CLASS/GROUP PROJECT

The Teacher and the Community,

School Culture, and School
Leadership
 INTERVIEW

Visit a school and interview a teacher and a school head.

Ask the interviewee’s permission if you could record her response so
that you would have that easy reference on your report. If not, you
could just write his/her response in a notebook. Ask the following
questions and present the answer before the class.
 INTRODUCTION
The group conducted the interview with the School Head via
online/virtual set up with the use of google meet, this is due to the reason
of the school’s location is far within our reach. Our respondent, Mr.
Wilfredo B. Lopez, School Head in Villamayor HS at Salingogon,
Minalabac. On the other hand, the group conducted the actual interview
with the Teacher by the help of our group-mate Ms. Miday, who
conducted the interview by herself, this is due to the reason of the school’s
location is far within our reach. Our respondent, Ma’am Clemencia H.
Miday a teacher at Fabrica High School, Fabrica, Bula, Camarines, sur,
provided us with this response in commensurate with the set of questions
that are provided by the activity
 RESPONDENTS:

Mr. Wilfredo B. Lopez Ms. Clemencia H. Miday

School Head Teacher
1. What is your educational philosophy and how do you apply such
philosophy in classroom teaching or school leadership?

Mr. Wilfredo B. Lopez / School Head:

As an instructional supervisor my philosophy of education is that

all students has a unique characteristics and must have a conducive
educational environment when they can be nurtured mentally, emotionally,
and spiritually. It is a desire of all instructional supervisor to create a type of
environment where every students can meet their full potential to become an
asset not a liabilities in our society.
1. What is your educational philosophy and how do you apply such
philosophy in classroom teaching or school leadership?

Ms. Clemencia H. Miday / Teacher:

My educational Philosophy is Quality and affordable education for all, and

our school is applying this kind of philosophy, having quality in Education can only
achieved if all the learners are 100% literate in the sense that all students are know how to
read and can comprehend. Our school has implemented projects about READING
PROGRAM and every department has a proponent, in Science Department I was
proposed a project and this is Project CLEMEN it stands for Collaborative Learning for
the Enhancement of Mentoring. This project aims to improved the Literacy and at the
same time Numeracy of the students by using the Talking Pen students can count and can
read independently. Having a smooth communication from parents, on how to improved
their student’s capacity in responding our daily lessons parents are very cooperative and
agreed this kind of Project.
2. What do you think is the greatest breakthrough in education today?

Mr. Wilfredo B. Lopez / School Head:

The greater breakthrough in education today, firstly they have access

to world class content in education, the students must have the opportunity to be
immersed in international learning experiences in numerous ways and then
students are able to participate in global courses through state of the art, virtual
global classrooms which give them the opportunity to learn remotely from
professors at member of universities internationally, interact with classmates from
around the world without leaving the Philippines.
2. What do you think is the greatest breakthrough in education today?

Ms. Clemencia H. Miday / Teacher:

For me the greatest breakthrough in education today is

the ascendancy of worldwide technologies, making our life easier in
research project having gadgets, apps, cellphone, laptop, internet,
these are all packages making our learning interesting and
enjoyable.
3. Are our schools free from political interference? Why or why not?

Mr. Wilfredo B. Lopez /School Head:

No, in reality politics cannot be avoided in every public

schools because they are one of the key stakeholders or partners in our
school
3. Are our schools free from political interference? Why or why not?

Ms. Clemencia H. Miday / Teacher:

No, we are under the umbrella of government organization and therefore, we

are under the command of the Presidential government down to the lowest in the Barangay.
Every time there is an election everyone is obliged to follow the command and choose with
free will who will the next leader in the National Election or District and Barangay and these
leaders will create a command to be followed by the citizens concerned. Let say for example
if there is a typhoon the governor will make a memo to suspend the class in affected areas
and everyone will respect for it and follow the command. How much more the role of the
President in implementing roles and policy in educational system? Because of their
decisions there is always a changes in our system examples modular learning modalities, to
blended learning these are all from the government decisions and we need to follow for that
decision. For sure these decision making for the benefits of everyone.
4. What is/are your strengths and how do you improve such strengths
and how does it help you in your role as a teacher?

Mr. Wilfredo B. Lopez /School Head:

My strength are having the following qualities: competent,

patience, perseverance, stress tolerance and hard work. With this
qualities, I am performing well my duties and responsibilities even
sometimes I experienced difficulties due to uncontrollable condition.
With my strengths I focused on the goal of DEPED.
4. What is/are your strengths and how do you improve such strengths
and how does it help you in your role as a teacher?

Ms. Clemencia H. Miday:

For me, my strength is my positivity in facing every problem I

encountered on a daily basis. It is important that as a teacher you are a
reservoir of positivity and encouragement, because being optimistic will
radiates, and born another encouragement in the eyes of every person
that you touch their lives.
5. How does the school improve literacy and numeracy skills of students?

Mr. Wilfredo B. Lopez /School Head:

School improve literacy through: Brigada pagbasa, peer tutoring,

adapting low learners and other project that will help to improve the
reading skills of the students. Numeracy will improve through focusing
on fundamentals to complex in mathematics.
5. How does the school improve literacy and numeracy skills of students?

Ms. Clemencia H. Miday / Teacher

Our school launched a project in different branded names based from the
acronym of the proponent teacher.The main purpose of the project is to improve the
literacy and numeracy of the students.In my case I invest a reading books with the help of
the talking Pen why I do this almost half of the students are non-comprehensions, for the
rest are struggling readers so, as a teacher I am aware that these students will not pass in my
subjects so I had been consulted parents. With the problem of the students known by their
parents, their parents are very cooperative to my Project talking pen is also expensive but
with the cooperation of our parents our stake holders this become possible. Students study
independently using their talking pen with the supervision of adviser or subject teacher.
6. What are some school activities that show strong partnership between
the school and community? How do you build strong ties with the
stakeholders?

Mr. Wilfredo B. Lopez /School Head:

Some school activities that shows strong partnership between the

school and the community are: DEPED night, BUSWAK festival, and
community parade. We build strong ties with the stakeholders through
proper coordination, having good relationship and by supporting the project
being implemented.
6. What are some school activities that show strong partnership between
the school and community? How do you build strong ties with the
stakeholders?

Ms. Clemencia H. Miday / Teacher:

Some school activities that show strong partnership between

the school and community are linking to communities supporting to
each other projects. Like Tree Planting, fund raising, blood donations,
and other likes projects that will also happens in the school to be
reciprocated by the Barangay to school. And this can create a form of
building strong ties with the stakeholders.
7. What character/s of teachers/school head is/are needed in schools
today?

Mr. Wilfredo B. Lopez /School Head:

The characters of the teacher and school heads that are

needed in school today are: good leadership, high competent, democratic,
innovative, adopt and build good relationship with people, good listener and
problem solver and will ensure to produce quality learners.
School head job is rewarding and challenging. It is difficult like any job, there are
people who are not able to handle it. There are certain characteristics of a highly effective
school head that some people do not possess. Aside from obvious professional requirements
needed to become school head, there are good traits that good school head must possess one
of which is LEADERSHIP.
A good leader has to take the responsibility for the success and failure of the
school. A good leader put the needs of other in front of her own. He is always looking for the
improvement of the school and figure out how to make those improvements regardless of
how difficult it might be.
7. What character/s of teachers/school head is/are needed in schools
today?

Ms. Clemencia H. Miday /Teacher:

A character of teacher and school head should possess and in need

of the schools today should be…strict but kind hearted, strict in the sense that
you gain powers by this attitude and to avoid being abused, but always
remember being strict should be in moderation and follows a kind heart so that
it will be guided by your faith to become balance in dealing school management
.In dealing problems to be solved soft and kind hearted teacher and School
head in person must be, and knows the meaning of humanity. Meaning has the
capacity to manage the issue in school problems when it comes to teacher,
students and co- employees.
8. What makes an ideal school organization?

Mr. Wilfredo B. Lopez /School Head:

An ideal organization is one in which any kind of

change can take placewithout disturbing any others activity.
The rules and regulations should beflexible to meet the
needs of the school.
8. What makes an ideal school organization?

Ms. Clemencia H. Miday / Teacher:

An ideal school organization must be in a good hierarchy where in

the upper admins supports the needs and projects of the personnel under
his/her leadership. An ideal organizational has a nature that both encourages
and reproduces cooperation and support among colleagues as well as a shared
vision of teachers and principals acting on behalf of the learning of all students.
In an organization Such a culture creates social bonds and a genuine sharing of
professional experiences that foster a learning environment beneficial for
students’ learning. School organization will grow continuously with the
interaction of teachers, students, parents, school head and stakeholder and that
makes an ideal organization.
9. What do you think is the loophole/weakness of School Based
Management? How should this be addressed?

Mr. Wilfredo B. Lopez /School Head:

The loophers of SBM includes more work for internal and

external stakeholder, less efficiency, uneven school performance , increased the needs of staff
for development, confusion about the new roles and responsibilities and coordination
difficulties.
To address the loophole of SBM the school boards and the DepEd National
Office must adopt new strategies to manage their resources and ultimately develop a
productive school culture. They are effective techniques to school management system; first
adopt Smart school administration, Improved it features to easily access the students admin
information. Second, effective classroom management - address classroom overcrowding in
learning rooms. Third, promote stress free environment. Fourth manage your staff / Teachers
and the last one in schedule School Holidays and leaves- it has an in built Calendar denoting
all students parents, and teachers about these and festival so that they can plan for this
holidays to avoid confusion and absenteeism from school!
9. What do you think is the loophole/weakness of School Based
Management? How should this be addressed?

Ms. Clemencia H. Miday / Teacher:

Usually the loophole/weakness of school Based Management

is the linking community and stakeholders support. If the stakeholders
is not supporting the project of the school then that is the time that the
school may face a problem in implementing, disseminating
information, to acquire a successful projects to be enjoyed by the
students. So therefore, teachers and parents as the main stakeholders in
the school should have a smooth understanding for the benefits of the
students learning process.
10. How can a teacher help create a positive school culture?

Mr. Wilfredo B. Lopez /School Head:

A teacher can help to create a positive school culture through:

good relationship to teacher, learners, stakeholders, proper
communication, engage students in ways that benefit them, put
things in perspective and above all everyone be valued and
respected.
10. How can a teacher help create a positive school culture?

Ms. Clemencia H. Miday / Teacher:

Teachers considered as the 2nd parent of their students, therefore as

a second parent it is their foremost consideration that students will be protected
by their teachers’ when they are inside the school, by inculcating positive values
teachers can also be a shoulder to lean on just in case students shared their own
problem a teacher should be ready to give his/her positive advices to boost their
students confidence in dealing their own problem positively. Above all as a
teacher should provide enough knowledge to their respective subject areas
being taught to their students to provide confidence and encouragement to
continue their learning at its own best and threat their owned problem in more
positive ways.
11. What school policy today should be given preferential attention by
administrators for school improvement?

Mr. Wilfredo B. Lopez /School Head:

There are several school policies exist in our school

but nowadays we should give preferential attention the health
and safety policy. We have to understand! integral part of all its
activities and will take steps to manage this effectively.
11. What school policy today should be given preferential attention by
administrators for school improvement?

Ms. Clemencia H. Miday / Teacher:

School policy today that needs preferential attention by the school administrator
for school improvement it should be in academic it should be ; NO READ NO PASS
POLICY. Plenty of our learners now a days reached their High School journey, but still
teachers wondering why they promoted from Elementary to High School with so much
struggle in reading and mostly non comprehensions, and some are non-numeracy. This can be
strengthen and be done in the form of Projects to be implemented to improve the reading
comprehension and student’s numeracy. The second is to Inculcate the moral values recovery
to all the students by giving attention to values Education subjects with integration to all subject
areas this will help the students to improve their psychological appreciation and appreciate
and reciprocate the effort being exerted by their parents, teachers, love ones and the entire
community. Because as I have observed now a days moral Values should have recovered to
save the students from any untoward incident brought by their unexpected behavior, and
parents and teachers have a big role to play on students attitude.
12. What do you think is the most difficult job of a teacher? of a school
head?

Mr. Wilfredo B. Lopez /School Head:

The most difficult job of a School Head are communicating

the expectation clearly and frequently to teachers and to
directly address teachers struggle in the classroom.
12. What do you think is the most difficult job of a teacher? of a school
head?

Ms. Clemencia H. Miday / Teacher:

Most challenging job of a teacher now a days, are as follows…Students belongs

to struggling readers and non-comprehensions it’s very difficult on the part of the teachers, to
disseminate the importance of the lessons if half of the class are mostly considered as non-
readers and non-comprehensions, Imagine if a teachers’ most of the time do the talking and
interaction from the class is not evident. What a totally wasting of time if you repeatedly
explained the importance of the lessons but the result of the assessment is not satisfying.
Second difficulty is that rampant students behavior need to be corrected by the parents and
be disciplined by them instead by a teacher, the behavior falls into rampant absences,
defiant to a teachers policy, chaotic behavior on a daily basis. On part of the School Head
difficult job is the procurement of the report coming from the teachers’ concern and slow
responded due to hectic schedule of the teachers’ to their classes, the next if there is a
teacher who defiantly follow his/her policy when it comes to school rules implementation
which teachers believed that the administrations abused their rights.
DOCUMENTATION:
 INTERVIEWERS:

Nico L. Pleta Reb Julian L. Santiago Gerald B. Marigondon

Rose-Lyn B. Miday Gerly C. Delos Santos

THANK YOU !!!