Southwestern College of Maritime, Business and Technology, Inc.

Quezon Drive, Calero, Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro

www.scmbt.edu.ph / slmifnav.official@gmail.com / slmifnav@yahoo.com.ph

Subject : NSTP 2 Section: Cassiopeia

Module 2 and 3 Instructor: Mr. Ernest P. Macalalad

I. TOPIC- COMMUNITY IMMERSION

II. GEAR UP YOUR MIND

At the end of this unit, the student must be able to:

1. Explain the concepts and principles underpinning community and community immersion.
2. Realize the importance of understanding the dynamics of a community and community immersion
as a way to realize the objectives of NSTP.
3. Practice the standard operating procedures and establish protocols governing community
immersion.
Understanding the Concepts and Principles of Community Immersion
People involved in community immersion must be knowledgeable on the basics of
community, its meaning, concepts underpinning principles and nature of problems and issues arising
therefrom. This will enable the trainees to have a good grasp of the local situation thereby preparing
them to appropriately respond to the multifarious concerns in the community and property carry out
immersion projects and activities that is so conceived to bring about long-term amelioration, and not
just over-night solutions of the social menaces and ills.

WHAT IS COMMUNITY?

 Community usually refers to a larger than a small village that shares common values. The
word "community" is derived from the Old French communité which is derived from
the Latin communitas (cum, "with/together" +munus, "gift"), a broad term for fellowship or
organized society.[1] Some examples of community service are to help in church, tutoring,
hospitals, etc.;
 “A community is a collective of people with similar interests and goals whether living in the
same geographical locality or not”;
 Community is a group of human beings. It is not possible to form a community without a
group of men and women.
 "Community" refers to a group of people gathered together in any geographic area, large or
small, who have common interests, actual or potentially recognized in the social welfare
field. -Arlien Johnson

Functional Community if the aggregate of people though not necessarily based on

living in the same geographical location, is bonded by a common end such as fighting for the
same cause, having same interests and goals. These are people who hold common values,
share common functions or express common interests.
WHAT ARE THE ELEMENTS OF COMMUNITY?

 The important elements of Community are:

1. Demographics
o Characteristics of population;
o Tells about the movement of population in the community that you
will serve;
2. History
o Allows you to identify certain patterns of change and people’s way of
adapting these changes that can be useful in plotting your activities.
o Events of the past that contributed to the development of the
community.
3. Understanding the economy, culture and community structures
o An economy consists of the economic systems of a country or other
area; the labor, capital, and land resources; and the manufacturing,
production, trade, distribution, and consumption of goods and
services of that area;
o Income level of the people.
o Culture (Latin: cultura, lit. "cultivation") ways of living of the people.
o Structures physical, political and social structures.

WHY IS IMMERSION AN IMPORTANT APPROACH (STRATEGY) IN GIVING SERVICE TO THE

COMUNITIES?

 An old proverb says that “Experience is the best teacher.”

 Through community immersion students will be exposed in further and other realities of life
which they may or may not belong to.
 The role of the youth in the national/local development cannot be overemphasized. To
reinforce this, are the very words of our national hero, “The youth is the hope of the
Fatherland.
WHAT IS COMMUNITY IMMERSION?

 Is a strategy that goes beyond acquainting us with community concerns but make possible
our participation in their solutions.
 Is an essential strategy in community organizing work that entails understanding of the
different community concerns, process, dynamics and lifestyle through exposure and
engaging different activities;
 Is advised as a strategy in molding students just so that they may be socially aware and
responsible to their communities. This manner of transformation is bent on training the
youth to become civic consciousness and defense prepared individuals.
 Community immersion in NSTP is devised as a strategy in molding and ‘conscientizing’
students just so that they may be socially aware and responsible to their communities.
 PRECEPTS OF COMMUNITY IMMERSION
 1. Trainees should immerse in actual community life to get to know the social, political and
economic situation of the people.
 2. Trainees may also undergo certain changes like increase in knowledge about the social
realities, development of good values, empathy towards other people, improvement of
social skills, among others.
 3. Trainees should identify the community people’s interest and aspirations.
 4. Trainees must recognize people’s resiliency and does not rob them of their right to have
community participation and determination of appropriate courses of action.
  5. Trainees should be aware of the gain-negotiated sanction-the acceptance derived from
community relations coupled with the right to conduct immersion activities.
 6. Trainees must reflect on how their social analysis of the current situation is concretized in
community people’s lives. The analysis should have as much meaning for the trainees as for
the community.
 FORMS OF INTEGRATION IN COMMUNITY IMMERSION
 1. Home visits
 2. Living with selected families preferably with key informants
 3. Informal discussions with individuals or groups
 4. Sharing in household and community activities (cooking with the community host, clean-
up drive)
 5. Attendance in social gatherings (fiesta weddings, etc.)
 6. Assistance in production work (selling, farming, etc.)

WHOM DO YOU IMMERSE WITH IN THE COMMUNITY?

 When one goes to a community, he associates with the people whom he intends to work
with a partners or allies in the community.
 We do not just work for and serve the people but rather we encourage their participation.
 Confucius’s philosophy of “give man a fish and he will live for a day: teach him how to fish
and he will live for a lifetime.”
 Community immersion is empowering the people towards development of the locality.
 Is vital to the development of the students’ knowledge, skills, values and attitudes in
realizing the penultimate (last but one) ends of NSTP.

WHAT CONDITIONS MAY QUALIFY ONE TO GO INTO COMMUITY IMMERSION?

 It is so desired that one fundamental pre-requisite qualification among those who intend or
are tasked to undergo community immersion is a full understanding of the concepts and
theories behind the dynamics of groups and community.
 Training-wise, community developer/organizers and social workers are most qualified
because it is assumed that they have more or less formal background on carrying out these
kinds to organizing work.
 As for NSTP, students enrolled in NSTP-CWTS/LTS 2 are mandated to undergo community
immersion for a period covering a minimum of 54 hours to a maximum of 90 hours a cited
from CHED – prescribed Program of Instruction (OPI), 2007 edition.

WHAT PERSONAL GAINS MAY A STUDENT GET FROM COMMUNITY IMMERSION?

 Community Immersion improves the students’ understanding of himself in relation to others;

 Opportunity for the students to comprehend people’s lives
 Gain social acceptance derived from the community
 Enhance experiences in conducting asset mapping
 Establish rapport and relationship
 Acquire first-hand experience
 Chance to learn life skills
 Opportunity for the trainees to comprehend people’s lives because of the chance given to
them to see real life situations, live, identify and associate with the people
 therein;
  Gain social acceptance derived from community relations
 Coupled with the right to offer services;
 Enhance experiences in conducting asset mapping such as identifying geographic coverage,
point out resources and the use, and the relationships of people with the existing resources;
 Establish rapport and relationship with different people who may be of help to them at some
future time;
 Develop their conscientization ability. It helps them realize issues that will help solve
problems in the community. It is important for them to do something that can change their
situation.

WHAT YOU SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT DO IN COMMUNITY IMMERSION

THINGS TO REMEMBER…. THINGS TO AVOID…..

Before the conduct of Community Immersion

1. Familiarize yourself with the basic information

and theories regarding community life.

Never forget to inform and get the consent of your

2. Secure a waiver from the NSTP Office. parents/ guardians about the activities lined up.

3. Always inform your faculty in-charge of your

destination
4. Be armed with background information about
the area for immersion.

5. Pay courtesy call to community leaders,

whether formal or informal.

6. Bring your own personal provisions like water,

snacks and extra shirt. However sometimes, community people could be
insistent their hospitality in offering you like food.

Whenever possible and not offensive, decline

and tell them respectfully rather that you
appreciate their hospitality

During the Actual Community Immersion Period

7. Be courteous to everyone Avoid labeling and naming people with politically

incorrect terms. Try to be more discreet in your
use of words to avoid offending other people.
8. Act properly and discreetly. YOU ARE
REPRESENTING YOUR SCHOOL AND YOUR
FELLO STUDENTS. Be RESPONSIBLE THE WORDS
YOU SAY.

9. Wear proper uniforms and identification card. Do not show off in terms of dressing up.

Avoid drawing attention to yourself.

Be as low profile
10. it is highly advised to keep your valuables Never bring out your valuable things
secured
11. Always document your visit

12. Always ask for permission form the

Never promise and commit to a task that is
concerned people when you have to take beyond you and your school’s capability
pictures

After community immersion

13. Validate and evaluate if the program and
activities were conducted appropriately and as
planned.
14. Provide copy of your final documentation
output to the NSTP Office and to the community
where you conducted your immersion for
records purposes.

Most importantly, enjoy your time with the community people. Mother Teresa puts it, “Love cannot
remain by itself-it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action; and that action is SERVICE.”

We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being
unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to
remedy this kind of poverty.
Subject : NSTP 2 Sections: Cassiopeia
Module 3 and 4 Teacher : Ernest P. Macalalad

DIORAMA

ACTIVITY 1: "Build A Community"

Materials:

1. Any scrap materials like ice drop/barbecue sticks, drinking straws, plastic spoons and forks,
plastic bottles, box cartoons, yarn , etc. (as many as you can)
2. Manila paper
3. Adhesive tapes
4. Glue
5. Cut-out pictures from old newspapers or magazines illustrating the problems, issues and
concerns in our community today.
6. Scissors
7. Any art materials
Mechanics:
1. Using the materials mentioned, construct a diorama that will portray an ideal community
you envision. Your community can be rural or urban community.

RUBRIC for DIORAMA

Category 50-40 39-30 29-20 19 or less

Appearance of The project's The project's The project's The project's

the Project appearance is appearance is appearance is appearance is
professional and quite somewhat poor. quite poor.
polished professional and Some distractive Many distractive
without polished few elements. elements.
distractive distractive
elements elements

Content Facts The project The project The project The project
content is content is good content is content poor
exemplary and and suggests fair/poor and and suggests
suggests the the student has suggests the the student has
student has discovered most student has not not done
discovered the of the important discovered most sufficient
important ideas facts of his/her of the important research.
of his/her topic. topic. facts.
Images & All images or All images or Some images or Too few images
Models models are models are models are or models are
effective. effective, but effective. used to be an
there appear to effective
be too few or presentation.
too many.

Creativity & Project is Good creative Some attempt Little attempt to

presentation excellently effort. Project is made to add add color or
presented neat and shows color and originality.
reflecting evidence of time originality. Project has
creativity and a spent on it. Project is neat sloppy
lot of thought. appearance.