A Month at The Little Alaska of The Philippines, Sea Teacher Project Batch 7

Purposes of Practicum The objectives of Sea Teacher project are: 1.   To enable pre-service student teachers to develop their teaching skills and pedagogy 2.  To encourage the pre-service student teachers to practice their English skills 3. To allow the pre-service student teachers to gain a broader regional and world view 4. To expose future teachers to diverse teaching and learning situations and opportunities, and the value of flexibility. According to me, four objectives above already meet my needs. Procedures of Practicum The four stages that the student teachers should follow during one month exchange program are: 1 st Stage Orientation and class observation 2 nd Stage Teaching assistant Working with classroom teacher Lesson plan consolidation 3 rd Stage Teaching in classroom Adequate teaching hours Monitoring and evaluation by mentor 4 th Stage Reflection and lesson

Procedures of Teaching Before teaching, I had to make lesson plan in accordance with Philippines lesson plan format. Their format is different from the one that I have in Indonesia, so I learned how to make it first. The English teachers in NIPSC Laboratory Junior High School (LJHS) at that time were very good in guiding me. I made the detailed lesson plan, so I should also include script dialogues that I would use in teaching and the expected responses from my students. After I finished my lesson plan, I gave it to my cooperating teacher and then she would give me some comment and suggestions for the improvement of my lesson. When I was done, I passed the final version of my lesson plans to my cooperating teacher and then I could start teaching in the class. I was not allowed to teach without the presence of my cooperating teacher, it was the rule of the school. She had to be in the class whenever I taught my students so that she could give me comments, suggestions, and to c

Curriculum The lesson plan here will be based on K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum. Department of Education arranges K to 12 English Curriculum Guide that teachers can use as a handbook in making lesson plan.

Teaching Methods of The Teacher that I Observed From my observations, I can conclude that the teacher uses learners-centred teaching methods. Here she becomes a resource rather than the authority. The teacher explains materials and then encourage students to think and understand it more by asking almost every students in the class. The questions are also related to real life situation, so it is really meaningful learning activities. She is also very good in coaching students to speak English well. During the lesson, she can make students laugh but at the same time she also can make students silent if they are too noisy or speak dialect. Their Learning Materials and Innovation Most teachers use the books which are provided by the school as the learning materials. The books are based on K to 12 curriculum. For the innovation, some teachers try to find materials from other books so that the students can learn more. They sometimes will use LCD Projector to present the vide

Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College (Main) Estancia, Iloilo 1.1   School Profile The Northern Iloilo State University (Formerly NIPSC) is a public state or college in the Philippines. It is mandated to provide higher vocational, professional, and technical instruction and training in the fields of industry, agriculture, fishery, engineering and sciences, and short-term vocational technical continuing courses. It is also mandated to promote research, advanced studies, and progressive leadership in the fields of agriculture including agricultural education and home technology, fishery, forestry, industrial technology including industrial education, arts service trades, engineering and sciences. Its main campus is located in Estancia, Iloilo. The Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College was first known as the Western Visayas Branch of the Philippine Institute of Fisheries Technology. The school was authorized in the Omnibus Bill that was enacted as Republic Act No. 6

It was February 8 in the night, actually I had to pack all my things but I was not excited to do it. Instead, I was having conversation and sharing with the coordinator of my Receiving University, Dr. Gabinete and my companion from Indonesia. We talked a lot about the possibility of what will we be in the future, our future plan. It was a deep conversation indeed. We really enjoyed the moment until forgot that it was already midnight. As the consequence, even already midnight, I could not start to sleep because I had to pack my things first. While I was packing, I saw my students’ letter that I had not yet finished to read. I decided to read them all before continued my packing. Unfortunately, their letters made me sad. For the umpteenth time, I thought I was not ready to leave. However, life must go on, so I have to go. February 9 in the morning, we leaved our beloved municipality, Estancia, and went to Iloilo city. We spent the whole afternoon at Supermall, b

The Closing Program The 6th day of February was the last day of our teaching practicum. I got letters and some gifts from my students, the teachers, and student teacher in NIPSC Laboratory Junior High School. I was touched when I saw tears in some of their eyes and they sang me some songs. Actually, I almost cried but I held my tears. I did not want to be looked as a weak person and made them sadder because of me. This is the video when my cooperating teacher and my students sang me some songs on my last practicum day in NIPSC Laboratory Junior High School: Finished practicum did not mean that we had nothing to do, instead we were so busy in this last week. I had to finish checking all of my students’ work, inputting their score data to be given to my cooperating teacher, preparing the materials about Islam and Indonesia to be presented in front of Teacher Education Department Students of NIPSC, and also speech for the closing program. On Thursday, 7 th day of Febr

On our first day, January 15, before going to Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College (NIPSC) that is located on Municipality of Estancia, we visited the Tourism Department Region VI of Philippines, Commission on Higher Education of the Philippines, and met the Governor of Iloilo province. In the afternoon, we continued our trip to NIPSC to have the welcoming program. Department of Tourism Region VI - Philippines Commision on Higher Education The Governor of Iloilo Province Opening Program   The next day we visited the mayor of Estancia Municipality and the police chief of estancia. At the same day for the first time we also went to my practicum school, NIPSC Laboratory Junior High School (LJHS). The teachers there were really welcoming and the students were enthusiast to see me and say hello. The Mayor of Estancia Police Chief of Estancia Every weekend NIPSC always gave us chances to explore the beautiful side of Philippines. They prep