Activity and Assessment
Activity 1 – Let’s Read These
1.Think of your favorite teacher. Why was he/she your favorite? What
qualities did he/she possess? Is he/she your ideal teacher? What influence
did he/she have in your life? Did she act in accordance to the
expectations of the community?
Activity 2
Here are quotes on teachers. Read and understand them. Do you agree with each of
the quotation?
1. “Teachers change the world, one child at a time."
2. "Teachers are the most responsible and m o s t important
members of society because their professional efforts affect the
fate of the earth."
3. "Every child deserves a champion, an adult who will never
give up on them, who understands the power of connection
and insists they become the best they can possibly be."
- Rita Pierson
4. The influence of a good teacher can never be erased."
5. "I am a teacher.
I am not in it for the income.
I am in it for the outcome.
I am a teacher.
It's who I am. .
It's my passion, my calling, and my world."
What is your favorite quote? Any message for you?
Analysis – Let’s Analyze
1.Are the traits shared were the same traits that schools and the larger
community expect of professional teachers?
2.Based on your observation, do all teachers embody the traits
expected of professional teachers?
Enrichment Activities
1. Here is what one Dean of a College of Education told her freshmen
teacher education students in her Welcome Address on Orientation Day:
Believing that you don't learn everything in the classroom, the College of
Education, which will be your home for four years has prepared a menu of
annual co-curricular activities for you. All of these are meant to help you
become the true professional teacher that this College and University have
envisioned you to become....
a)What message do you get from the Dean's Welcome Address?
b)In the context of this Welcome Address, What does this statement "... do
more, learn more, and have more…" (Pope Paul VI, Populorum Progressio,
1967) What message do you get in relation to your pre-service education?
2. A professional teacher creates a conducive learning environment to
facilitate learning. Based on experiences, illustrate with a drawing or comic
strip what a conducive learning environment is. Display your work in class.
Conduct a gallery walk for everyone to see and comment/ask questions
about the comic strips.
3.The Bible says: "You are the salt of the earth. Bus if the salt loses its
saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for
anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You are the
light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do
people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its
stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let
your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and
glorify your father in heaven. (Matthew 5:13-16)
Based on this Chapter on the teacher as a community leader, how do
these biblical passages apply to the professional teacher?
4."I don't hear what you are saying because who you are speaks louder than
what you say". How does this quote apply to the professional teacher as
a community leader? Discuss.
5.A teacher is fully convinced that her religion is the only true religion, the
only way to salvation. As a result, she proselytes. Can her good
intention of salvation for all justify her proselyting? Why or Why
not?
6.As a community leader, what will you do if you see something negative in the
community culture? Example.
7.Your mayor has a teacher candidate for a teaching position. Your
ranking is over. Your mayor's candidate was not part of the ranking and
is not a licensed teacher. As a professional teacher, what would you do?
8. Cite at least 3 specific ethical behaviors of a professional teacher based
on Article III of the Code of Ethics for Professional Teachers. Come up with a
Powerpoint presentation or a skit.
Evaluation
1.Give at least 3 expectations that community has for teachers.
2.How should a professional teacher regard indigenous people’s culture?
3.The mother of this author was once a public-school teacher.
When this author was in her preschool age her mother taught
in the remote barrios of the town and so where her mother was
assigned the family went along. This author vividly remembers
how her mother was dearly loved by the community. She was
teacher, counselor and consultant to everyone who came. She was
indeed a missionary. Her transfer to another school was always an
emotional one, a mother crying, too. To top it all, the one most
touching etched in my memory was one community leader had a big
rooster. So many wanted to buy that rooster but refused to sell
it. On the eve of our departure, he butchered it for that last
evening meal with them. This author will never forget such act of
generosity. In their poverty, these people can give all.
a)If given the opportunity, would you welcome teaching in the far flung
schools? Why or Why not?
b)If you say yes to the call to teach in a far flung school what should be
doing more in your pre-service education?
4. One instance that proves that school-community partnership has
been established is the Brigada Eskwela of the Department of Education.
Research on what Brigada Eskwela is and the good things it has brought to
schools. Share your research findings in class.
5. In what other ways can parents and community leaders be involved
in the school to improve school performance?
