Summer Class 2012

Education is a lifelong process. It has no end...It has no limit. I always inculcate the importance of education to the minds of young ones because I noticed that education for them is unimportant. They don't really value it.

Though I am tired of going to school and study lessons but I needed to engage myself with the new trends in education. I have to update myself with the newest policies and fads in education order to become a competent and globally competitive citizen.

To prove it, I enrolled myself in summer classes program.

My classroom is located at the fourth floor of the school building, these are the views I always see every time I pass on the aisle heading to my room.
 

I took the stairs in going up and down the building. Well, I don't have a choice. The building has no other way in going up and down the building. This is the view of the aisle going to my room.

 

And this is my room...empty...only chairs  were present :-)

This is my chair...

and these are my classmates with our Prof:-)

Take care.

Mancom Conference

Last October 19, i was given a chance to attend the 5th Regular Division MANCOM Conference held at Surigao City Cultural Center.

Miss Col on her baro't saya attire.
ASDS, Mrs. Fetalvero shared with us about Leadership.

The Division promotional staff

The District 3 administrators, my former district.

*sorry for not giving all the details...

oct. 16- teacher's day, family day etc...

very late post huh..i just grabbed these pics from Mae ann's account in FS. i wasn't able to docu this event bec i was not feeling well that time.

last oct. 16 was the Family day and the same time the celebration of World Teacher's Day in our division. in order to have fun and spend quality time with other teachers outside the school, the office suggested that this one-of-the-momentous-event must be held somewhere close to the beach. yes, beach..water..fresh air..sand..etc..isn't it relaxing?..ok, this event happened in Rose Beach, Barangay Ipil, Surigao City.

the pics below showed the secret talent of the teachers in cheer dancing.


district 5

division office

district 7

this is Mae ann..isn't she beautiful?

district 3

district 6

district 2

district 8

Brigada Eskwela

After two months of vacation, here comes a new month-a month of new school year. The second busiest month for us because we have to structure our room and other necessities for the learning-process. Brigada Eskwela and enrolment are two major activities ahead. What is this Brigada Eskwela?
It is also known as the National Maintenance Week and is observed every May of each year. Capitalizing on the spirit of bayanihan among Filipinos, it encourages parents, barangay residents, local businessman, youth and the community to volunteer resources like financial, materials and labor, and work collectively for the maintenance and minor repair of schools during the month of May to prepare school for the opening of classes in June. Brigada Eskwela successfully demonstrated how the communities can work in teams to maintain public schools.

Special mention to Special Science Elementary School for garnering the award as the Most Prepared School in National Competition…(*salute)


Here are some scenes happened during the Brigada Eskwela in my station this month.

My heartfelt gratitude to all the parents, barangay officials and others who shared their precious time with us in cleaning the school ground in preparation for the upcoming opening of classes on June.

My CRoom

Welcome...Mabuhay!


what can you see and say? look at the ceiling, what do you think? i hope it will be given good budget this year for repair. what about the windows? yes, super sira na po 'yan. it can't be closed. i can't hold it either kasi wala na po masyadong nails na nakahawak diyan. I just remind my pupils not to touch the windows kasi sensitive baka magdamdam, mahulog pa...lol.

Ganito po yon, on the right side, wooden jalousies na sira. On the left side ng aking room, glass jalousies na po na bago. Bakit di pantay? kasi po last year, binigyan ako ng budget for windows repair daw. yung budget inteded for my classroom lang. hindi lang mga bintana ng room ko ang sira, also the windows of my ka-trabaho sira din. kaya, hinati namin ang glass jalousies. unfair daw for her. ako nalang nag-suggest sa kanya na maghati kami. pareho kami puro one-sided windows lang ang bago..:-)

this is the scenario u can see as u enter in my croom.

i am handling two grades everyday. Combination teacher po me. on the right rows naka-upo ang lahat ng grade one. sa kabila naman ang grade two. Combination classes po tawag diyan. after a day work, paos na boses ko...

Is it a Good or Bad News?

It is still February but last Monday someone texted me that I, with my two colleagues, will attend seminar on May 4 to 8 somewhere along in the city. Oh no, I can't help myself thinking about it. I know what it is like attending a seminar. What can I do? I am only a subordinate, I must follow what memo being given to me. Summer is not vacation at all i guess...It's gonna be a tiring and boring(?) days for me. Imagine the graduation will fall on April 1. After that, I still have to report in the office for some paper works to be accomplished and so on and so forth...And on the first week of May will be the dated seminar :-(...I can't hide or whatever because the said seminar is funded by the national government. We allocated fifty six thousand pesos. All expenses will be paid by the government.
Why I (we) must attend the seminar? it is because SES ranked the low performing school. It is our big responsibility why SES got low in NAT. That is why we have to undergo seminars and etc etc etc. Poor me!

Sheryl's Homeroom

A novice teacher like me needs guidance, motivation and determination to become effective and competent teacher. To achieve the so called needs, I must structure and improve my classroom. With this, Venessa and I, visited one school in the city, accredited by APES so that I may able know and apply what will I be learned from their school to my classroom.(Benchmarking).

This is Sheryl's homeroom. I used the term home than class because her room is more than a classroom . As you entered on her room, you will feel you are at home. It's comfortable, well-ventilated and conducive for learning.


The left side of her room. The Im's hanging on the windows are about colors and basic sight words.

The front side. Very colorful, isn't it? Framed green board with light green curtain and ledge.

The right side of her room. The Im's hanging are about the months of the year, days of the week and shapes.

Her mini-kitchen with health kit , glass stand and medicine cabinet. Meet the owner of this well-structured homeroom, the lady looking at, she is Sheryl.

Her colorful and updated unit board

Supervisory Corner

Bulky boxes used to keep activity, assignments and quiz notebooks.

Teacher's cabinet where she kept her modules and item bank.



Note: If you want a well-strutured classroom you'll have to loan...:-)

RAT

Unfortunately, SES chose as one of the sample schools to be tested by the so called- Regional Achievement Test (RAT) on February 10.

I woke up very early at 4 A.M. I lit a lamp ( I'm scared of "not like ours"). 4 A.M. is not my usual time to wake up but because of this RAT, I had to. I kept yawning...but I had to be awake, alive and enthusiastic as possible because it's gonna be a busy and tiring day for the three of us ( I have 2 colleagues).

It was a cloudy day. The sun shone shyly. The ground was wet due to the-never-ended rain. It is always raining here in the city. Flood and mud are my best buddies these days.

At 6:30, the Principal texted me, "We are heading for SES. Prepare breakfast. We have a visitor from Butuan City." Me: "Ok, Sir". Not really ok, I was not eating my breakfast yet I have to prepare breakfast for the visitors. Wattahh! I ate my food as fast as I could. I informed my two colleagues about the message I received. They worried or should I say, tensed. They kept me asking what to do. Lah!...me too couldn't think what to prepare though we prepared food but it intended for the lunch not for the breakfast. Principal: "We are about to reach SES." I sigh. So, this is it! This is really is it! I was so nervous. I kept telling my angels to be good and polite.

At 7:30, the visitor's motorboat anchored at the pier. They are four males. Three are young principals including our principal and one from Butuan, an English Supervisor. After eating their breakfast, they immediately conducted the test. The test covered all the major subjects- English, Science, Mathematics, Filipino and Makabayan. Luckily, my angels were excluded in the test. Good for me huh! Minus stress for my part. It took 4 hours for the Grade 3 pupils to finish the test and 5 hours for the grade six pupils to finish the test. I heard one pupil murmured because the test was so difficult. No wonder. The MPS of the test they took was in the unmastered level. The principal urged us to double our time to review and review for the next test to be conducted this March, which is the NAT.

SES is one of the low performing schools in the division . YES, we are. Not a good year for threel of us..tsktsktsktsk