MY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CAREER PLAN

            Before I was enrolled to this crash course known as the Teacher Certificate for Non Education Professionals, I asked myself: Why be a teacher? Honestly speaking, my mind was uncertain to answer such question even after I finished studying all the professional subjects offered in the first semester. However, such question just became certainly answerable after I experienced the off-campus teaching in my chosen school none other than the Francisco Bangoy National High School. I really had a very memorable and worthwhile experience in my cooperating school that opened my mind and heart to embrace teaching profession as my lifetime career after graduation. With pride and honor, I promise that I will pursue a teaching career after graduation. I want to see myself getting old being in this profession. I want to become a MODERN TEACHER (Modern, Obedient, Dedicated, Economical, Resourceful, Noble—Talented, Efficient, Active, Creative, Honest, Effective and Research-oriented.) With all of these characteristics, I can surely become responsive to the changing needs that await me in the field of work after graduation. 

            Moreover, after graduation I have set my mind to accept only the teaching related opportunities as possible with open arms so that the enthusiasm in me to teach will keep on burning and the teacher in me will be kept alive.  Also, I want to pass the board examination this coming September 2012 and enroll myself in the graduate school to take up a Master’s Degree in Education major in Language Teaching still in my alma mater in college. There are also several plans that I want to achieve after graduation that I never mentioned herein but those are subjects for a case to case basis. Meaning to say, I cannot proceed to my succeeding plan without accomplishing the previous ones. Therefore, I need to follow a step by step process in achieving my plans since a journey towards a thousand miles begins with a single step. 

MY STATEMENT OF PERSONAL EDUCATION PHILOSOPHY

             An aphorism emphasizes, “the philosophy of education is the “window” to the world and a “compass” in life”. As a teacher, the philosophies of education that I possessed really serve as my window toward viewing the greatest possibilities of becoming a teacher and a “compass” that can guide my ways toward fulfilling the duties as future educator.

            As a teacher, I considered myself as an existentialist as projected in my education philosophies. As an existentialist I always consider myself as a counselor who always helps my students to understand and appreciate themselves as unique individuals who accept complete responsibility for their feelings and actions. Since existence precedes essence, my role as an existentialist teacher is to help students define their own essence by exposing them to various paths they take in life and by creating an environment in which they can freely choose their own preferred way. Also, as an existentialist, I believe that the feelings of my students should not be separated from reasons in decision making. As a result, I demand the education of the whole person and not just the mind. Furthermore, being an existentialist teacher, I always consider my students as unique individuals who possess innate talents or capacity; thus, I see to it that I facilitate activities to them with reference to their learning styles and to their multiple intelligences. In fact, I always give my students wide variety of options from which they can choose. I believe that each child is a unique individual who needs a secure, caring, and stimulating atmosphere in which to grow and mature emotionally, intellectually, physically, and socially. It is my desire as an educator to help students meet their fullest potential in their chosen field by providing an environment that is safe, supports risk-taking, and invites a sharing of ideas. As an existentialist, my methods of teaching focus on the individual. I see to it that learning is self-paced and self-directed. I always render an individual contact with my students so that I can relate to each of them openly and honestly. I also help my students know themselves and their place in society since I employ values clarification strategy.

            Going deeper, I  based my educational philosophies on some desirable and effective concept formulated by the experts such as the four pillars of education wherein my students will be  learning to read & write, learning to enjoy life, learning by doing of skill & attitude and learning to do know, live, & to be happy. For me, teaching provides an opportunity for continual learning and growth. One of my hopes as an educator is to inculcate a love of learning in my students, as I share my own passion for learning with them. I feel there is a need for compassionate, strong, and dedicated individuals who are excited about working with children. In our competitive society it is important for students to not only receive a solid education, but to work with someone who is aware of and sensitive to their individual needs. I am such a person and will always strive to be the best educator that I can be.

            Ultimately, I would like to end my statement of education philosophy by leaving some striking lines from my favorite song entitled the “Greatest Love of All”. I am always reminded of this song and I hope all the teachers in the world will also be reminded that the children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead way.  Show them all the beauty they possess inside. Give them a sense of pride and to make it easier let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be. Because of this, something in me remains wherever I have been.

STUDENT TEACHER’S PRAYER- Composed by DENNIS V. SALAMANES

Eternal God,

We are truly grateful of the blessing that you have showered upon us.

Thank you for the gift of life, for the loving students, for the loving and caring family,

for the understanding and compassionate teachers, for the supportive principal and for this wonderful day that we are about to share together with your guidance and protection.

Bless us all as we are about to deal a new lesson, new knowledge to inculcate, new experiences to embrace, new ideas to share, new values to feed our morale, new output of our painstaking labor to fulfill our satisfaction, new opinions to open up with others, new camaraderie to develop and a lot more that we are humbly asking from your most benevolent heart that grant simple requests into a sure reality.

 Lord, Bless all schools especially F. Bangoy National High School that it may dynamically and competitively become a center for sound learning, new discovery, and the pursuit of wisdom; and grant that those who teach and those learn may find you to be the source of all truth and wisdom.

Lord, we ask forgiveness for all the sins that we have committed and we are sincerely accepting your Holy Spirit to rule our hearts and minds so that we can avoid the temptations and some forms of evil as we continue fulfilling our roles in this beautiful world as children of God.  We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever Amen.

4th Grading Quiz-

4th Grading Long Quiz

Name: _________________________ Yr. & Sec.:_________________ Score:________________

I .Listening Test: Browse thoroughly the questions for a minute. Listen as your teacher reads the selection twice. Then, answer the questions below. Write the letter of your answer on the space before the number.
__________________1. What is the selection about?
a. It is about the generosity and compassion of Herman Steur, a rich Dutch businessman.
b. It is about the cruelty and unkindness of Herman Steur, a rich Dutch businessman.
c. It is about the selfishness of Herman Steur, a rich Dutch businessman.
d. It is about the rich Dutch businessman and his butler

_________________ 2. What type of paragraph is being read?
a. paragraph by narration
b. paragraph by character sketch
c. paragraph by example
d. paragraph by description

________________ 3. What is the best title for the story?
a. The Wealthy Dutch Businessman
b. The Person with a Good Heart
c. The Remarkable Mission of Herman Steur
d. The Charitable Heart of Herman Steur

________________ 4. Who are the characters in the story being read?
a. Herman Steur and the butler
b. Herman Steur, a beggar and a housemaid
c. Herman Steur and the woman, the fisherman
d. Herman Steur, the butler, the woman and her four children

___________ 5. What are the traits or characteristics being portrayed by Herman Steur in the selection being read?
a. jealousy and distrust
b. kindness, generosity and compassion
c. selfishness and self -interest
d. arrogance, superiority and authority


II. Matching Type: Match the statements or group of words in column A with the appropriate concepts needed in a description process in column B. Write the letter of your answer on the space provided before the number.
                             Column A                                                             Column B
____ 6. It means oneness of idea.                                          A. Paragraph
____7. It is a restatement of the topic sentence
, a summary,                                                                           B. Subjective description
or a conclusion based on the supporting details.                       C. Images
                                                                                               D. Senses
____8. It states the central idea to be developed.                   E. Objective description
                                                                                              F. Coherence
____ 9. These are sentences that help develop or expand the   G. Topic Sentence
main idea in the topic sentence.                                                H. Supporting Details
____ 10. It consists of facts or information about the topic.       I. Concluding Sentence
                                                                                               J. Unity
____11. A group of related sentences that develop a single
topic or idea.
___  12. It consists of words or expressions that seem to arouse
the reader’s special feeling, emotions or reactions.
_____13. Any visual impression or representation of something.
____14. These involve sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste.
_____15. It emphasizes an orderly sequence of ideas and their
relationship to one another.


III. Vocabulary: Identify the meaning of the underlined words/phrases as each is used in the sentences/passages.
________________ 16. The farmer raised an eyebrow, and then threw me an amused cynical look.
a. caring b. questioning c. funny d. entertaining

______________ 17. I realized that the good name handed down to me by my father could bestow a capital of good will.
a. shower b. invest c. give d. withdraw
_____________ 18. A good name is of immense value which money cannot buy.
a.unusual b. great c. measurable d. less
_____________ 19. He was deeply touched by the hapless woman who had just lost her husband
a. sickly b. lucky c. unfortunate d. happy
_____________ 20. A tormented person asked for the help of the Lord.
a. nice b. suffering c. happy d. bad


IV. Grammar

A. Adjectives: Change each word in the parenthesis into its adjective from. Write your answer on the spaces provided to complete the sentence.
Ex. 1. The girl is very ____beautiful____________. (beauty)
21. The cake tastes ________________ . (deliciously)
22. A man is _____________ so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can stop him. (happiness)
23. Hope is the power of being _______________ in circumstances which we know to be desperate. (cheerfulness)
24. It is a ______________thing for a man to resist the natural necessity of mortal passions. (difficulty)
25. Enough is __________to a feast. (equality)


B. Signal Words that denote Location/Direction: Supply appropriate signal words for the following sentences. Write your answer on the spaces provided.
Ex. 1. __Beside the Sasa Public Market, my house comes in full view.

26. _____________the Sasa Health Center, Francisco Bangoy Elementrary Shool is located.
27. ______________ the Francisco Bangoy National High School’s Clinic, the principal’s office is located.
28.______________ the Francisco Bangoy National High School’s office of the Registrar, the Reading Access Center is located.
29. Just ____________ the campus, the students can be catered by the 4 canteens of Francisco Bangoy National High School.
30.________________ the Francisco Bangoy National High School’s office of the registrar and the Reading Access Center, the school’s library is located.


V. Reading Test
A. Rearrange the sentences in the following paragraph according to the paragraph order most appropriate for them. Indicate the sequencing by numbers. (5 pts.)

1) The television has inflicted more than that since it has refashioned family relations, stifled intellectual life and transformed leisure into idleness.  2) Even the sky line of the squatter communities and of the more advanced rural barangays is littered TV antennas.  3)TV has changed the Filipino way of life.   4) A teleholic society has emerged from passive influence of the boob tube.  5) The lives of many have been reduced to passivity as their mental energies are refocused away from the harsh realities of existence.

__________________ 31.
___________________32.
__________________ 33.
__________________ 34.
__________________ 35.

B. Select the appropriate topic sentence from the list below the paragraph and write it on the blank. (36-40)

I was hurt and I wanted revenge. I felt broken and I believed I could never put the pieces of my life together again. I had known hatred, anger, shame, guilt and betrayal. I had touched the depths of pain. But my friends never talked to me about the Christian virtue of forgiveness, although they had known, as I later came to understand, that forgiveness could not be forced or made to happen. _________________________________________________________________________________.

Topic Sentence: a. To err is human, but to forgive is divine.
b. It is easy to forgive, but it is hard to forget.
c. Forgiveness comes in its own time.

VI. Writing Test
A. Supply your own supporting details and the concluding sentence. (40-50)
Five wishes I have treasured until now. First,____________________________________________.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

4th Grading Quiz-

4th Grading Long Quiz

Name: _________________________ Yr. & Sec.:_________________ Score:________________

I .Listening Test: Browse thoroughly the questions for a minute. Listen as your teacher reads the selection twice. Then, answer the questions below. Write the letter of your answer on the space before the number.
__________________1. What is the selection about?
a. It is about the generosity and compassion of Herman Steur, a rich Dutch businessman.
b. It is about the cruelty and unkindness of Herman Steur, a rich Dutch businessman.
c. It is about the selfishness of Herman Steur, a rich Dutch businessman.
d. It is about the rich Dutch businessman and his butler

_________________ 2. What type of paragraph is being read?
a. paragraph by narration
b. paragraph by character sketch
c. paragraph by example
d. paragraph by description

________________ 3. What is the best title for the story?
a. The Wealthy Dutch Businessman
b. The Person with a Good Heart
c. The Remarkable Mission of Herman Steur
d. The Charitable Heart of Herman Steur

________________ 4. Who are the characters in the story being read?
a. Herman Steur and the butler
b. Herman Steur, a beggar and a housemaid
c. Herman Steur and the woman, the fisherman
d. Herman Steur, the butler, the woman and her four children

___________ 5. What are the traits or characteristics being portrayed by Herman Steur in the selection being read?
a. jealousy and distrust
b. kindness, generosity and compassion
c. selfishness and self -interest
d. arrogance, superiority and authority


II. Matching Type: Match the statements or group of words in column A with the appropriate concepts needed in a description process in column B. Write the letter of your answer on the space provided before the number.
                             Column A                                                             Column B
_________ 6. It means oneness of idea.                                             A. Paragraph
__________7. It is a restatement of the topic sentence, a summary,     B. Subjective description
or a conclusion based on the supporting details.                                   C. Images
                                                                                                          D. Senses
___________8. It states the central idea to be developed.                   E. Objective description
                                                                                                           F. Coherence
__________ 9. These are sentences that help develop or expand the   G. Topic Sentence
main idea in the topic sentence.                                                            H. Supporting Details
__________ 10. It consists of facts or information about the topic.       I. Concluding Sentence
                                                                                                           J. Unity
__________11. A group of related sentences that develop a single
topic or idea.
__________12. It consists of words or expressions that seem to arouse
the reader’s special feeling, emotions or reactions.
__________13. Any visual impression or representation of something.
__________14. These involve sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste.
__________15. It emphasizes an orderly sequence of ideas and their
relationship to one another.


III. Vocabulary: Identify the meaning of the underlined words/phrases as each is used in the sentences/passages.
________________ 16. The farmer raised an eyebrow, and then threw me an amused cynical look.
a. caring b. questioning c. funny d. entertaining

______________ 17. I realized that the good name handed down to me by my father could bestow a capital of good will.
a. shower b. invest c. give d. withdraw
_____________ 18. A good name is of immense value which money cannot buy.
a.unusual b. great c. measurable d. less
_____________ 19. He was deeply touched by the hapless woman who had just lost her husband
a. sickly b. lucky c. unfortunate d. happy
_____________ 20. A tormented person asked for the help of the Lord.
a. nice b. suffering c. happy d. bad


IV. Grammar

A. Adjectives: Change each word in the parenthesis into its adjective from. Write your answer on the spaces provided to complete the sentence.
Ex. 1. The girl is very ____beautiful____________. (beauty)
21. The cake tastes ________________ . (deliciously)
22. A man is _____________ so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can stop him. (happiness)
23. Hope is the power of being _______________ in circumstances which we know to be desperate. (cheerfulness)
24. It is a ______________thing for a man to resist the natural necessity of mortal passions. (difficulty)
25. Enough is __________to a feast. (equality)


B. Signal Words that denote Location/Direction: Supply appropriate signal words for the following sentences. Write your answer on the spaces provided.
Ex. 1. __Beside the Sasa Public Market, my house comes in full view.

26. _____________the Sasa Health Center, Francisco Bangoy Elementrary Shool is located.
27. ______________ the Francisco Bangoy National High School’s Clinic, the principal’s office is located.
28.______________ the Francisco Bangoy National High School’s office of the Registrar, the Reading Access Center is located.
29. Just ____________ the campus, the students can be catered by the 4 canteens of Francisco Bangoy National High School.
30.________________ the Francisco Bangoy National High School’s office of the registrar and the Reading Access Center, the school’s library is located.


V. Reading Test
A. Rearrange the sentences in the following paragraph according to the paragraph order most appropriate for them. Indicate the sequencing by numbers. (5 pts.)

1) The television has inflicted more than that since it has refashioned family relations, stifled intellectual life and transformed leisure into idleness.  2) Even the sky line of the squatter communities and of the more advanced rural barangays is littered TV antennas.  3)TV has changed the Filipino way of life.   4) A teleholic society has emerged from passive influence of the boob tube.  5) The lives of many have been reduced to passivity as their mental energies are refocused away from the harsh realities of existence.

__________________ 31.
___________________32.
__________________ 33.
__________________ 34.
__________________ 35.

B. Select the appropriate topic sentence from the list below the paragraph and write it on the blank. (36-40)

I was hurt and I wanted revenge. I felt broken and I believed I could never put the pieces of my life together again. I had known hatred, anger, shame, guilt and betrayal. I had touched the depths of pain. But my friends never talked to me about the Christian virtue of forgiveness, although they had known, as I later came to understand, that forgiveness could not be forced or made to happen. _________________________________________________________________________________.

Topic Sentence: a. To err is human, but to forgive is divine.
b. It is easy to forgive, but it is hard to forget.
c. Forgiveness comes in its own time.

VI. Writing Test
A. Supply your own supporting details and the concluding sentence. (40-50)
Five wishes I have treasured until now. First,____________________________________________.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.