My

Portfolio
 Dedication

This humble piece of endeavor is wholeheartedly

dedicated to my loving parents Larry Dela Cruz and
Marissa Dela Cruz and to my brothers and sister, who
have been part of my life to help me when needed
them most. To my supportive teachers and fellow
classmates who’ve been my inspiration towards the
accomplishment of this journey.

Also to my Alma matter International School of the

Arts, the Languages and the Academe whose humble
existence has make well-changed life for me.

To my church family, who prayed for me.

Above all to the Almighty God, the giver of all gifts,

the fountain of mercy and source of all blessings, who
is always there to guide and provide all my needs.

Thank you for all strength thus makes me pushed

through this intellectual endeavor.

 Acknowledgement
I, Wiza Lei C. De La Cruz so gratified and mirthfully
acknowledge the presence of the persons who had helped
me completed my portfolio in Practice Teaching.
The following are the people who extended their arms to
me:
My affectionate parents, who work hard for me, for their
unceasing support consideration and encouragement for
the success of this work. The love and prayers that
bestowed hope and light in my way. They spontaneously
supported me with my needs basically, morally and
financially. For their unfading love which inspires me to
finish this paper work despite of the exhaustion it
accompanies .
To our Dean in College of Teacher Education, Dr. Elsie
Pilar , for the guidance, assistance, valuable support,
consideration and encouragement throughout the duration
of this work and the knowledge she had been imparted to
me .
To my cooperating teacher, Mr. Jilson Lucero, for the
guidance, reminders, consideration, encouragement and
help throughout the duration of our Practice Teaching.
To our Head of Secondary Education, Ma'am Zenaida
Franco, for her motherly advice and comments and
suggestions which help me accomplish this work.
My deepest and sincere thanks to our Heavenly Father, for
giving me strength, good health, knowledge, and
enlightening my mind in making this portfolio. Thank you
Lord for the unfathomable love and mercy poured upon
me and to all of us.

 My Role
Practice teaching is an important component of becoming a teacher. It
grants student teachers experience in the actual teaching and learning
environment. Student teachers are exposed when they work in classrooms
and schools where they are assigned. Teaching is a passion. It is also an
integral component of teacher training. You need to love what you are
doing. Good teaching practice is a key influence on student learning -
adesired outcome and primary goal of higher educational institutions.
Practice teaching played an important part in their development as
teachers by providing a context wherein they could merge theory and
practice find their own teaching and management styles as well as coping
with the demands of multi-tasking that being in a classroom demands.
Practice teaching is very challenging but it is an important part of training
as a future teacher in developing and molding ones abilities and skills. In
the dictionary ,Practice Teaching is defined as a teaching by a student
under the supervision of an experienced teacher. Meaning, the student
teaching experience is designed to give the student a full time internship
under the supervision of a cooperating teacher. The experienced teacher
provides trainee teachers with the opportunity to integrate different
type’s of knowledge and use them in specific contents in order to achieve
the desired educational aims, objectives, and values. The student teacher
must teach contents by applying general pedagogical knowledge and their
specific knowledge of the certain subject to teach. At the same time, they
must take into account the characteristics of the students they’re handling
who are the recipients of the teaching as well as the knowledge of the
educational context in which teaching takes place. During the teaching
practice, the student teacher and the students learn to understand
problems, and aware of the influence of other pedagogical materials have
on teaching. Not just by developing and teaching the
students but also the student teacher’s ability, skills, the way of teaching
and his/her values are improved throughout the training by the help of the
cooperating teacher.
Student teaching is often characterized as the most
transformative experience in teacher education. During
student teaching, you will enact in the classroom the teaching
theories, strategies, and standards you've learned in your
core courses. To help you make the transition from student
to teacher, you will share the classroom with an experienced
professional who will impart to you his or her knowledge of
best practices and the wisdom acquired from years of
experience. The teaching practice also represents an
opportunity for student teachers to socialize, and learn to
“behave” like teachers. In this sense, it is important that
student teachers should analyze different aspects of the state
of the teaching profession. This includes areas such as
professional culture, autonomy, involvement, commitment,
teaching as a career, etc.
Practice teaching played an important part in their
development as teachers by providing a context wherein they
could merge theory and practice, find their own teaching and
management styles as well as cope with the demands of
multi-tasking that being in a classroom demands. The
paramount role of the host teacher and the importance of
positive relationships with all stakeholders were fore
grounded - as was the importance of an awareness of the
cultural and contextual make-up of learners.
Application
Letter
 Self Analysis and Evaluation
As we all know, teaching is a noble profession. It requires a long
preparation and more training sessions for them to be equipped in
facing the real environment that awaits them in near future. Student
teaching serves as an internship in the profession education where
theories, knowledge, attitudes and skills develop through course work
and observation are fused in more meaningful interpretation through
practical experience in actual teaching situation. In education, the
student teacher should undergo practice teaching because this is very
challenging but it is important part of training as a future teacher in
developing and molding ones abilities and skills. Student teacher is very
challenging part of the requirements as education student .I have
evaluated myself as a student teacher for two months, I encountered
many flaws and trials in teaching, I knew those circumstances
happened helped me to persevere with my teaching capacities and
abilities. I evaluated how far I have gone through in my teaching skills,
used the different approaches, strategies and methods in teaching the
students effectively. I could say that, I was improving in a sense that, I
was exposed to the field of teaching and in the real world of classroom
situation in which it was a challenge for me as a student teacher. In
teaching, my knowledge on how to deal with the learners,
implementing appropriate teaching methodologies, relating the lesson
to real life situation, motivating the class to participate by means of
reinforcement, engaging the students to some sort of activities and
letting the students exercise “learning by doing” were enhanced with
the guidance of my cooperating teacher.
 was enlightened by the things that you need to do being a real
teacher soon. I improved a lot but I need to study more to
improve my teaching-learning skills. Student teaching
experienced really helped me identify the negative and positive
attributes that I possessed in handling the class and helped me
developed my communication skills. It has a great contribution
to me and I am now acquainted with different skills being a
teacher. I learned that as a future teacher I should set realistic
goals, track my own progress, and set clear expectations for the
performance of the pupils. I guess these experiences molded me
to become a good teacher in the future.