FS

FIELD
STUDY
Episode 3

On Becoming A Teacher

THE TEACHER IN A SCHOOL SETTING

Name of FS Student ____________________________________________________________________
Course____________________________________________________ Year & Section______________
Resource Teacher 1 ______________________________Signature___ ___________Date____________
Resource Teacher 1 ______________________________Signature___ ___________Date____________
Resource Teacher 1 ______________________________Signature___ ___________Date____________
Cooperating School_____________________________________________________________________

Introduction
A teacher as a professional will always be found in a school setting. There will be no school
without the teacher because a teachers official working place is a school. A school is an institution
where learning occurs under the guidance of a professional called the teacher.
You will also find yourself in one of these schools when you become a full fledged teacher.
How does a teacher operate or function in a school setting? How will a teacher manage the
physical as well as the psychological environment in the school?

My Target

Description of a typical school day of a teacher.

Enduring understanding of the teachers role in creating a conducive learning environment in
the school.
My Performance (How will be rated)

Field Study 6, Episode 3 The Teacher in a School Setting

Focused on: The Teacher as a Person; Myself as a Person
Tasks
Observation/
Documentation:

My Analysis

My Reflection

Exemplary
4
All the tasks were
done with
outstanding
quality; work
exceeds
expectations
4
Analysis questions
were answered
completely; in
depth answers;
thoroughly
grounded on
theories
Exemplary
grammar and
spelling.
4

Superior
3
All or nearly all
tasks were done
with high quality

Satisfactory
2
Nearly all tasks
were done with
acceptable quality

3
Analysis questions
were answered
completely

2
Analysis questions
were not answered
completely.

Clear connection
with theories

Vaguely related to
the theories.

Grammar and
spelling are
superior
3

Grammar and
spelling acceptable
2

Reflection
statements are
profound and
clear, supported by
experiences from
the episode.

Reflection
statements are
clear, but not
supported by
experiences from
the episode.

Reflection
statements are
shallow; supported
by experiences
from the episode.

3
Portfolio is
complete, clear,
well-organized and
most supporting
documentation are
available and/or in
logical and clearly
marked locations.
3
On the deadline

2
Portfolio is
incomplete;
supporting
documentation is
organized but is
lacking.

4
My Portfolio

Portfolio
complete, clear,
well-organized and
all supporting
documentation are
located in sections
clearly designated.
4
Before deadline

Submission

Score

Analysis questions
were not
answered.

Grammar and
spelling
unsatisfactory.

1
Reflection
statements are
unclear and
shallow and are
not supported by
experiences from
the episode.
1
Portfolio has
many lacking
components; is
unorganized and
unclear.

2
1
A day after the Two days or more
deadline
after the deadline
2
1

Subtotals

Over-all Score

Unsatisfactory
1
Fewer than half of
tasks were done;
or most objectives
met but with poor
quality
1

Rating: (Based on
Transmutation)

Signature of FS Teacher
Above Printed Name
Transmutation of score to grade/ rating
Grade
Score
Grade

Date

My Concrete Experience
This experiential learning episode will take you to the actual school setting. Here, you will spend
more time making observations and talking to your Resource Teacher. The steps that will guide in
your journey in this episode are as follows:
1. Visit a particular as your resource teacher in a school.
2. Secure the teachers program. Study the time schedule and the activities.
3. Make a class observation at the certain period of the days activities.
Based on the daily program, find out what the teacher is supposed to do during the time of your
visit. Observe what the teacher is doing. Take note of the different activities.
Copy the Class Program of the Teacher here:
Name of the Teacher ____________________________________________
Name of the School______________________________________________
District of _____________________________________________________
Division of _____________________________________________________
CLASS PROGRAM
Grade __________
Minutes

Period

Learning Activities

Morning

Interview the teacher to verify the class program.

MY OBSERVATIONS
At the time you are in school, what significant observations have you made.
Areas of Focus for Observation
in the School Setting

My Observations

Physical Setting
1. Classroom Arrangement

2. Bulletin Board Display

3. School Playground

4. Learning Resource Center

Socio- Psychological Setting

1. Class Routines
2. Teacher Activities
3. Learners Activities
4. Co-curricular Activities
5. Extra-curricular Activities

MY REFLECTIONS
Based on the teachers program, your observations and your interviews, would you now see
teaching to be full time job? Why? Why not?

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How do you feel about the teachers workplace? Are the conditions healthy for the welfare of both the
learners and teachers?
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Do you find the relationships of the teachers and the learners pleasant? Explain your answer.
__________________________________________________________________________________
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My Affirmed Concepts
What previous learning or concepts that you have gained in your professional education
courses are affirmed by this learning episode? Give at least three, by completing the sentences below.
My previous learning in the content courses that were confirmed by this learning episode is the
following:
1. That . . .

2. That . . .

3. That . . .

MY FUTURE APPLICATIONS
How can I improve the school setting that I have observed when I become a teacher?

1. Classroom Arrangement

2. Bulletin Board Display

3. School Playground

4. Classroom Routines

5. Teacher Activities

6. Co-curricular Activities

7. Extra-curricular Activities

FS
FIELD
STUDY

On Becoming A Teacher

Episode 2

The Teacher in the Community

Name of FS Student ____________________________________________________________________
Course____________________________________________________ Year & Section______________
Resource Teacher 1 ______________________________Signature _______________Date____________
Cooperating School_____________________________________________________________________

Introduction
In the Philippines, the government has built schools in almost all strategic barangays, town or
city. This is done to provide access and equal opportunity for every school child to achieve quality
education. At present, there are more than half a million public school teachers deployed in all these
schools throughout the century. The school and the teacher in every school have very crucial
responsibilities in contributing to the change and development in every community.

My Target
Community data Rapid Appraisal Survey
List of identified community resources available for use by the teachers in the school
My Performance (How will be rated)

Field Study 6, Episode 4 The Teacher in the Community

Focused on: The Teacher as a Person; Myself as a Person
Tasks
Observation/
Documentation:

My Analysis

My Reflection

My Portfolio

Submission

Exemplary
4
All the tasks
were done with
outstanding
quality; work
exceeds
expectations
4
Analysis
questions were
answered
completely; in
depth answers;
thoroughly
grounded on
theories
Exemplary
grammar and
spelling.
4
Reflection
statements are
profound and
clear, supported
by experiences
from the episode.

Superior
3
All or nearly all
tasks were done
with high quality

Satisfactory
2
Nearly all tasks
were done with
acceptable
quality

3
Analysis
questions were
answered
completely

2
Analysis
questions were
not answered
completely.

Clear connection
with theories

Vaguely related
to the theories.

Grammar and
spelling are
superior
3
Reflection
statements are
clear, but not
supported by
experiences from
the episode.

Grammar and
spelling
acceptable
2
Reflection
statements are
shallow;
supported by
experiences from
the episode.

4
Portfolio
complete, clear,
well-organized
and all
supporting
documentation
are located in
sections clearly
designated.

3
Portfolio is
complete, clear,
well-organized
and most
supporting
documentation
are available
and/or in logical
and clearly
marked
locations.
3
On the deadline

2
Portfolio is
incomplete;
supporting
documentation is
organized but is
lacking.

4
Before deadline

Unsatisfactory
1
Fewer than half
of tasks were
done; or most
objectives met
but with poor
quality
1
Analysis
questions were
not answered.

Grammar and
spelling
unsatisfactory.

1
Reflection
statements are
unclear and
shallow and are
not supported by
experiences from
the episode.
1
Portfolio has
many lacking
components; is
unorganized and
unclear.

2
1
A day after the Two days or
deadline
more after the
deadline
2
1

Subtotals
Rating: (Based on

My Concrete Experience
ACTIVITY 1 RAPID COMMUNITY SURVEY
This activity shall be done preferably during the weekend, when the community people are at
their homes. Permission to conduct the community survey should be secured from your teacher. The
same permission shall be asked from the Barangay officials.
It is suggested that this activity will be made by groups of five, to facilitate the collection of the
data. As a group, you will enhance your understanding of the community situation which you will
survey. In a way, this will be your community immersion activity.

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Here are the steps:

Report to the Barangay Captain or Punong Barangay upon arrival in the community.
Peruse a community map to find out the area you are going to cover.
Secure the available information from the records of the Barangay Secretary.
Provide the opportunity to go around the barangay for visual observation.
Interview some folks from whom you can secure or verify the data.
Activity 1 RAPID COMMUNITY APPRAISAL

Name of the school in the Barangay: ____________________________________________________

Name of the Barangay: __________________________ Type: ________ Rural_____ Urban _______
Name of the Town/Municipality: _______________________________________________________
Name of Province/ City: ______________________________________________________________
I.

Barangay Location
1. Distance from the City (in Km)
2. Distance from the College/University where enrolled, _____________

II.

Demography
1. Population: ____________________________________
2. Number of household: ___________________________
3. Number of school-going children: __________________

III.

Physical Features (please check)

1. Lowland __________
2. Upland ___________
3. Mountainous _____
4. Coastal __________

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

Facilities (please check)

1. School ______
7. Cooperative Store ______
2. Community Center _________
8. Church/Chapel ________
3. Plaza ______
9. Electricity __________
4. Health Center ________
10. Drinking Water _________
5. Market ________
11. Reading Center ________
6. Road Network _______
12. Other (Specify
13.
Agricultural resources (please check)
1. Rice fields _______
7. Bananas ________
2. Cornfields _______
8. Root crops ______
3. Sugarcane fields ______
9. Livestock (carabao, cattle) ___
4. Coconut palms _______
10. Fisheries (ponds, deepsea) ___
5. Fruit trees (mango, jackfruits, etc ) _____
6. Forest tress (Mahogany, Narra, etc.) ____
14.
Commercial Resources ( please check)
1. Sari-sari store _______
7. Factory ________
2. Trading center _________
8. Machine shops ________
3. Rural Banks ___________
9. Beauty parlor _______
4. Cooperative stores ______
10. Bookstore _______
5. Carinderia/Restaurant _______
11. Other (specify) ______
6.
Common means of transportation
1. Jeepney ________
5. Bicycle _______
2. Bus _______
6. Horseback _______
3. Tricycle ________
7. Animal driven transpo. _______
4. Trisikad ________
8. Others (specify) ________

VIII.

IX.

X.

Development Program in the Barangay

1. Brigada Eskwela _______
2. Clean and Green _______
3. Gulayan ng Bayan _______
4. Peace and Order _______
5. Others (specify ) _______
Annual Community Activities (please check )
1. Barangay Fiesta ________
2. Community Festival _______
3. Sports Festival ________
4. Peace and Order _______
5. Others (please list)
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38. Activity 2 interview of the School Teacher

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Your second concrete experience will be to visit the school in the Community which
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In your interview, you may ask your Resource Teacher the following questions;
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1. What school activities do you conduct that allow the participation of the people in the Barangay?
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2. Are there community activities that you, as teacher join? Please name. Do your students/pupils
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3. What learning do your pupils/students gain from the participation?
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4. What does the community benefit from joining in your school activities?
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5. As per your observation, are the lessons that you taught in the Scholl transferred to the home or
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6. What community resources have you used in your teaching?
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71. MY REFLECTIONS
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1. Describe the data that you have gathered from your community survey.
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pictures of the community or barangay in your photo essay.
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Barangay __________________________
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The Schools Community
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After making a survey of the Barangay and interviewing the teacher, answer the
following question
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1. Which resources that you have identified are present in the community? Can these be utilized in
your teaching? How?
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My Affirmed Concepts

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experiential Learning Episode?
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Place a mark to the concepts which are confirmed and place an x mark to
those which are not confirmed.
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CONCEPTS
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REMAR
KS ( X )
1. A teacher can utilize resources available in the community
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2. A teacher should teach with a view in mind that the learners
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transfer their learning in home and community.
3. Teachers are agents of change of the community.
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4. Barangay officials, health workers and other human
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resources can be invited as resource speakers in the school.
5. The teacher should always be willing to support the
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community in various activities.
6. Teacher and school should be unmindful of the community
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activities
7. Communities should provide support for the learning of their
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children in school.
8. The sole responsibility of the teacher is to teach in the
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9. All schools are part and parcel of the community where they
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10. Community officials should take over the responsibilities of
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MY FUTURE APPLICATION
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Based on experiential Learning Episode 4, 1 should do the following
when I become a teacher. (Please list at least 3 things)
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