Name: ____________________________ Date of Observation: __________________

Year & Section: ________________

Episode 22: Enriching Teaching Practice through Professional Collaboration

Observation

A. Ask permission from any school to gather the following data and answer the succeeding
questions:

Total Enrolment
Enrolment per Grade Level
Number of Sections per Grade Level
Average Class Size
Total Number of Teachers
Total Number of Teachers with MA units
Number of Teachers with MA
Number of Teachers with Doctorate
Degree
Number of Master Teachers
Average Year of Service for Teachers

1. Does the school implement program for its teachers? How?

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2. Does the school conduct professional meetings to discuss learning issues and problems?
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3. Does the school support the continuing education and development of its teachers? How?
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4. How do expert teachers help other teachers in improving their teaching practices?
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5. What are the different collaborative activities available or done by the teachers to
improve their teaching practices?
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6. Is there an existing academic collaboration between the school teachers and higher
education institution? If yeas, what forms of collaboration are done?
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B. Ask permission to attend a faculty meeting or a professional meeting in the school.
Answer the following questions:

1. Is sharing good teaching practices is part of the meeting? What type of good teaching
practices are shared?
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2. How do teachers discuss issues and problems related to teaching and learning?
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3. How do teachers observe professionalism during the meeting?

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4. Do the teachers include in their agenda how the results of learning assessment should be
utilized to improve instruction?
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 C. Identify the different continuing education and development programs offered to teachers
to understand the instructional demands of K to 12 curriculum.

Processing

Read the questions carefully and answer the following questions.

1. What are the implications of the data gathered during the preliminary activity?
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2. How can the school utilize the data to develop better professional collaboration among
teachers to improve their teaching practices?
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 3. How can the school promote collaboration among its teachers?
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4. How does the school support and sustain a culture of excellence among teachers and
other staff?
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Reflection

Complete the following:

1. I realized that
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2. I believe that
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3. I feel that
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4. When I become a teacher

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