TOPIC 1: THE TEACHER AS A PERSON: PHILOSOPHY AND MISSION STATEMENT

EPISODE 1: THE TEACHER AS A PERSON

Name of FS Student: Encina, Julie Jean R. Signature of FS Student:

Course: BEED Year & Section: 4B-Day

Resource Teacher:

INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES:

At the end of this episode, the FS student will clarify their values about teaching and in
articulating and demonstrating one’s personal philosophy of teaching and craft their own mission
statement as future teachers.

INSTRUCTION PROCESS
Preparation:

For you to be an effective teacher in the future, it is important to first start with an awareness of
your values about teaching and then write your mission statement or philosophy that you will uphold
with conviction.

Presentation:

To reach your target, do the following tasks:

Step 1. Find a partner. Interview at least 3 teachers about their beliefs on the why, what
and how of teaching.

Step 2. Analyze the values and philosophy behind the teachers’ beliefs.

Step3. Reflect about your own values and philosophy about teaching.

Step 4. Express these values and philosophy in your own mission statement.

Practice:

Use the activity form provided for you to document your interview.

A DETAILED GUIDE

Read the following carefully before you begin to observe. Then write your observation report on the
provided space.

1. As you interview each teacher, ask each one to answer the three sentence compilation items
below:
a. My goal/s for my pupils/students is/are _______________________________________.
This statement reflects the teacher’s values/philosophy about WHY one should teach.
 b. What I really want to teach my pupils/students is/are ____________________________.
This statement reflects the teacher’s values/philosophy about WHAT one should teach.
c. I will teach my pupils/students by _____________________________. This statement
reflects the teacher’s values/philosophy about HOW one should teach.

2. Use the sentence compilation form on the next page when you interview the teachers’
responses.
3. Fill out the Teacher’s Values and Philosophy Matrix to document the teachers’ responses.
4. Analyze the teachers’ responses by identifying the values and philosophies they reflected. You
can use the book, ‘THE TEACHING PROFESSION’ (Bilbao, et al. 2006) as a guide.

TEACHER INTERVIEW FORM

1. Teacher’s Full Name: Analyn D. Cantano Subject Taught: All Subjects

Level: Grade 6
a. My goal/s for my pupils/students is/are teach them to take responsibility for their own
behavior and learning, mold them to live values everyday.
b. What I really want to teach my pupils or students is/are to communicate grammatically
and effectively, have a proper guidance and motivation, grow holistically, be more
competent and value the significant of studying well.
c. I will teach my pupils/students by being a motivator and encourager. As a motivator of
learning, I will guide and motivate my students through giving proper guidance, being
responsible and respectful, when they grow up he/she becomes a good citizen in our
community and our country as well.

2. Teacher’s Full Name:Marife P. Alimento Subject Taught: All Subject

Level: Kindergarten
d. My goal/s for my pupils/students is/are touch my learners’ life through teaching. As a
kinder adviser, I am the one who impart the knowledge in their young age. I will always be
a part of my learners life and so excited to see them soon to become successful.
e. What I really want to teach my pupils or students is/are I really want to teach them
through identifying letters and pronouncing the letter sounds. When I achieved the letter
target of the day, I can say to myself that I was one of the great teacher that the
government had.
f. I will teach my pupils/students by: Everyday I always remind and teach my learners to
respect each other. No matter how successful they are if they don’t know the respect it
seems that they are uneducated person. Respect is one of the key to achieved our dreams
in life.
 3. Teacher’s Full Name: Jeffry Turtugo Reyes Subject Taught: TLE/MAPEH
Level: Grades 8, 9 and 10
g. My goal/s for my pupils/students is/are My goal for my students is for them to be
successful and I want to be that person who will be their inspiration and a driving force on
whatever goals they want to be in life.
h. What I really want to teach my pupils or students is/are Aside from teaching the basics of
education, I've always wanted to teach and integrate disciplines and values and life that
would be useful for them on their everyday living. Before starting the whole year of
struggles in studying, I would like my students to remember these things:(a) to be
RESPECTFUL. Regardless of the status, the race, religion, belief and culture, they should
remember that being respectful is being human. (b) to be KIND. In this world full of cruelty,
be that person who spreads positivity and kindness. (c) to be HUMBLE. The world is full of
talented and capable people and your one of them. I know you are trying to be the best
but there are people who greater than you. Appreciate their greatness so whenever its
your time to be great, they'll do same thing for you. Lastly, to be GRATEFUL. If someone
give and shares their blessings, be that person who says thank you. It's not the amount or
the size of help that matters, its the effort
i. I will teach my pupils/students by I will teach what I have learned because in the process
of teaching my students the basics of life, I am also learning from them. I will teach them
how to learn because they also teach me what to learn.

Performance:

Task 1. Analyze the answers of the three teachers that you interviewed and fill in the matrix below.

TEACHERS’ VALUES AND PHILOSOPHY MATRIX

Teacher’s Response Your Analysis Your Analysis Your Reflection

Values Reflected Philosophy Reflected Your

Comments/Reactions
(Refer to the Teaching
Profession book) (Do you agree/disagree with
the views of the teacher? Is it
similar/Different form your
own view?

TEACHER 1

A. WHY teach Teacher 1 and I share the

same views in teaching.
To make students To be responsible for Teacher 1 is concerned
It is my ultimate goal to
responsible for their their own behavior and with the modification
not just feed students
own behavior and to live with values. and shaping of student’s
with what is written in
learning. To mold behavior. She is after
books but also putting
the students’ lives students who exhibit
maximum effort to help
and to live values desirable behavior in
students become
everyday. society. (Behaviorism)
human, not learned
monsters.
B. WHAT to teach

Teaching students to Teacher 1 is concerned I agree with her view in

to communicate with developing the terms of teaching
To be well-rounded
grammatically and communication skills of students to
individuals. To be an
effectively, have a the learners. She is communicate
individual with
proper guidance and concerned with the grammatically and
competence, skills and
motivation, grow ability of the students to effectively since
holistically, be more values.
articulate, to voice out communication is my
competent and value the meaning and values forte, I would love to
the significant of of things. (Linguistic share it to my students
studying well. Philosophy/Essentialism) as well. I also agree with
Also, teacher 1 focuses her point to teach
on the whole students holistically, to
development of the guide and motivate
students. (Progressivism) them, to help them to be
competent enough and
also teach them the
importance of education.

C. HOW to teach

Teaching students by Teacher 1 teaches to I completely agree with

being a motivator develop her students the principle of teacher
and an encourager. into becoming 1. Of course, as teachers,
As a motivator of To be a motivator and enlightened and you cannot give what
learning, she will an encourager. A guide intelligent citizens of a you do not have. If you
guide and motivate for students to be democratic society. want to produce
her students through respectful and become (Progressivism) Also, students who are
giving proper good citizens of the teacher 1 gives emphasis respectful, responsible
guidance, being to shaping and exhibiting and good citizens, you
country.
responsible and the desirable behavior must be a motivator, and
respectful, so that
of the students model worth imitating
when they grow up
(Behaviorism) for.
her students become
a good citizen in our
community and to
our country as well.

TEACHER 2

A. WHY teach Teacher 2

Teaching to touch Teacher 2 focuses on Basically, every teacher’s

the life of her pupils. To touch and be a part imparting knowledge to main goal is to impart
As a kinder adviser, of the student’s life. To her pupils which shows knowledge to the
she will be the one contribute to their the essentialism students and of course
who will impart success. philosophical to see them achieve a
knowledge to perspective wherein successful life and I
learners in their essential knowledge and would agree to teacher
young age. She will skills are being taught. two’s response.
always be a part of
her learners life and
so she is excited to
see them soon
become successful.

B. WHAT to teach Teacher 2 emphasized Since teacher 2 is a

Teach her pupils To be passionate,
through identifying focused and put the job
letters and
pronouncing the
letter sounds. When
she achieved the
letter target of the
day, she can say to
herself that she was
one of the great
teachers that the
government had.
developing the skill of kindergarten adviser, I
her pupils through would agree to her
identifying letters and response that teaching
in the heart
pronouncing the sounds or pronouncing sounds is
of letters. This is indeed essential knowing
concerned with the that she is assigned to
linguistic teach students who are
philosophy/essentialism just at the early age of
wherein teachers learning and acquiring
develop the learners’ something.
ability to articulate and
to use language that is
correct, precise and
grammatical.

C. HOW to teach

Teaching learners by Teacher 2 gives The “how to teach”

reminding them to emphasis on respect domain should focus on
To be respectful.
always respect one which shows the a certain strategy as to
another. For her, no essentialism how to perform the
matter how philosophical “what to teach” goal. It
successful they are if perspective wherein would’ve been better if
they don’t know the moral standards are the teacher elaborated
respect it seems that being taught. the process or just cited
they are uneducated a certain strategy.
person. Respect is
one of the key to
achieve our dreams
in life.

TEACHER 3

A. WHY teach
Teaching for his
students to be To be an inspiration for Teacher 2 highlighted I would agree to teacher
successful. He wants the students to become the word inspiration and three’s statement. Of
to be his students’ successful. To be a driving force which course as a teacher, the
inspiration and a driving force of the shows the existentialism success of the student is
driving force on students goals and philosophical on our wish list, nobody
whatever goals they aspirations. perspective which gives wants to see a student
want to be in life. emphasis in helping fail in life.
students to expose them
to various paths they
may take in life.
B. WHAT to teach
Aside from teaching
the basics of Teacher 3 gives I totally agree with
education, he always emphasis on respect, teacher three’s well
To integrate discipline
wanted to teach and kindness and elaborated statement.
and values in life.
integrate disciplines gratefulness which He combined both basics
Students are taught to
and values in life shows the essentialism of education and
be respectful, kind, and
that would be useful philosophical integrate as well
grateful.
for the students on perspective wherein discipline and values that
their everyday living. moral standards are a students should have.
Before starting the being taught. He wanted to develop
whole year of the students holistically.
struggles in studying,
he would like his
students to
remember these
things:(a) to be
RESPECTFUL.
Regardless of the
status, the race,
religion, belief and
culture, they should
remember that
being respectful is
being human. (b) to
be KIND. In this
world full of cruelty,
be that person who
spreads positivity
and kindness. (c) to
be HUMBLE. The
world is full of
talented and capable
people and you are
one of them. I know
you are trying to be
the best but there
are people who are
greater than you.
Appreciate their
greatness so
whenever it’s your
time to be great,
they'll do same thing
for you. Lastly, to be
GRATEFUL. If
someone give and
shares their
blessings, be that
person who says
thank you. It's not
the amount or the
size of help that
matters, it’s the
effort

C. HOW to teach
He will teach what
Teacher 3 focuses on I agree to teacher three’s
he have learned
imparting knowledge to statement. Though he
because in the To teach students basics
his students which didn’t mention a certain
process of teaching in life and to learning
shows the essentialism process as to how he will
his students the something from them in
philosophical be able to perform the
basics of life, he is return.
perspective wherein “what to teach” goal, he
also learning from
essential knowledge and still manage to elaborate
them. He will teach
skills are being taught. the give and take
them how to learn
The essentialism relationship of teaching.
because they also
contends that teachers
teach him what to
teach for learners to
learn.
acquire basic knowledge,
skills, and values.

Task 2. Base on the interview conducted with the three teachers, reflect on the following guide
questions.

1. Which views do you agree with? Disagree with? Expound.

-Teacher one shares realistic goals for her students and I agree with her point. She gave
emphasis to both academic standards and values integration of the students that is reflected
with the word holistic development. Her passion to make a difference in the lives of her
students is evident with the point she have elaborated and I can really justify that she is an
exemplar of positive values as well. I agree with the points of the three teachers, they all have
similar and significant points it’s just that I was looking for a concise answer.

2. This time, it’s your turn to answer the three sentences completion items.
a. My goal/s for my pupils/students is/are to become individuals equipped with knowledge
skills and competence in whatever fields their heart is into. I want them to be more humane
and I want them to serve their purpose that is to be a good person and citizen.
b. What I really want to teach to my pupils/students is/are values and competence. I want
them to be armored with the necessary skills as they step into the advanced levels. I really
want to make a balance between the affective, cognitive and psychomotor domains of my
students and acquaint them with the interconnectedness of both attitude and intellect.
c. I will teach my goals/students by exposing them to the real learning, exposing them to the
things that really matter. I want them to explore and discover something, maybe not in the
content of what I teach but based on how they see and apply things.
d. What philosophy do you adhere to? Why?
The philosophy I would adhere to is constructivism. Constructivism because I want my
students to be interactive, I want to create an atmosphere which promotes dialogical
exchange of ideas and I as a teacher will be the facilitator of learning, I want them to be
engaged in an active mental process.
ASSESSMENT

A mission statement is a clear and concise expression of your beliefs, values, and philosophy.
Write your own mission statement here. Below is a sample, but you are free to make your own format.
Just K.I.S.S. it. Keep it Short and Simple, so that you can remember it by heart. Most importantly, that
you will live by it. Outputs will be collected and presented by group.

I Live Each Day As A Teacher
Who Listens both to words and silences
Who Opens minds to wonder and explore
Who Values through preparation
Who Enjoys the daily routines
Who Celebrates individual differences
Who Advocates a child-friendly
environment
Who Relishes life-long learning
Who Educates not just the mind
But the heart and spirit as well.
By Maria Rita D. Lucas
My Mission Statement as
a future teacher
I will be an educator
Who uses my brain to think of innovations
and strategies for my learners.
Who uses my eyes to see the needs,
vulnerabilities and power of my students.
Who uses my nose to exhale negativities
and inhale courage.
Who uses my ears to listen to the plea and
inputs of my students.

Who uses my mouth to give words of

appreciation, encouragement and to
deliver the lessons.

Who uses my heart to show love, mercy

and compassion to my students.

Who uses my hands to lead the way of the

students.

Who uses my feet to explore and discover

things with them.