EPISODE 1

THE TEACHER WE REMEMBER

ANALYZE

1. Analyze the PPSTs, the Southeast Asia Teachers Competency Standards and
the TEDx videos that you viewed, what competencies does a great teacher
possess?
 The Four Fundamental Competencies of SEA-CF Tare: (1) knowing and
comprehending what to teach, (2) Assisting students in learning, (3)
Involving the community and (4) Always improving as a teacher.

2. Are these competencies limited only to professional competencies?

 No, because for me if you will work harder and if you have desire,
passion, and faith in God you will Definitely Achieve what your goal
is. Even teacher's/Instructor without a license may be outstanding in
their own way, we should always keep in mind that having a License
doesn't measure our capabilities and abilities to be more sufficient
and effective teachers in the future.

3. For a teacher to be great, is it enough to possess the professional competencies

to plan a lesson, execute a lesson plan, manage a class, assess learning,
compute, and report grades? Explain your answer.
 No, because a great Teacher cannot be measured by those
competencies, he/she must Know how to Relate the lesson in Real
life Situation and make the lesson in to somehow fun. Inspire
Students, so that they would be driven to study well to be able to
achieve their goals.

4. For a teacher to be great, which is more important-personal qualities or

professional competencies?
 In my own Opinion they are both important because a great Teacher
should possess all the Personal Qualities and Professional
Competencies. Without either one of them they are not complete.

5. Who are the teachers that we remember most?

 Teacher's who were Kind, funny, Smart, and passionate are the ones
we remember the most. Another thing is the teacher who has left an
imprint on us and Teacher's who cared about us. We remember
Teacher's who were supportive or encouraging us and the ones who
Boost and cheer up our self confidence and self esteem in many
ways. But some of us often Remember even The Teacher's who
Challenge, humiliated us.
REFLECT

1. Which personal traits do I possess? Not possess? Where do I need improvement

in?
 I think I already possess all the personal traits that we must have.
Maybe I just need to improve more and discover it to myself. I just
need to believe in myself first since I always doubting myself in so
many things. I'm always ashamed to do things that I'm not familiar
with even if I know that it will benefit me to explore and learn new
things.

2. Which professional competencies am I strongly capable of demonstrating?

3. In which competencies do I need to develop more?
 I need to develop my way of talking in-front of my students

4. Who are the teachers that we remember most?

 My teacher in Grade 3 and Grade 6 when I’m in elementary school. They
teach me not only good lessons about math and science subject, but they
also teach me how to be a nice person today.

WRITE ACTION RESEARCH PROMPTS

1. OBSERVE: In assisting my resource teacher, I observed that personal traits such

as creative, resourcefulness, confident, Joyful, Energetic and professional
competencies like skills in communication, classroom management,
creating a learning environment were least/not displayed and as a result,
students were/class was actively participated in the discussion and the class
was manage effectively, the classroom was becoming a learning
environment.

2. REFLECT: The lack of these personal traits and professional competencies

(mentioned in #1) may be caused by having problems in class. different
effects in classroom. Unsuccessful discussion and worst result to teacher
and students.

3. PLAN: I would like to address this problem (mentioned in #2) by conducting

action research on I would like to address this problem (mentioned in # 2) by
conducting an action research on A Paper Discussion Session from the
American Educational Research Association (AERA). presents a mechanism for
Improving Teacher Quality and Classroom Practice, which I believe will be
extremely useful in addressing this issue.
 4. ACT:

a. The main objective of my action research is to have a better understanding of

what is going on in a school/classroom and what can be done to help
instructors and students learn more effectively.

b. My specific research question is to improve people’s cognitive skills, feelings

of efficacy, desire to share and communicate, and attitudes toward change.

c. To answer my specific research question, I want to establish a simple,

repeatable process of iterative learning, assessment, and improvement for
schools and instructors that lead to ever better results.

CHECK FOR MASTERY

Direction: Read the questions and choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. Which behavior does a great teacher who can empathize with his/her students
display?
A. Feel what students feel.
B. Expects students to understand his/her feelings.
C. Gives no assignment
D. Makes test easy

2. According to students, a great teacher is “chill”. What does this mean? Teacher
is_____.
I. Cool
II. Calm
III. Doesn’t get overwhelmed
A. I, II and III
B. I and II
C. I only
D. I and II

3. Which professional competency refers to content knowledge pedagogy?

I. Apply developmentally appropriate and meaningful pedagogy grounded on
and current research.
II. Display knowledge proficiency in Mother Tongue, Filipino and English in the
teaching learning process.
III. Demonstrate skill in the use of communication strategies, teaching strategies,
technologies to promote high quality learning.
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II
D. I, II and III

4. To address the diversity of learners, which professional competency must

teacher do?
A. Apply interactive teaching
B. Do differentiated teaching
C. Use Problem-based learning
D. Employ Project-based learning

5. In the Southeast Asian Teachers Competency Framework, who is at the center

with the professional teacher relates?
A. The professional teacher
B. The school heads
C. The Joyful learner
D. The parent/guardian
 EPISODE 8
ESTABLISHING MY OWN CLASSROOM ROUTINES AND PROCEDURES IN A
FACE-TO-FACE / REMOTE LEARNING

NOTICE

After doing your classroom routines and formulating your procedures, state what you
noticed by answering the following questions:

1. How did you feel after employing your classroom routines and establishing your
procedures in the classroom/remote learning?
I was happy and I convinced because, even though some students are not
easy to manage the class flow is somewhat organized and smooth. Students are
so participative and active for the applying classroom routines and procedures.

2. How did your students respond to your classroom routines and procedures?
Students in class demonstrated positive behavior because they were
attentive, active, and involved in the routines and procedures. Students show
willingness in the new routines they experienced.

3. What was the feedback of your Resource Teacher on your classroom routines
and procedures?

4. Was there a change in the classroom environment/teaching -learning process

after you have implemented your classroom routines and procedures?
Yes, there has been a change in the classroom environment as a result of
the implementation of classroom routines; the class flow is somewhat smoother,
easier, and I have noticed that there is now connection with the learners. The
learners want and accept the new routines and classroom procedures.

5. What was the feedback of your Resource Teacher on your classroom routines
and Procedures?
The feedback from my Resource Teacher on the classroom routines is to
improve and maintain more of the routines. Aside from that, she was pleased that
I had finished the task.
ANALYZE

1. What factors/conditions prompted you to establish those classroom routines and

procedures?

The learners lack of focus was one of the factors that prompted me. I want
to easily be caught their attention so that they could be able to catch and
understand all the intended lessons that I am going to discuss to them on the
next discussion.

2. Was there a marked improvement in classroom management after employing

your classroom routines?

There is a noticeable improvement in classroom management. Because of

the progress, every time I took a discussion it becomes very smooth and easy
because they were participative and active unlike before.

3. Did the teaching-learning process improve? Justify your answer.

Yes, the teaching and learning process has improved. As I already said in
number 2 the learners become more participative and active during the
discussion unlike before.

REFLECT

What insights have you gained while doing this learning episode?

In this episode we realized how much important establishing our own Classroom
Routines and Procedures on daily classroom life. Aside from saving classroom time and
teacher’s effort it also makes easier for the students to learn and to achieve more. It
also enables the whole day classroom activities runs smoothly because it helps in
maintaining everything inside and outside the classroom organized.

WRITE ACTION RESEARCH PROMPTS

OBSERVE
1. The problem/challenges I encountered in establishing my classroom routines

First, Failure to Announce the Do's and Don'ts, as a teacher we must inform the
students our Rules and Regulations inside the classroom. It is very important that they
are aware of it, and for them to be able to know their Limitations and Boundaries
Between you. Second, Not Creating an Action plan, as a teacher we must Create a plan
in every action we did because it will help us to become organized and it will give us a
framework for thinking about how we complete a project efficiently.

REFLECT
2. I hope to achieve to address these problems and challenges by

Selecting appropriate strategy and intervention to make sure that the

students are participating and followed the routines that employed on the class.
These intervention and strategy like modeling, giving rewards, and praise them
about what they’ve done for them to become more motivated in the class.

PLAN
3. Some strategies/ways which I can employ to improve my classroom
routines are

 As their teacher I’m there model so to ensure they know how to follow and
do the routines and procedure we have, I need to model it by showing to
class like example arriving to class on or before time so that they will learn
time management.

 Praising students can motivate to be active in the class because they will
feel the effort in the class is worth it.

 Giving rewards can also motivate the students to perform better

 Posting an image of the rules, routines and procedures can help students
to remember it.

ACT
4. (Based on my answers in nos. 1-3), the possible title of my research on this
episode is “The effectiveness of Modeling on the Routines and Procedure to
Improve the Discipline of the Learners specifically on Having time Management”.

CHECK FOR MASTERY

Direction: Read the questions and choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. Ms. Asuncion teaches English in Grade six. She finds difficulty in getting her
class settled and ready for the daily lesson. Which of the following would be the
best advice for her?
A. She should have a seating arrangements/plan.
B. She should assign a group leader to monitor student’s discipline
C. She should not let them in until they are ready.
D. She should have an entry pass before they get in.

2. The students of Ms. Dionisio were instructed to use the washroom gate pass
whenever they need to attend to personal necessities. This is an example of
which of the following classroom management techniques?
A. The use of cards
B. The use of gate pass
C. The use of transition
D. The use of clean schedule

3. Mrs. Esplana assigned daily prayer leaders and attendance monitor checkers in
her class. What is the benefit of having this practice?
A. Ensure discipline and responsibility in class
B. Make her students always busy.
C. Develop camaraderie in class
D. Ease her of small stuff.
4. During inclement weather one of the routines established by Ms. Return id for her
class to fall in line along the corridors and not in the school yard. What must be
the reason why she implemented this?
A. To have another area for line formation
B. To enable them to stay outside
C. To protect them from harm
D. To give more time for them to socialize outside the classroom

5. Why is the best to established routines at the beginning of the class?

A. To eliminate stress of teachers at the beginning of the class
B. To control unruly students
C. To know all the students in class
D. To ensure order discipline at all times
 EPISODE 15
UTILIZING WEB-CONFERENCING APPS FOR SYNCHRONOUS E-LEARNING

NOTIC
1. Which web conferencing app did the teacher use for synchronous classes? Describe
its features and how you or the teacher used its features
Web Conferencing App Feature Was it utilized? If yes, describe how it
(Google Meet) was utilized in class
Virtual background Everyone has the freedom to choose their
own background. It may be the actual
background of the participants or the
background available on the conferencing
app.
Microphone icon on/off Before the discussion starts, the teacher
instructed the students to turn off their
microphone first to avoid background
noises and turned on only during the time
of recitation and open discussion.
Camera icon on/off The teacher requires the students to turn
on their cameras to check if they are still
present during the whole discussion.
Screen Share Only the teacher or the presenter is
required to share their screen.
Reaction Buttons There is no reaction button on G-meet but
the students can send different emojis
using the chat box as an alternative.
Spotlight There is no spotlight button on G-meet,
instead, it has “Pin” button that offers the
same function as the spotlight to give
focus to person who is speaking.
Polling (Not used)
Recording (Not used)

2. How was the content taught or delivered? How were the learning activities
facilitated. What strategies did the teacher, or you used to keep the students
engaged? How the student responds to the teacher? To the activities?

The teacher delivered her lesson using powerpoint to be presented

virtually using the Gmeet app. The flow of the synchronous class was smooth
and organized. To keep the students engaged during the discussion, the teacher
delivered the topic in a creative way using educational games and activities.
 3. What was your experience in participating and assisting in synchronous classes?
What were your thoughts and feelings while you participated and assisted.

Facilitating synchronous class using web-conferencing app is not easy, we

need to be flexible and literate in order to utilize the app. We need to know its
different features and functions for us deliver our discussion without any technical
problems.

ANALYZE
1. What are the best features of a web- conferencing app that you or the teacher
used? GOW did the features help the teachers and students?
The best features of a web- conferencing app that I used are the Screen Share /
Screen Annotation and Sharing. Screen share, also known as desktop sharing, is the
practice of sharing the contents of your screen with another device or multiple devices.
This can include all the elements on a screen or simply one window, which allows for
complete control over the visibility of your desktop and guarantees privacy. Virtual
Meetings. It Connect virtually from anywhere with Zoom Meetings.
This Web conferencing features can be used to help students and teachers to
support interactive learning or student-centered teaching and learning in a team-
oriented, virtual environment. When a student shares their screen, their role as a learner
can shift to include that of a teacher too. Students can show off what they have learned
to their classmates, facilitate a discussion, and even take questions from their peers.
2. Referring to the community of Inquiry Infographics, how well did the teacher or
you use the web conferencing app to establish:
TEACHING PRESENCE can be defined as a means of designing, facilitating, and
directing cognitive and social processes to achieve personal and educational value
To resolve student problems and questions. Be present in discussion forums.
Provide timely, actionable, and substantive feedback. Provide clear expectations on
how students can reach you both synchronously (office hours) and asynchronously
(email, text, etc.).
In the context of online learning, SOCIAL PRESENCE is described as the ability of
learners to project themselves socially and emotionally as well as their ability to
perceive other learners as 'real people’. “Understand Social Presence for Learning.
Create Social Connections to Build Community. Understand a Variety of Tools and
Media. Harness Reflection and Prior Experience. Provide Early and Continuous
Feedback. Design with Assessment in Mind. Encourage Change in Small Steps.
COGNITIVE PRESENCE is the extent to which learners are able to construct and
confirm meaning through reflection and discourse and is defined as a four-stage
process of practical inquiry. It will use to Provide a variety of assignments that students
can pick and choose from to demonstrate learning.
Provide a variety of different types of content and assignments: video, writing, audio,
reflection, team-based work, readings, games, etc.
3. What problem or challenges did the teacher or you /students encounter during
the synchronous classes? How did it affect the teacher/learners? Problems and
Challenges encountered in Synchronous Class.
This are the problems that we experienced in Synchronous classes: Lack of
Flexibility. Perhaps the single biggest challenge associated with synchronous distance
education is the inherent lack of flexibility it provides.
Reliance on Technology. Not all learners do not have a gadgets like laptop, Android
phone to use in synchronous class. This means that if a member of the learning group
experiences problems with their connection, or if they do not have access to high-speed
internet for a period, they may miss out on important information.

REFLECT
1. How Ready are you in teaching an online synchronous class?
I think that I'm 60% Ready or prepared, because I expect that this online
synchronous class would Be difficult for me. I need more experience, Resources and
advise on how to deal with situations like this. Because I believe that the Learner's
Learn most inside the classroom. So, when the time comes it is very challenging on how
we teach our students effectively.
2. Using a web- conferencing app, how else would you better establish:
Teaching Presence- In terms of teaching Presence, I would make a strong
communication with the students and make a way to get their attentions. I will consider
their differences and respect all of them, to build trust and a better relationship with
them. By these, I believe that I could teach them positively and effectively.
Social Presence-It Is very Important to have a strong Bond connection with your
students because it is where you start to get their attention. At the same time the
students would feel comfortable with you. Then it is the time that they will Realize that
they need to study hard and learned from you because they will understand what you’re
going through just to teach all of them.
 Cognitive presence-It is very Important to observe and evaluate the learning
capabilities of the students, because as a teacher you need to think of ways on how to
improve and enhance their critical thinking. Provide a different type of task like making a
educational video, writing, audio, reflection, team based works, reading and games that
will improve their cognitive ability.
3. What do you still need to learn in order to conduct an online synchronous class using
a web- conferencing app effectively?
I believed that I've have a lot to learn in order to teach this online synchronous
class, according to my research (it is based on google)
There are best practices for synchronous online teaching such as:
Determine an objective, focus on active learning, share any resources or materials used
during the session, be flexible, be the host with the most, prepare students for the
session, prepare yourself for the session.
All of these would help us a lot to be able to teach effectively and to provide quality
learnings to the students and to achieve greatest quality education that the students
wanted to have that they will cherish to become successful soon.

WRITE ACTION RESEARCH PROMPTS

OBSERVE

1. What problematic situation/ challenges / area of improvement did you see while
you participated and assisted using a web-conferencing app for synchronous
learning?

The problematic situation or challenges that I saw while I’m participating and
assisting a synchronous learning using a web-conferencing app like zoom and
google meeting are the following: (1) Poor internet connection. (2) Late feedback
of the teachers in online learning because of the communication barriers like
noise, poor internet connectivity or any disturbances etc. And lastly, (3)
Experiencing technical problems.

List at least three sources that you have read about this problem / challenge.

Resource or Reference about the Key points / findings in what I

Topic read

MANILA BULLETIN – NEWS According to the news, poor or slow

Headline: Internet Connection Problems internet connection is the primary
beyond our control – DepEd problems during the implementation
Link: of the blended learning as an
https://mb.com.ph/2020/10/06/internet- alternative modality in studying
connection-problems-beyond-our- while we’re facing a pandemic.
control-deped/ Sevilla said, “Internet problem is not
just a problem in the Philippines but
it’s a problem globally.” Sevilla
wants to address that slow internet
connection is indeed a problem, but
for education, we need to continue
and we need to do something that
we can do, and that’s implementing
modular approach where students
can do theses on their own –
whether there’s an internet or none.
Based on the result of the Learners
Enrollment Survey Form (LESF), 85
percent choose the modular, less
than 10 percent choose online; and
the remaining 5 percent choose
television and radio-based
instruction.
Many students in public schools
have chosen modules so the
problem in the digital or internet is a
holistic problem, and the
government and other sectors must
work together to have a solution for
this issue.
Topic: Late Feedback of the teachers The findings in this article about the
because of different communication challenges of distance learning for
barriers in online learning. teachers are the following Time
Management, Unclear or Delayed
Link: Communication, Slow or Vague
https://www.nu.edu/blog/challenges-of- Instructor Feedback. All of these
distance-learning-for-teachers/ are one of the communication
barriers that teachers had a hard
time in giving on time feedback to
students during synchronous
learning. According to this article,
teachers do not have the benefit of
being able to observe body
language, non-verbal cues, or even
snippets of a classroom that results
to late feedback and sometimes
miscommunication. In addition,
 because of the late teacher’s
feedback the students became
uncertain about their performance
or the criteria for a course or subject
that leads to lower confidence,
worse student and teachers’
communication and poorer
academic performance.
Topic: Experiencing Technical Based on this article, students and
Problems teachers experience technical
problems or difficulties of using
Link:https://eztalks.com/video- web-conferencing applications or
conference/main-advantages-and- software. Some causes are
disadvantages-of-video-conferencing-in- hardware, software, and network
education.html failure. It’s so hard to catch up with
on-going discussions or lessons if
you’re experiencing this kind of
circumstances. Even though it can
be troubleshot, it will take some
time to fix the problem and be
reconnected again. Unlike when
you’re attending a face-to-face class
or meeting it would not be worse as
this.

On what theory/principles can this problem to be anchored?

All the problems mentioned can be anchored to the Learning Theory, where it’s
meant to explain and help us understand how people learn. It involves multiple
disciplines including psychology, sociology, neuroscience, and education. Three
theories under learning theories are related to this which is the behaviorism,
cognitivism, and social constructivism. Through these theories we can easily
assess our students even on synchronous classes. Observations are limited but
it’s a big factor on how teachers can interact and help students during this time.
And lastly, because of the circumstances we experienced in these new learning
modalities we learned on how we are going to respond to uncontrollable
stimulus, and we learned from this kind of hardship experiences.

REFLECT

1. What do I hope to address the problem / challenge/ area of improvement

in web-conferencing app use? What change do you want to achieve?

Problems are constant here in our world. Let’s think it in a positive way.
Through these hardships and uncertainties that we’re facing, it makes us
 stronger than what we’re us yesterday. Those problems arise in using web-
conferencing application can have a solution little by little through partnerships or
collaborations with the government and other sectors to eradicate the problems
on poor internet connectivity. Hopefully, I want to achieve that this time can be
our lucky year to be back on what we are supposed to practice in the sectors of
education before, like conducting face-to-face classes so that there’s no reasons
to experience late feedback to teachers and students. And the academic
activities and programs can be experience again by the students- how studying
is fun and gaining life lessons. Let’s make our everyday life significant, we must
learn and grow.

PLAN

2. If you will conduct action research, what will be the title? (Base this on
your answers in nos. 1-3):

If I will conduct action research, the title is “Identifying the problems of

using web-conferencing app to Implement a more effective learning
modalities in this generation.”

ACT

3. What strategies/ solutions/means can you employ to improve the

situation / solve the problem?

The strategies or solutions that I can employ to improve or solve the problem
are the following:
1. Write a letter expressing the difficulties and suggestions addressed to the
University President about the issue and circumstances that teachers and
students experienced in using the web-conferencing app as a platform for
learning to take actions to resolve it.
2. Have a partnership or collaborations to different companies, agencies and
non-government organizations that is willing to contribute and help.
3. Be healthy, take care and disciplined yourself for us to be back on our
normal situation and face-to-face classes can be 100% implemented to
boost our academic performances.

CHECK FOR MASTERY

DIRECTION: Select the letter of the correct answer

1. During an online synchronous class, Ms. Bonifacio greets her students
cheerfully. She allows time for the students to know more about their classmates
though interesting polls. She also provides opportunities for the students to work
together and collaborate. She uses the reaction buttons, smiley, heart, or clap to
appreciate the student’s effort and excitement to participate, she was able to
attain which essential element?

A. Teaching presence C. Social presence

B. Cognitive presence D. Community presence

2. During a two-hour online synchronous class, the science teacher taught about
centripetal and centrifugal forces. She did not introduce the learning goals for the
session. She shared on screen the first powerpoint she found on the internet and
lectured about the topic to the students without engaging them to participate.
They were passive the whole time. Some students turned off their cameras. She
ended the class with a quiz on the topic. The teacher did not effectively
demonstrate which essential element?

A. Community presence C. Cognitive presence

B. Teaching presence D. Social presence

3. The topic of the online synchronous session for the day was how the Philippines
will attain her immunity from COVID-19 the fastest way. After introducing the
topic, the teacher explained to the students one learning outcome which for them
to analyze the current situation factors that may impede and hasten the
Philippines goal of attaining her immunity. Another learning outcome was for the
students to articulate suggestions on how the Philippines will succeed on this
goal. The teacher provided readings ahead of time and placed the links on the
chat box. She allotted time for the students to go to the small group meeting
rooms she arranged on the web conferencing app for discussion. Later, students
went back to the big group, and students actively shared their outputs. The
teacher fostered which essential element?

A. Teaching presence C. Community presence

B. Social presence D. Cognitive presence

4. All are example of web-conferencing apps, EXCEPT,

A. Microsoft teams
B. Zoom
C. Skype
D. Canva
5. When a teacher is mindful demonstrating teaching presence, social presence
and cognitive presence consistently, she is adhering to the model of
A. Community of practice
B. Community of inquiry
C. Community of Learners
D. TPACK