(excerpt from the reflection paper of Mrs. Olga C. Alonsabe, delivered during the graduation ceremony of the SEAMEO-Innotech ExCELS -Excellence in School Leadership Scholarship Course held at Xavier University last January 29, 2008 representing the 69 graduates who are elementary and secondary school adminsitrators of Region X).
Nothing happens until it happens in the studens.
This concept is translated in how well the curriculum
is implemented which results can only be assessed through the
students. Since the curriculum is the total learning experiences
that the school designs for the learner, it is best to reflect on its
implementation, particularly in the school I am managing, the
Aplaya National High School.
In my day-to-day activities in the school, like checking
lesson plans, checking the campus, conferring with teachers,
monitoring instruction, I come to think of what particular way can
I influence the teaching-learning process given the realities and
problems experienced in the public school system.
The concepts I learned in enrichment curriculum made
me realized that this is the answer to what we, school heads aspire
for: to be empowered so that we can introduce and implement
a curriculum that will suit the needs of our students. While
making the core curriculum as the guide in designing mastery
learning approaches, the enrichment curriculum is a way to
supplement student learning while still targeting mastery of the
desired competencies. But since every school is unique in itself,
the culture of the school has to be considered in enriching the
curriculum, making learning more meaningful to the students.
As I studied the school environment, I come to realized
that our students need to be taught the value of the soil. While
they take TLE subject, focusing on industrial arts and computer
education as their electives, I come to think of reviewing the
educational qualifications of teachers and found out that one of
them has a background in agriculture. So I designed the electives
in such a way that all the students will be exposed to the
world of agriculture, homemaking arts, industrial arts and computer
literacy. Our students need to be taught about modern
technology, but since they are living in an agricultural area, they
should also be provided with opportunities to enhance their skills
to develop their God-endowed rich environment. The value of
work has to be inculcated which they found as they see the
fruits of their labor. Seeing their plants grow after they labored
for it is a joy for them.
Designing learning experiences that will make the
students enjoy while learning will lessen students’ boredom in
school. Excitement has to be introduced and this can be through
the enriched curriculum. These activities need not be reduced
into competitions instead, it supplement the classroom instruction.
With the teachers’ creative juices, the enriched curriculum
can surely translate the school into the best avenue to develop
responsible and productive citizens in a country and the place
where God’s most precious creature is nurtured and developed
in heads, hearts and hands.
Nothing happens until it happens in the studens.
This concept is translated in how well the curriculum
is implemented which results can only be assessed through the
students. Since the curriculum is the total learning experiences
that the school designs for the learner, it is best to reflect on its
implementation, particularly in the school I am managing, the
Aplaya National High School.
In my day-to-day activities in the school, like checking
lesson plans, checking the campus, conferring with teachers,
monitoring instruction, I come to think of what particular way can
I influence the teaching-learning process given the realities and
problems experienced in the public school system.
The concepts I learned in enrichment curriculum made
me realized that this is the answer to what we, school heads aspire
for: to be empowered so that we can introduce and implement
a curriculum that will suit the needs of our students. While
making the core curriculum as the guide in designing mastery
learning approaches, the enrichment curriculum is a way to
supplement student learning while still targeting mastery of the
desired competencies. But since every school is unique in itself,
the culture of the school has to be considered in enriching the
curriculum, making learning more meaningful to the students.
As I studied the school environment, I come to realized
that our students need to be taught the value of the soil. While
they take TLE subject, focusing on industrial arts and computer
education as their electives, I come to think of reviewing the
educational qualifications of teachers and found out that one of
them has a background in agriculture. So I designed the electives
in such a way that all the students will be exposed to the
world of agriculture, homemaking arts, industrial arts and computer
literacy. Our students need to be taught about modern
technology, but since they are living in an agricultural area, they
should also be provided with opportunities to enhance their skills
to develop their God-endowed rich environment. The value of
work has to be inculcated which they found as they see the
fruits of their labor. Seeing their plants grow after they labored
for it is a joy for them.
Designing learning experiences that will make the
students enjoy while learning will lessen students’ boredom in
school. Excitement has to be introduced and this can be through
the enriched curriculum. These activities need not be reduced
into competitions instead, it supplement the classroom instruction.
With the teachers’ creative juices, the enriched curriculum
can surely translate the school into the best avenue to develop
responsible and productive citizens in a country and the place
where God’s most precious creature is nurtured and developed
in heads, hearts and hands.
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