Participate and Assist

(Note to Student Teacher: As you participate and assist your FS Resource

Teacher in her daily task, please take note of what you are expected to give more
attention to as asked in the next step of this Learning Episode, NOTICE).

Participate actively by assisting your Resource Teacher in his/her daily task.

Take the initiative to offer your assistance. Don't wait for your Resource Teacher to
ask for it.

Notice

1. Take note of the following

 your Resource Teacher comments, facial expressions, gestures and actions
in class
 students' comments, facial expressions, gestures and behavior in class
 how your Resource Teacher relates to you
 the classroom proceedings
 The classroom atmosphere — relaxed or threatening?

Analyze

1. From the PPSTs, the Southeast Asia Teachers Competency Standards and
the TEDx videos that you viewed, what competencies does a great teacher
possess?
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2. Are these competencies limited only to professional competencies?
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3. For a teacher to be great, is it enough to possess the professional
competencies to plan a lesson, execute a lesson plan, manage a class,
assess learning, compute and report grades? Explain your answer.
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4. For a teacher to be great, which is more important - personal qualities

or professional competencies?
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5. Who are the teachers that we remember most?

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Reflect

Which personal traits do I possess? Not possess? Where do I need

improvement in?
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Which professional competencies am I strongly capable of demonstrating?
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In' which competencies do I need to develop more?
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Who are the teachers that we remember most?
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Write Action Research Prompts

1. OBSERVE In assisting my Resource Teacher, I observed that personal traits such

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and professional competencies like_____________________________________

were least / not displayed and as a result, students were /class
was______________________________________________________________
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2. REFLECT The lack of these personal traits and professional competencies

( mentioned in # 1) may be caused
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3. PLAN I would like to address this problem (mentioned in # 2) by conducting an action
research
on__________________________________________________________________
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4. ACT
a) The main objective of my action research
is________________________________________________________________
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b) My specific research question
are:______________________________________________________________
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c) To answer my specific research questions,
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