwhelmed
A. I, II and III
B. I and II only
C. I only
D. I and II

3 Which professional competencies refers to content knowledge and pedagogy?

I Apply developmentally appropriate and meaningful pedagogy grounded on content
Knowledge and current research.
II Display proficiency in Mother Tongue, Filipino and English in the teaching and learning
Process.
III Demonstrate skill in the use of communication strategies, teaching strategies, and
technologies to promote high quality learning.
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II
D. I, II and III

4 To address the diversity of learners, which professional competency must teacher display?
A Apply interactive teaching
B Do differentiated teaching
C Use problem- based learning
D Employ Project- based learning
 5 In the Southeast Asian Teachers Competency Framework, who is at the center with whom the
professional teacher relates?
A The professional teacher
B The school heads
C The joyful learner
D The parent/ guardian
Answers:
1, A
2, A
3. A
4. B
5. C

Work on my Artifacts
Attach your reflection here.

Being a great teacher is having positive attributes and competencies that will help students
to learn. Through this episode, I have learned that a teacher's influence on a student's life might be very
positive or negative. One of the few professions that directly affects the future of our country is teaching
since teachers hone every student to be productive which will able them to contribute to the development of
our country. Teachers should possess positive characteristics such as Being considerate and
understanding of our students that can developing the ability to build good relationships with our students,
Being compassionate and having a sensitivity to student differences, Being kind-hearted that motivates
students to believe in their own skills and abilities, And having dedication and love for teaching or passion
for the work, which includes a commitment to students success.

Since I view education as an integral element of living, I am excited to pursue a career in

education. Being an educator will provide us the chance to truly impact the lives of countless children.
Every day that we teach, we have the opportunity to form relationships with various students and make a
difference in their life by influencing the way they see the world. If we make an impression on students that
they will never forget by imparting knowledge and morals that they can use in their everyday lives, they
might remember us. As I progress along this path, my sense of eagerness grows stronger every day and I
hope to fulfill my goal of becoming a professional teacher.