Myself

I am Karla Joy Nastor Ledesma, 20 years of age, I am presently living with my auntie here at Angeles City, Pampanga. I am originally from Lupao, Nueva Ecija. My mother is Maria Fe Ledesma, an elementary teacher and My dad's name is Benigno Ledesma, a dental aide but now he's in heaven with God. I have an older sister, she is Kirstie Marie Ledesma, she is a graduate of HRM. 

When I was in elementary I studied at Lupao Central School and when I was in high school I studied at Sacred Heart Academy of  Lupao, Inc. At present I am studying at Holy Angel University taking up BSED Major in Values Education. I am now in my 4th year, 1st semester. I am one step away to my dreams and  am so excited. But my plan is I will review first for my LET before applying for a job. 
I now being a teacher is never easy, you need to sacrifice and give you all for your students, for them to really learn. 

My DTR, Evaluation Letter and Observation Schedule

Done with my 20 hrs. Observation

The Changes in the Students after my Observation

      

            Observing classes for 20 hours is not easy especially when the time is very limited, there are shortened period, examinations and suspension of classes that is why I experienced a hard time in completing my 20 hours observation.
            After 20 hours of my observation, I noticed that the behavior of the students in the first meeting is almost still the same at the end of my observation. I said it is almost because it is somehow changed but a very little changes only. At the first meeting the students  are not interested because as usual CLE subject is boring for everyone, but as time goes by my resource teacher still do what he need to do as a teacher. When I am on my 15 hours of observing, my resource teacher did some strategies wherein he catches the attention of some of his students, the teacher uses trend words to communicate with his students while discussing the lesson and it is somehow effective and because of that some of the students started to listen. But it happened just for one day, after that, the students are back to their old ways, not listening and not interested. That is why is somehow changed. But then, as a future educator I learned a lot from my resource teacher, and I learned that the students to today compare to the old times are very very different, the teacher needs ore strategies for his/her students to be effective.

Teacher as a Model of Moral Character

Aside from teaching our students the subject matter, we should also teach and show them right values. We are considered as their second parents, we are the one who's with them for a long time because they spend more time in school. Our students should learn from us in a cognitive manner and of course in terms of values. 

       My resource teacher models the character of values when they have class mass and I can see that he is  prayerful person, which everyone of us must have. We should always have faith and always pray to God. And this is the kind of values that I will get from Sir Bernard that even trials are drowning us we still have God. We all aware that most of the youth are lacking of prayer life and are lazy to attend to church celebration, service or masses. And this the value of praying is the one that the students or youth must have. 

       Another values of my resource teacher is being positive and learning to accept and move on, in one of his discussion he shared a experiences of darkness in his life and he said to his students to be positive learn to accept and move on. That we should not be stagnant we should continue growing and I can see to the students that they are agreeing to their teacher. 

       My resource teacher is giving words of wisdom after his discussions, he will give advice and life learning messages to his students. He is sharing his experiences and the students will learn from it. Values should be caught and not taught as they said, and a good teacher should be a role model to hi students because what actions can bee seen from the teacher can be imitated from the students.

      I am really learning a lot from my resources teacher, I will adapt a lot of strategies, values and techniques from him. As a future teacher I will use my learning from my resource teacher to help me in my teaching journey.

Promoting Child’s Rights in Holy Angel University

                

              Holy Angel University implement the laws like Child Protection policy in a way that in the university they are surrounded by security guards to secure the safety of the community inside the school. In terms of using it inside the classroom the teacher protects the child in away the he or she treats the student as his or her own child. The teacher is making sure that she or he will not hurt the students but instead they will discipline the students whenever they have commit mistakes inside the classroom. There are also rules and regulations in the student manual of the school where the rights of the students are being promoted. Like, when there is a heavy rain in their place and they cannot make it to school because of flood or sudden incidents, the school is considering the child in being absent.

            In Holy Angel there is also student’s organizations and council where the leaders there are the representatives or spokesperson of the students whenever the admins or the authority will be having a meeting. In that meeting students can say they concerns about the school and in that way it is promoting the rights of the students.

Holy Angel as School Educational System

      Holy Angel University known for its quality education. In the Basic Education department where I am observing, I experienced that they are really giving the quality education that the students must have. In the past few weeks there are many days that classes are suspended because of the weather. HAU scheduled a Saturday classes to fill in the lessons that are missed and the school do not aim for money or anything they really want to give the students a quality education wherein some schools or university do not have.            

            The teachers cooperates with the parents by having a parent meeting, at that time the teacher discusses about the student’s performance and other concerns regarding grades or anything. The parents feel free to ask questions or concerns regarding their child. The teacher cooperates with the meeting by also having a meeting with them where the admins discuss certain issues or concerns about the school or about the students.

            Whenever there is an activity inside and outside the school the teacher gives letters or parent’s consent so that the teacher will know that the parents are agreeing with the activities and they are giving the teacher the supervision of their child. The activities that the Holy Angel University has in the Basic Education Department are outreach programs, sports fest and family day inside the school.

The Observation

My Observation

One of the requirement in our course or program is to observe the teacher and the students for 120 hours. At first it was hard because you need to wake up early and sacrifice you vacant time to observe classes. But later on I am enjoying it. 

I am observing 20 hours this semester and my resource teacher is Sir Bernard Camacam, he mentioned to me that he is really not a Valued Education Teacher but he is an ex- seminarian, he also said that he is not a Kapampangan but he is from Zambales. I am assigned in the Senior High department. My first day was Tuesday, and I observed for two hours. What we did that day is first, the students take their examination and I helped Sir Bernard to distribute the answer sheets and questionnaires. I also helped him to watch over the students while taking their examination. After the exam we have a class mass at the chapel so we went their to celebrate the mass.
In my second day it was Friday, we have a discussion and activity about the Christ and the Church. I am really inspired by Sir Bernard the way he teach, he is very good in discussing and dealing with his students. Most of us are aware that they see CLE subject as a boring subject but ir Bernard gives his best to teach his students. He is different in other teachers that I have observed in the past years. He researched for his lesson to give his students a valid information about their lessons and that is what I have learn from my resource teacher, to be always prepared and know what we teach in our lesson also research always because a good teacher is a good researcher. Sir Bernard also mentioned that he is taking up his Masteral degree. I think Sir Bernard is an Existentialist because he wnt to imposed the values of his students, he wants to help his students to understand and appreciate their uniqueness that accepts complete responsibility for their thoughts, feeling and actions as students.
I know that Sir Bernard will teach me a lot of learning in becoming an effective teacher in the future and he will inspire me more to pursue my dreams.