AREA 6 – Learning Episode 3

THE TEACHER IN A SCHOOL SETTING

OVERVIEW
This learning episode presents the topic on the teacher in a school setting. It aims to provide a
review of the concepts related to the topic, allow the student to interview a teacher on how he or she
carries out her roles in a school setting, and draw out the student's reflection on the topic's impact to the
students' learning.
The field study plan will guide the student in the steps that he or she shall go through as he or she
engages in the field study experience. In this learning episode, the student will encounter an activity titled
Activity 3.1 The Teacher's Roles and Tasks.
At the end of the activity, the student will be asked to answer processing questions in order to
examine what he or she has gleaned from it. The student will also be asked to provide his or her insights
and reflection, as well as five key learning points from the entire learning episode. Afterward, the
instructor shall evaluate the student's performance during the learning episode and ask the student to
accomplish the documentation/portfolio requirement to further enhance the student's field study
observations.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of this learning episode, the students should be able to:
1. review the different roles of a teacher in a school setting;
2. visit a school to interview a teacher on how he or she carries out his or her roles in a school
setting; and
3. reflect on how a teacher's effectiveness in carrying out his or her roles impacts students' learning.
CONCEPT DISCUSSION
The following are some of the roles and responsibilities of a teacher:
1. Be involved in the curriculum planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation
2. Facilitate learning in the classroom
3. Assess the students' abilities, strengths, and weaknesses
4. Facilitate a wholesome learning environment
5. Initiate parent-teacher conferences to communicate the students' progress and challenges to their
parents
6. Meet and coordinate with the students' parents
7. Work with school staff
8. Act as the third parent of the students
9. Act as the classroom disciplinarian
10. Supervise students in their extracurricular activities
11. Initiate out-of-campus activities such as field trips
12. Facilitate in-service trainings for new teachers
13. Mentor students

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14. Act as role models to students

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FIELD STUDY PLAN
The Field Study Plan for this learning episode serves as one's guide in the implementation of this
field study. Although the plan is set to contain the required steps, one may integrate other steps seen to be
necessary in the efficient conduct of this field study. A table is provided to accommodate other necessary
steps not included in the set plan.

Send a letter requesting

Wait for approval to
for permission to the
conduct the study
school to be visited and
observed

Conduct field
study once
approved

Present the Submit output

observation results to to instructor
the teacher observed

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