FILIPINO GLOCAL TEACHER
"Teach local, reach global" means that the teacher brings diverse experiences in the classroom with the various skills to live and work as citizens of a global society. What teachers do in the local communities impacts the larger community. As global citizens, the work begins, where the teachers are, thus a "glocal" teacher.
More specifically, quality teachers are competent teachers who can demonstrate exemplary mastery of knowledge, skills, values, and dispositions relative to the following characteristics:
Understands one's own cultural identity and rootedness
Knows and integrates global dimensions in the subject area
Engages learners in the learning processes
Uses real-life local and global examples
Values and inputs of culturally and linguistically diverse learners
Models social responsibilities in local and global content
Encourages learners to find appropriate actions to improve local and global conditions, and
Creates a learning environment that encourages creativity and innovation.
REFLECTION
Perhaps the challenges that await me as a future teacher are endless paperwork, disciplining students, understanding various students' personalities, and many more. Indeed, it will be challenging but I know I can manage all of these by believing in myself and trusting everything to God. Moreover, I Have to always treat my future students with respect and fairly, create an enjoyable environment that will ignite them to cooperate in class, and teach them with a positive attitude, passion, enthusiasm, and dedication.