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WEEK ONE
“Education breeds confidence.
Confidence breeds hope. Hope
breeds peace.” – Confucius
Knowledge empowers leaders, drives breakthroughs, and inspires discoveries. With every
milestone reached, sights are set beyond the horizon, bringing hope and peace for the journey
ahead.
Monday, February 13th, officially marks the first day of my practice teaching journey as
part of my requirements as a graduating college student. A breakthrough is what I can
describe because I’ve come so far and not everyone is on the same path as mine. It inspires
new discoveries for me, for I will be moving from my comfort zone. I chose to discover the
world of public school because I chose my alma mater, Baybayin National High School, as
my cooperating school. It is quite challenging, though, because some say that public schools
are different, harder to handle, and very challenging. Yet I am still determined enough to
face this challenge.
Nervous just like everyone else, I still manage to come across as presentable enough. I stood
up proudly. Some of the teachers there can still recognize me because they are my former
teachers. They are quite amazed that I am now on my practicum. We were introduced to the
principal, and then some reminders were given. Afterward, they let us choose whose
cooperating teacher we wanted to be with, and I chose Mrs. Melody De Chavez.
Mrs. Melody B. De Chavez is a grade 9 and 10 English teacher, the English Coordinator of
the Junior High School, and a very good trainer that every Practice Teaching student would
wish for. Everything is always harder at the beginning, but that doesn’t mean you should
stop at that point. During my second day I was assigned already to take over the discussions
for Grade 9 and Grade 10. I wasn’t composed enough in my first section but later on I find
courage to face this day. My students are listening and I know somehow, I have imparted
knowledge to them the moment I have entered and exited in their room.
This week is challenging and I believe I am a warrior. Week had passed and I can sum it up
as, “You’ve done great, the delivery and mastery are very good, you have a lot to improve
yet your passion is showing once you stood up and stand in front of the students”.

(At Baybayin National High School, 1st Week)

WEEK TWO
What the teacher is, is more
important than what he teaches. –
Karl Meninger
We give what we have, but how we give is up to us. The knowledge teachers share will
always be shaped by who they are, and students will remember how teachers made them feel
as they were learning.

(Summative test and presentation of group work with Grade 10 Mabini, Grade 10
Diokno, and Grade 10 Kalaw)
I have given a summative test to my Grade 10 students for week 2. Quite a great experience
that I can see based from the test results that they have learned and gained something from
my discussions. The test scores are all high and all passed the passing rate.
WEEK THREE
Every child deserves a champion—an
adult who will never give up on them,
who understands the power of
connection and insists that they become
the best that they can possibly be.
– Rita Pierson

They say winners are made, not born. But who makes them? The instructors, the trainers,
and the teachers—the ones who are there at the beginning, during failures, and after
successes. The reason champions don’t give up is because their teachers didn’t give up on
them.
This week I have joined my students in conducting the earthquake drill. I am happy that the
students here are serious enough in doing the drill, the teachers and staff are hands on in the
said drill. I was also assigned to create the front page for my daily lesson log. Doing a Daily
Lesson Log was so challenging but still I managed to do it. My cooperating teacher was
impressed because I adapt that easily with their DLL.

(Discussion with Grade 9 Emerald, cooperating with the earthquake drill and making and
printing of this weeks Daily Lesson Log)