Good morning, everyone and welcome to the first quarterly Learning Action Cell

session for this school year.

Some of you had asked me some time ago what this activity was and you even
mentioned that you were not familiar with it. Well, according to DepEd Order no. 35,
s. 2016, the Learning Action Cell primarily functions as a professional learning
community for teachers that will help them improve practice and learner
achievement. This serves as an opportunity for all of us to collegially discuss
strategies that will lead to better teaching and learning processes.
With my time spent here in ANHSAT, I have observed that most of you have what it
takes to empower your students to become much, much better than who they are
at the present moment. Each of you has something to contribute to make this
school a sleeping giant wake up from its slumber and rise again just like before. I
do enjoy listening to you as you happily recall the past memories when you were
able to host spectacular events and how you managed them successfully. With our
collaborative effort, we might be able to do it again because you still have that
inner spark within all it takes is a light to flame it up.
The morning session is set to have general topics for all of us to ponder and revisit.
Later on this afternoon we will split this group by department and continue with
other topics relevant to our areas of concern. I know that you are all intellectuals
here so I encourage you to give a chance to our colleagues who will retool our
minds with fresh insights. They need your support and not your criticism, no matter
how constructive they might be in your opinion. This session should serve as an
avenue for growth as we set aside negative outlooks and make room for reflection
and admission of our weaknesses, mistakes and negligence if there are any.
Hence, let us maintain a professional collaborative spirit to make this activity better
than the usual boring, monotonous and dull in-service trainings where we have to
endure because our attendance is constantly checked and monitored. Let us just
enjoy each others company and engage in friendly discussion on the topics which
will be presented later on.
Thank you and have a pleasant day ahead.