Student

2 Teaching
Learning Tasks

Going to My Cooperating School, My Second Home

Name of Student Teacher: ______________________ Date Submitted: _________

Year and Section: _____________________________ Course: ________________

Desired Learning Objectives

 Describe the characteristics of the cooperating school that nurtures and inspire learner
participation
 Give examples and situations on how the vision, mission, goals, core values and expected
graduate attributes be integrated in the daily lessons
 Demonstrate understanding of supportive learning environments that nurture and
inspire learner participation
Essential Questions

 What is a cooperating school?

 What are the characteristics of the cooperating school that will nurture and inspire
learners’ participation?
 How do I cascade the school’s vision, mission, goals, core values and expected graduate
attributes in the daily lessons?

Understandings

 Cooperating School refers to the public or private elementary/high school where the
teaching intern undergoes off campus teaching under a cooperating teacher who assists
him/her teaching stint.
 The cooperating school serves as a training ground or laboratory. The prospective
teacher gets the “feel: of the school and the “feel of being a “real” teacher.
 A teacher training program greatly depends on how well the internship program is
carried out in the cooperating schools.
The characteristics of cooperating school that nurture and inspire learner participation:
friendly atmosphere where the learners and other members of the community live in love, care
and understanding
safe and secure environment where the learners and other members of the community are free
from hazards, accidents and other calamities.
positive and non-threatening environment where respect, fairness, support and communication
are present in the entire school system

The Schools’ Vision/Mission

A clear vision and a common mission identify the learning to be aligned and achieved to
help the school, its staff and students on target.

 Vision statement describes the school as it would appear in the future.

  Mission statements are the how to “statements” or action plans that help the school
achieve its vision. They prompt change and growth.
Peterson, 1995
 Goals are statements of what needs to be accomplished to implement the strategy.
 Core Values are the fundamental beliefs of a person, school or organization. These
guiding principles dictate behaviour and help people to understand right or wrong.
These create an unwavering guide to determine if they are on the right path in fulfilling
their goals.
 Graduate attributes are the qualities, skills and understandings a school/university
community agrees its student should develop during their time with the institution.

My Performance
Performance Task 1: Artifacts of one’s cooperating school
Describe your cooperating school by supplying the needed information.

(Put the picture of your cooperating school)

Name of the School/Institution: _________________________________________________________________________

Address: __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Phone and fax number/URL website: _________________________________________________________________
Name of School Principal: _____________________________________________________________________________
Academic Offerings:
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No. of Faculty Members: __________________________________________________________________________________
No. of Staff: ________________________________________________________________________________________________
No. of Students: ___________________________________________________________________________________________

Write what is asked about your cooperating school.

Schools’ Vision Statement

Schools’ Mission Statement

Schools’ Goals

Graduate Attributes

How does performance Task 1 on knowing the school’s profile connect to the Philippine
Professional Standards for Teachers?
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How does the school’s profile connect to your learning as a teaching intern?
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What is the impact of knowing the school’s information on student learning?

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Performance Task 2: Complete the structured frame.

How can you concretize the school’s Vision, Mission, Goals and expected graduate attributes on
your lessons?
I can concretize the school’s VMG by ___________________________________________________________________
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Performance Task 3
Get a sample lesson that shows how the VMG was integrated in the learning plan.

My Assessment Tasks
Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. Which the statement tells the direction of the school in the future?
A. Goals C. Mission
B. Graduate attributes D. Vision
2. Which are action plans ore things to do to achieve the vision?
A. Goals C. Graduate attributes
B. Vision D. Mission
3. To be competent and productive professionals, efficient and proficient communicator, caring
and trustworthy citizen are examples of ___________________.
A. Goals C. Vision
B. Mission D. Graduate attributes
4. To promote excellence and access to quality education and to provide a choice of educational
opportunities for students are examples of _________________________________.
A. Goals C. Vision
B. Mission D. Graduate attributes
5. There is a need to concretize the school’s VMG through _________________.
A. instructional outcomes C. modes of assessment
B. instructional activities D. learning materials
6. To integrate the vision, mission, goals and expected attributes in the daily lessons, teachers
must ________________________.
A. align the outcomes with all the teaching learning activities
B. let the students memorize the school’s vision, mission and goals
C. include the school’s VMG in all the syllabi of the program
D. align the schools VMG and core values in the daily lessons
7. To nurture and inspire learners participation, teachers ____________________.
A. may utilize interactive and innovative strategies
B. employ various assessment tools
C. invite resource persons in class
D. encourage students to volunteer in class discussions

My Learning Artifacts (Pieces of evidence of learning, snapshots, documents and others)

List the instructional facilities of your school. You may take snapshots of these facilities, too.
Request permission from the designated authority.

Let’s Write a Journal

Journal Entry #2: Going to My Cooperating School, My Second Home. Your entry
should contain your understanding and reflection on the given concept.
 My Scoring Rubrics

INDICATORS Meets Approaching Meet Does Not Meet

Standards of Standard of Acceptable Acceptable
Excellence Excellence Standard Standard

4 3 2 1
CRITERIA

Performance  Has all the  Has some  Has minimal  No aspects of

Tasks aspects of aspects of work aspects of work meets
work that that exceed work that level of
exceed level level of meet level of expectations
of expectation expectation  Has errors,
expectation.  Demonstrates  With some omissions and
 Shows solid errors and misconceptions
exemplary performance MASTERY is
performance and not
understanding thorough

Assessment With 5 correct With 4 correct With 3 correct With less than 3
Tasks answers answers answers correct answers

Learning The pieces/s of The piece/s of The piece/s of The piece/s of

Artifacts evidence of evidence of learning evidence of evidence of learning
learning is/are is/are aligned with learning is/are is/are NOT aligned
aligned with SOME of the learning aligned with with the learning
learning outcome ONE of the outcomes.
outcomes. learning
outcomes
Creativity and The learning The learning tasks The learning The learning tasks
Resourcefulness tasks are done are done creatively tasks are done are poorly done and
very creatively and resourcefully. quite creatively need improvement
and and
resourcefully resourcefully

Submission of The assigned The assigned The assigned The assigned

Requirements learning tasks learning tasks are learning tasks learning tasks are
are submitted on submitted a day after are submitted 2 submitted 3 days or
or before the the deadline days after the more after the
deadline. deadline deadline.

MY TOTAL SCORE

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Signature of Practicum Supervisor