Department of Education

Region X – Northern Mindanao

Division of Cagayan de Oro City
East II District
PUERTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Puerto, Cagayan de Oro City
REFLECTION PAPER
Being one of the students of GURO 21 Gearing me Up and Responsible and Outstanding Teacher in
Southeast Asia for the 21st Century (SEAMEO INNOTECH) I’m so blessed and privilege to be a part of
this prestigious learning platform for teachers. It helps me developed and equipped me with
knowledge, skills attitude and values as a teacher for the 21 st century. It made me personally and
professionally ready so that I will be able to help my learners to become 21 st century ready. The
contents are relevant and applicable in enhancing my competencies as 21 st century teacher because it
provided me as concepts and ideas that served as my strong reinforcement in my teaching career.

The course taught me to balance my time from a hectic schedule in school to participating my GURO
21 class every Saturday. But it was a great and meaningful experienced in my teaching career.

In the first module entitled “Equipping Teachers with Knowledge and Skills, Attitude and Values for
the 21st Century, it is relevant in the sense that 21 st Century teacher, I am confronted with various
challenges to thrive in the educational context of the 21 st. I need to be equipped and be ready to take
on the challenges and be a competent teacher to the 21 st century learners. In the second module
which is “Facilitating 21st Century Learning”, this module enabled me to understand better on how I
should be a subject matter expert. It also gave me the insights on how to become an effective
facilitator of learning and be an efficient classroom manager of the 21 st century teaching and learning.

The course did not come easy as eating an apple. There were many challenges I met halfway. One was
internet connection, sometimes power interruptions, there were times that I need to prioritized my
schedule being a learner in GURO 21 a mom of 5 kids and a classroom teacher handling coordinator in
AP subject and school paper in school. But this help me realized that if you need something great you
have to work hard for it. For me GURO 21 is not just a want but a need for every teacher to cope up
and equip to the changing educational system and challenging 21 st century learners.

My overall experienced in this course is “Outstanding”. This is based on the objective and thrust of the
course GURO 21. All of the activities I engaged throughout the course were all relevant to the goal of
becoming a competent 21st Century teacher. Our facilitator was also excellent in his field. I would like
to thank him for sharing his expertise to us. Indeed, it was a life changing experienced as a teacher.

Prepared by:

RAMIL J. DAMILES
Puerto Elementary School