Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IVA-CALABARZON
Division of Rizal
Rodriguez Sub-Office

Kasiglahan Village Elementary School

San Jose, Rodriguez, Rizal

Reflections on the 5 Day KVES INSET

The INSET 2023 from day 1-5 was indeed tremendous!

Why?
Firstly, I am very interested with the topics and would like to be more
updated in the new norm, secondly, I knew that the INSET would require me
to gain more knowledge digitally. Although I know the seminar will require
loads of work, I still wanted to take it and I don’t regret my choice.

There was a great variety of tasks and topics of the seminar such as
Project proposal preparation, Collaboration between stakeholders and
teachers, Mid-year RPMS Review, Conceptualization of Action Research,
Expanded Career Progression, Mastering Happiness and Success, Blended
Teaching and Learning and Demonstration Teaching, all of which provided
me with a different perspective. I had already known about basic tools for
teacher development. However, thanks to the INSET I learned how they are
similar and how they are different from each other. I also became aware of
the particular advantages of each, and I even learned about some more
specific tools such a teacher could use. I really enjoyed from day 1-5 and
found the activities meaningful. Especially, I was glad that I had a concrete
reason for learning more and more. Another very valuable experience the
INSET 2023 provided was to keep a teaching portfolio, which in return has
the potential that could open up new opportunities.

As the tasks I mentioned, it was the INSET that required a great deal of
autonomy. It was us, learners, who had to work for the progress of each
teacher participant. Even though the idea of seminar is a bit boring because
we do this over and over again still was able to manage. Input sounds less
appealing than submitting outputs at first, I actually thought that sessions
were more thought-provoking and eye-opening because of the fruitful
discussions being made. I believe that as a teacher I should be able to discuss
with others to brainstorm and gain insights from these conversations.
Therefore, I am of the opinion that the number of this kind of seminar could
be higher.

I highly like the INSET 2023 as I was able to complete the tasks
meticulously because this is how one can really improve themselves.

Kudos!

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