These early weeks' most notable features were the variety of learning styles and the value of flexibility in instruction. Even though I had difficulties with classroom management, my mentor's advice enabled me to overcome these obstacles. I'm excited to advance in my career by assuming greater responsibility and practicing my teaching techniques. From week 1 I’ve now mastered the basic routines such as entering the classroom early to prepare the ICT tools the students need to use. Turning each computer on as well as neatly aligning the desks, chairs, chargers, and socket ports for extensions. Setting up the classroom is the first thing I have observed from Ma’am Lhen since most of the students came early too. 

The San Francisco high school is huge, they have 15 buildings 16 if we included the Mall outside the premises since most of the students go there after class ends. I have observed how they give importance on each TLE subject course such as Agricultural space for planting and farming. They also have other rooms for other TLE subjects such as Drafting tables, ICT labs, Cookery rooms, and Industrial arts corner where they conduct electrical related activities. Since I have been assigned to Ma’am Lhen where she handles programming students, I get to observe the room and tools they use for their hands-on activities. Upon observing their classroom, I see that the room is divided into 2 halves where there are 2 long tables (1 in the left and 1 in the right), each long tables can occupy 20 students. Each student has their own laptops where they can use to finish their activities or keep up with the lesson being discussed on that day. Sadly, there are few of the laptops are not working or have problems with the internet or the battery. In terms of their materials and resources, they use online sources if there is no PowerPoint made for their specific lesson. I can also say that the physical classroom is clean, safe, and spacious as well. The students in each section I have handled came warm and friendly.

This week we also got to meet the Head teacher of the TLE department, Ma’am Amie Cuasto. The meeting went smoothly and short, we have talked about the rotation and the shifts we may encounter. We are also tasked to make the 2-bulletin board eye pleasing. The 3-day shift came fast as we finish our tasks, each major has 1 bulletin board to fix. The HE and ICT teams agreed on one theme for the bulletin boards, it will also be put in the student’s lounge. The PUP students lounge is made for the student interns under PUP it was placed outside the TLE department so that we can also keep an eye for our RT’s classes, we can also rest there if we have vacant classes. The bulletin board we made is composed of the following: The first board is made up of the whiteboard material, so the background is plain white making a clean and eye-pleasing look. In this bulletin board, the 4 components of TLE are paste (ICT, HE, Agri-fishery, Industrial Arts). In the other bulletin board was about the common parts of a bulletin board which are the organizational chart, motivational quotes, and some TLE trivia helpful for the students to get to know the subject. The design for the second bulletin board was technology related to catch the attention of the students passing through the corridor. 

I spent this time getting acquainted with classroom procedures and duties, listening to the lesson and watching classes. The significance of adaptability in addressing the diverse learning styles of students was among the most profound insights. I initially struggled to control the classroom environment, but with the help of Ma’am Lhen, my mentor and helpful criticism, I was able to adjust and develop. There are really some students in different sections who are difficult to get to know since there have been avoiding me if I get to be close to ask questions, maybe they thought it will be related to the lessons. As I take on more responsibility and hone my teaching techniques, I hope to build on the foundation that these following few weeks. 

As Ma’am Lhen discuss throughout the days in this week, I have observed the strategies in developing the classroom climate for different sections. She always starts her class with greetings, guidelines/reminders, and the house rules. Then she follows with the recap of the previous lesson, lesson proper, and ends with a recap of the lesson discussed. In between the lesson proper, Ma’am Lhen always takes time to make jokes to keep the mood light. In addition to that I have also observed that it is important to read the room, in which as educators always assess the learning environment making sure to address the questions from your students. Addressing the learning environment help the students feels safe and belong in the discussing, talking with your students also helps us to assess the attentiveness of the learner from the class discussion. Ma’am Lhen’s strategies include keeping an eye contact with your students. She also taught me to call out tardiness from the students, make use of interactive materials/gamification in the lesson to promote interaction and competitiveness in class. She also uses chips; it is a type of reward for the students who recites in class. This pointing system shows who are the students that are active, listening, and attentive when it comes to programming lessons. She also taught me a few things when it comes to teaching, such as using English as your language in teaching. As much as possible she would like to discuss in tagalog so that the students would easily understand, but there are languages in ICT specially programming that don’t have direct translation in tagalog. She also reminds me to clarify the lesson again and again to the students making sure they completely understood. Make sure to clarify if your students can still follow whether you are discussing too fast for the time limit. I also observed that there are readily materials and output activities side by side while discussing which shows that Ma’am Lhen uses output based discussion so that the students can also see both the syntax and the outcome of the programming lesson being discussed. 

Other than the strategies, I have observed that the time limit per class is too short for 1 lesson to be finished. Each section only has 40 minutes to attend, some of the students came from a far building so they must walk to get to the computer lab. So, I believe that time is one of the struggles students had experience assign from the lack of ICT tools they have. In addition, internet is also a major problem, since sometimes Ma’am Lhen uses online resource material for their discussion, lack of internet connectivity for the laptops that both educators and learners uses is a problem. They can’t keep up with the material being shown in the projector which result in taking too much time to refresh and reconnect to the internet. 

For week 6, based on the Module 5: The Community and Home Environment, it has emphasized the profound influence of a learner’s surroundings on their growth and development. Upon learning this module, I explored how early experiences and family characteristics shape the behaviors, attitudes, and academic performance of students. In staying with Sir Angelo, I have observed that they tend to be close with Him. These observations shows that maybe the learners' home environments, including parenting styles, socio-economic factors, and relationships within the family, significantly affect their capacity to thrive in school. There is this one time that students during their free time, they share experiences at home during this time Sir Gelo tries to give advice and show concerns for their problems. I have realized that it is important to identify effective strategies on how to work with the learners’ parents or guardians to ensure a better education for them. 

Lastly, the module underscored the importance of collaboration between schools and the wider community to maximize students' learning experiences. I have learned that observing teachers' strategies to involve parents and community stakeholders, I noted effective practices like regular communication, parent-teacher meetings, and community-based projects that enhance family-school partnerships. It is important to get to know your students more to know how to approach and have an in-depth look to their learning. These practices not only strengthen the learning environment but also encourage holistic development in students.

Overall, this observation reinforced the critical connection between a learner’s home and community environment and their success in school. It also demonstrated the necessity for teachers to actively engage with these external influences to foster a supportive, nurturing, and inclusive educational atmosphere.