My Self Report

1.      SCHOOL: GENERAL INFORMATION AND ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION

1.1  School Profile

School Name: Laboratory School of ISAT U (Iloilo Science and Technology University)

School Address: Burgos Street, La Paz, Iloilo City, The Philippines

This school was established in 1905 as an elementary trade school known as the Iloilo Trade School.

By virtue of commonwealth Act No. 313 in 1939, the school was converted into a National School of Arts and Trade with Iloilo School of Arts and Trades as its official name. 1940, the school offered the Two-year Teacher Education Curriculum for the graduates of the secondary trade school and Three-Year Education Curriculum for graduates in general high school.

In 1951, the school was authorized to open the degree of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Education (BSIE). The school was made a training canter in the development of industrial arts program when the team of Industrial Educators from Stanford University arrived in 1957. In 1968, it also became a training center for implementation of the reconstructed manpower program of the National Manpower and Youth Council. In 1974, the Education Development Project Implementation Task Force (EDPITAF) identified the school as the Regional Staff Development Center (RSCD) for Practical Arts in Western Visayas. It also pioneered in the implementation of the graduate program for vocational technical education in 1976 offering the degree Master of Arts in Teaching Vocational Educational.

In May 1983, by virtue of Batas Pambansa Blg 395, the school was converted into a character state college known as the Western Visayas College of Science and Technology.

The College has grown into a leading technological and professional manpower development institution as it serves Region VI and whole country. To meet its vision as the center of Excellence in Science and Technology, the College has established its Local Area Network (LAN) that links different colleges and departments to the internet for vast resources of the virtual world.

Through this worldwide web the college get wired, giving our students, faculty, and staff access to information highway that is needed to harness instruction, research, extension, and production of the college. The College Library Has Its Online Public Catalog (OPAC) for the users to retrieve fast and easy information on the author, title and subjects of the books.

The Administration and Operation of the college has been certified by Anglo Japan American (AJA) Registrars and Registered under the requirements of BS EN ISO 9001:1994 with Certificate NO. AJA01/3635 on August 24, 2001. The college acquired at 1.5-hectere lot across the road in addition to its present 4.75 ha. Area that accommodates the main campus.

Laboratory School of ISAT U is a secondary school which have 4 grades, 2 grades for lower secondary school and 2 grades for upper secondary school. They have 10 subjects for every grade such as math, science, english, health, filipino, shop, physical education, araling panlipunan (social education), and revitalized homeroom guidance program or character education. 

1.2  Academic Support System

Lab School of ISAT U has 8 classrooms, one room for each section in N-Bldg of College of Education of ISAT U. There are 2 sections for each grade (ilang-Ilang and Sampaguita sections for grade-7, Molave and narra for Grade-8, Eagle and Falcon for Grade-9 and Gold and Diamond for Grade-10).  Another facilities are Canteen, Science Laboratory, Computer Laboratory, Food Laboratory and Fashion Laboratory also for dressmaking. But some rooms like Alumni Room and Clinic Room are joined in ISAT facilities. The facilities in school are appropriated for the student, such as whiteboard, table, chair, chalk, and toilet outside of the classroom. But some classrooms not have the projector. There are also basketball and football area. So the students can improve their sport skills there.

1.3  Teaching System

Teaching system in Lab school of ISAT U followed the rule of K to 12 curriculum for grade-7. The teacher started the lesson with the last topic. They should review about that and build connection between them and students. Therefore, the students will active in learning and learning will be approached by students. After that, teachers gave some motivation that is related to the topic to motivate students and begin the topic. As long as the students learn, teacher should monitor the students activities and facilitate them to learn. At the end of lesson, teacher asked the students to do some exercises. Similarly in grade 8, 9 and 10 that use Technical Secondary Curriculum, they build connections with students because the students should be active in learning.
  

1.4  Materials and other Learning Sources

Materials for lesson sources in Laboratory School of ISAT U almost complete. There are some laboratories like Science Laboratory, Computer Laboratory, Food Laboratory and Fashion Laboratory also for dressmaking. There are also library and study corner like park to discuss outside of the classroom. Then, all of classroom has smart television and white board for facilities learning. Although the projector is not provided for every classroom, the teachers are permitted to borrow that from facilities office room. Besides that, manual text book is not provided to students, that is why some of them don’t have manual text book.

1.5  Measurement and Evaluation System

Every teacher evaluated their student universally depend on the subject. They gave 4 exams per grade, it’s means the students should finish their exams twice a semester. Not only that, but also they have some assesment and assignment per topic. So that all will be measurement contents to be evaluated by teachers.  The teachers gave scores for every content, collect the data and then calculate the scores totally. The students are given 10 scores if they can answer a problem correctly. So they got scores 50 in case they could answer 5 of 5 problems correctly.

1.6  Curriculum

The Lab School of ISAT U is using updated curriculum in The philippines, it is K to 12 curriculum guide for grade-7. So the teachers made a lesson plan or Daily Lesson Log (DLL) that is includes daily activities of students in learning. But they still using Technical Secondary curriculum for grades 8-10. That’s why the teachers must to make a detailed lesson plan for their lesson. The detailed lesson plan includes students and teachers activity as long as the teachers taught.

1.7  Teaching Plan (of my major)

According to the curriculum that is used in Lab School of ISAT U, especially in math subject, well-planned lessons plan or teaching plans is detailed which is include all of student activities. On the other hand, the teachers also prepared worksheets that were focused on the conceptual learning goal. The most important thing is the concepts to tell that math could help the student to solve some problems. Thus, the students will know how to apply some theories in their  daily life.

2.    Pedagogical Content

1.1  Teaching Methods

Teaching methods that is used in Laboratory School of ISAT U are expository method. So the teachers gave direct instruction for student in learning. That is why teachers are the major information provider. But sometimes, the teachers gave the chances for students to find and construct their knowledges. Then, the teachers asked student to solve some problems and discuss about that. And at the end of lesson, students are asked to apply theories and they are given assignment.

1.2  Learning Materials and Innovation

The teachers already prepared the lesson and the materials. Therefore the teacher explained the topics clearly. Students followed the lesson actively. Sometimes the teacher make some jokes to make the situation more friendly when learn the subject. So, they will not bored when they learn about the topics. Frecquently, the teacher speak loudly make sure the student hear their explanations.

1.3  Sources of Learning and Technology

Sources of learning in Laboratory School of ISAT U are from manual text book, internet and power point presentation. The teachers taught based on manual textbook, but it is not provided from school. Thus the students should bought manual text book. Some of them didn’t buy the text book, that’s why they go around the class to find and borrow the book from their classmates. On the other hand, the students usually find help from the internet when they have some problems and barries to solve it.

1.4  Authentic Assessment

The teachers evaluate the students by giving them some assessments and assignments. The students should pass the formative and sumative test to go to the next grade. They have 4 exams per grade. Besides that,  the teachers will measure scores from assignment autentically, usually the teacher gave essay problems. It is means the teachers will check description and final answer from student papers.

3.    Teaching Plan

1.1  Curriculum

Schools have using the curriculum of the government, sometimes the teacher uses K to 12 curriculum with the modification. The teacher adapt the curriculum with the situation happened in the school. Lab School of ISAT U already used the K to 12 curriculum. That is the updated curriculum in The Philippines. But, it is just for grade-7, so the teachers made and applied Daily Lesson Log (DLL) in their lesson. However, in grade 8 to 10, they still use Technical Secondary curriculum. That’s why they should make detailed lesson plan.

1.2  Teaching Plan Related

Before the student teacher practice how to teach, in my case math subject, they are asked to make a lesson plan and another preparation for teach. The process of making a lesson plan by student teacher made through a manual system. After the student teacher made it, cooperating teacher will check it and give some advices. And also, the cooperating teacher guide the student teacher to make activity sheet creatively. Below is a lesson plan that has been created by student teacher SEA-Teacher Project during the teaching practice SEA-Teacher Project at the Laboratory School of ISAT U.

LESSON PLAN
Name: Ika Dhian Lestari

School: Laboratory School of ISAT U

Class: Grade 10

I

LESSON PLAN IN MATHEMATICS

Grade 10

I.      Objectives:

At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to:

A. derive the distance formula.

B. find the distance between two given points.

II.    Subject Matter

A.  Topic: The distance formula

B.  Concept/Ideas:

·      The distance between any two points on a number line, horizontal or vertical, can be found by simply finding the length of the segment determined by these points.

C. Processes: Problem Solving, Application and Clarification

D. References: Orines, F.B., Mercado, J.P., Esparrago, M.S., Manalo, C.B., & Reyes, N.V. (2015). Next Century Mathematics The New Grade 10. Quezon City: Phoenix Publishing House, Inc.

E.  Materials: projector, laptop, activity sheet

F.  Value Focus: Application of the distance formula

III.   Developmental Activities

Teacher’s Activity	Student’s Activity
A.  Preliminary Activities
1.    Prayer Everyone please stand for a prayer.	We adore you Oh God and we love you, with all our hearts and we thank you for creating us and for giving us this new day. We Offer you our thoughts, words and actions for this day. Grant that this maybe all according to your holy will and for your greater glory. Keep us away from all sins and evils. And may your grace be always with us, and all our loved ones. Amen.
2.    Energizer Okay my beloved students, before we start our lesson, i have some common word in indonesian. Do you want to know that? Plus,add : tambah Minus, substract : kurang Times : kali Divided by, over : bagi So now, if i say ‘’selamat pagi anak-anak’’, please answer ‘’pagi pagi pagi ma’am ika’’. Let’s try. Selamat pagi anak-anak. Class, i have six cards here, please keep one number in your mind and i will guess the number in your mind. Who want to join with me? Okay, have you keep one number in your mind? If you already have, i will show you the card then tell me if the number in your mind is exists in the card. Remember that, don’t tell me about the number. For example, after you keep one number, i will show you the first card. If the number is already exists in the card, just say “there is ma’am” but if there is not exist the number, please say “walak ma’am” and i will continue to the next card. Do you get it? Actually, i have some riddle and trick about math. So you are not bored when you learn about math. If you want to know, i will tell you. But, please follow the lesson first. Are you agree?	Yes ma’am. The student try to read the word Okay ma’am Pagi pagi pagi ma’am ika. Yes ma’am Okay ma’am. Yes ma’am How can you guess the number ma’am? Yes ma’am.
3.    Review Okay class, can you tell me anything about our last lesson? What you can say about line and its slope?	-          Our last lesson is about line and its slope ma’am. -          If the line passes through a points (a,b) and has slope m, so we can find the equation of that line using this formula: y-b = m(x-a) -          If two nonvertical lines are parallel, then the slopes are equal -          If two nonvertical points are perpendicular, then their slops are negative resiprocals.
4.    Motivation Okay class, who can tell me about the distance? Somebody please answer me, did you go to somewhere? How many kilometers the distance from your house? Did you remember the distance from your house to the school? So now, please watch this video and tell me what are they talking about? Then, look at this picture. Yeah, if you want to know how many kilometers you walking to go to here, just follow this lesson. By the way, for your information, the next topics are related with our lesson today. That is all about the distance formula. But, don’t try to find the distance from Indonesia to Philipines.	How can we find the distance ma’am?
B.  Activity Proper
1.    Grouping of Students Now, i will group you by counting. So, the first number 1 to 5 will be group 1. The second number 1 to 5 will be group 2 and soon. So, start from you. Go to your group now. Okay class, before you start your activity, i will tell you how to find the distance. Do you remember about the video? So, if you want to find the distance from one point to another point, you can use this formula: P1 P2 = Do you understand? Any question?	Yes ma’am Yes ma’am.
2.    Setting of Standards Well now, you must cooperate with your partner through sharing of ideas in a moderate voice only.
3.    Group Activity Each group must choose one representative to present their work. The activity must be finish within 10 minutes. Any question? The activity starts now.
C. Post Activity
1.    Presentation of the lesson I will choose some group randomly to present their activity sheet. Please write down your answer on the white board.
2.    Analysis So, what do you find from your activity sheet? Can you generalize it?
D.  Discussion
So, let us define the distance of two points. And then we are going to clasify the result of the slope. From your activity sheet, we know that: ·   The distance between any two points on a number line, horizontal or vertical, can be found by simply finding the length of the segment determined by these points. ·      If x1 and x2 are the coordinates of A and B, respectively, on a horizontal number line, then the distance between A and B is: AB = |x2-x1| ·      If y1 and y2 are the coordinates of C and D, respectively, on a vertical number line, then the distance between C and D is: CD = |y2-y1| ·      The distance between two points P1(x1,y1) and P2(x2,y2) is: P1 P2 =
E.  Abstraction
Okay class, let recap what you have from our discussion. ·      What can you say about the distance of two points?	·      The distance between any two points on a number line, horizontal or vertical, can be found by simply finding the length of the segment determined by these points. ·      If x1 and x2 are the coordinates of A and B, respectively, on a horizontal number line, then the distance between A and B is: AB = |x2-x1| ·      If y1 and y2 are the coordinates of C and D, respectively, on a vertical number line, then the distance between C and D is: CD = |y2-y1| ·      The distance between two points P1(x1,y1) and P2(x2,y2) is: P1 P2 =
F.  Application
This time, i will explain to you how to solve some problem using the distance formula. Let’s see this example ! Draw a triangle with vertices N(-1,4), (0,2), and (2,5). Is it a equilateral triangle? First, we need to find the length of each side and then look at the relation between each side.	Yes ma’am
G.   Evaluation
Find the distance of these points. 1.    (2,8), (5,1) 2.    (1,1), (4,5) 3.    (3,7), (2,5) 4.    Find the perimeter of the polygons with vertices at the given points (2,3), (5,7) and (-3,4). 5.    Draw a triangle with vertices (-1,-7), (5,5) and(-2,1). Show that the triangle is isosceles.

IV.  Assignment

Draw the sketch from your house to the school, write the measure of anystreet that you pass, and find the distance.

Prepared by: Ika Dhian Lestari

4. Observation on Teacher

1.1  Planning for Teaching

The cooperating teacher already prepared some lesson plan for his lesson. That is detailed lesson plan which includes the teacher and students activities. The lesson plan has been followed the curriculum that is used in Lab School.

1.2  Preparing Lesson and Materials

Because my cooperating teacher usually apply expository method, so he just prepare the materials. Then he explains the materials clearly untill all of the students understand about that. He also prepared about the assessment that will give to the students.

1.3  Teaching in Class

The teacher explained the topics through inductive approach. So the students are given some examples that is related to the topics. And then the teacher constructs some main concepts together with students. Based on that concepts, the students are guided by teacher to solve some problems. After that, teacher and students discussed about the solutions and fixed the correct answer. Finally, the students know how to solve some problems using application of the topics. Therefore the students could complete their assessments and assignments.

1.4  Measurement and Evaluation

The teachers gave individual test about the related topic. But sometimes, he just ask the students some problem and give them 2 minutes to answer directly. That can refresh the students mind to call back their memories. Then the teacher gave some quiz and assignment. One of the students will collect their papers and pass it to teacher. After the class already finished, the teacher checked students paper and gave the scores.

5.    Teaching Practice

1.1  Procedure of Teaching

Procedure of teaching of my teaching practice had followed my lesson plan. That’s like what i showed before. For the first step, i gave greetings and the chance for the students to pray. Because of my religion is different with their religion, so i ask a student to guide them. After that, i givesome energizer for the students like games or riddles in math. The students was so exited to join and know that. I showed some uniqe numbers in math like how to guess the hidden numbers. Then i ask some questions about the last lesson and the studentswill recall their memories about that. And then i give them some ilustrations like pictures, maps, videos and another media to motivate them. That ilustrations include the benefit of the topic in daily life that is showed on the screen. However, the students will learn and know that the topic is useful for them. After that, i try to explain about the topic concepts using power point presentation and give the chances for students to ask if they don’t understand yet. The next step of my teaching practice is grouping the students. I give them activity sheet and they should complete it by group, but sometimes by pair. And that’s good to know that the can complete it correctly. Then we are going to discuss about that and find the correct solution.  After that, we discuss about the application of the topic and solve some problems. I gave questions session for the students. And at the end of the lesson, i give individual testf or them and should answer it in the given time. After they finish it, they pass their papers and i explained once again the conclusion of the topic. Finally i ask them to do some assignment.

1.2  Time Management and Organizing Activities

I already spent time for 25 hours in the Laboratory School. That’s includes observation, teaching assistant and teaching practice. For teaching practice in my final demonstration, given one hour to teach and below is time management and organizing activities.

• 15 minutes for preliminary activities (greeting, pray, energizer, review andmotivation activity)
• 15 minutes for main activities (teachers explanation, discussion, question and answer the task).
• 25 minutes for student activity and quiz
• 5 minutes for the conclusion about the materials

1.3  Problem Solving

I found some problems when i taught the students in Lab School. I think that’s because i have different accent with the philippinos. Sometimes i can’t understand what are they talking about and they feel like me too. So that’s why i should explain the topic twice or more. And then, some of the students can’t understand and they didn’t participate in their group to complete their activity sheet. Therefore, i come to every group and give scaffolding and help them also.

1.4  Classroom Management

As a profesional teacher, classroom management is the important thing to do. So that’s why i try to manage the classroom and make the situation to be condusive. For example, if my students so noisy, i will ask them  “what are you talking about?” then and make sure that they stop to be noisy and focus to the lesson. After that, i will suggest them to cooperate in their group but the situation still condusive. I told them that i will choose one of them randomly to present their activity in group. However, they will learn and try to explain each other. Finally i could make sure that they all understand about the topic.

6.    Summary and Suggestion

1.1  Purposes of Practicum

·         General Purpose

The teaching practice aims to provide opportunities for students to gain experience as a factual professional educators who have a set of knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for the profession as an educator, both in their country and abroad.

·         Specific Purpose

a. To enable Student teachers to develop it Teaching and pedagogy skills.

b. Encourage Student Teachers to Train their English skills.

c. Allowing student teachers to gain a broader regional and world view.

1.2  Procedure of Practicum

We have 4 stages in this practicum such as orientation and observation in the first week, then teaching assistant in the second week, teaching practice in the third week, the last week is for evaluation and reflection.

1.3  Outcomes of Practicum

·         Student teachers can improve their knowledges, attitudes and skills professionally in educational institutions both in their country and abroad.

·         Student teachers can develop their abilities to be a good teacher in the future life.

·         Student teachers recognize local cultures in other state institutions that are expected to be inspirational in creating better systems in their country.

1.4  The Challenges of Practicum

The challenge during my practicum is how to be a good speaker even if our accent is different. I had tried to make the students understand about my lesson. In addition, speak loudly is a challenge for me but i try to make sure that they can hear my explanation. Another challenge is how to make math subject is easier so they will have fun in math lesson. That’s why i show some riddles and games for them.

1.5  Overall Impression

I love all of about the Philippines especially in my practicum activities at Laboratory School of ISAT U, Iloilo city. I found so many experiences which is make me learn about education systems in the Philippines. And also, changing cultures in all perspectives is the best experience for me. I shared anythings about our cultures as Indonesian people and accept the new cultures from Philippinos. I think this is the best moment in my life to be apart of SEA teachers project. I also write my journey and all about the Philippines spesifically, because i want to remind this moment forever.

1.6 Suggestions for next improvement
I thought one month is too short for teaching practice. We as a student teachersneed more times to spent with our students. We can’t teach them without know their characters and personalizes. However we must to observe them for a week. Therefore we have two weeks to teach them. Actually, we can’t predict improvement of their knowledges just in two weeks. That’s why i hope SEA Teacher Project will give more time to teaching practice. In addition, i also hope for the next batch, SEAMEO add the kuota for SEA Teacher students because as we know that interested students was increase.