WITH just a few weeks away from the official start of the school year for public schools, teachers at Mandaue City Comprehensive National High School are working hard to be ready for the school year.
Teachers are busy building their skills to manage online classes through online trainings and dry-runs of online classes. They’ve also been working on developing engaging digital lessons for their students.
For the past few weeks, Teacher Fedila Mayol has placed a lot of effort and care in making sure that all self-learning kits are being printed and ready for their students. “[We need to make sure] that everything is done before the deadlines set by the school administrator,” she said.
Printing is never an easy task with the sheer amount of materials that need to be printed. But with the joint support from all teachers and the community, the school is steadily getting through the printing requirements.
Partners and supporters for schools during these times are critical, Teacher Fedila notes. Organizations and supporters help schools through these challenging times as schools face more costs for printing and reproducing materials.
The shift towards a blended learning environment definitely is a challenge. This is why the whole school community is needed in supporting the education of the learners.
“As for the case how blended learning can be unpacked for our learners, the call for the support of direct stakeholders, the parents and guardians [is important],” shared Teacher Fedila.
While the tasks remain, Teacher Fedila shares that she and her family also keep themselves busy by helping others. While partners and supporters continue to help the schools, she notes that other vulnerable communities continue to need help during the pandemic.
“One of those people who are in need are the street dwellers who couldn’t even get a single meal. My family was able to give meals to street dwellers and frontliners,” shared Teacher Fedila.
Teacher Fedila, best known through her camp name “Katsa”, shared that her experience with the RAFI Center for Leaders has helped her become a better educator and cope with the new normal.
“I am able to recognize and cope up with the new normal. Just like the dragon or the courses faced during the camp, there were frustrations and disappointments along the process but on top of it, was that sense of fulfillment and success to our duties and responsibilities, and passion as I serve as an educator,” said Teacher Fedila. “I’m able to communicate effectively and collaborate well with regards to the preparation and implementation of the learning modalities not just to my fellow teachers but most importantly to my student,” she added.
For the month of September, the RAFI Center for Leaders honors our teachers in celebration of National Teachers’ Month. We recognize the dedication they put into their work in taking care of and teaching our young learners.
Text by Elisabeth Baumgart; Graphics Edit Marlon Perilla, RAFI Center for Leaders
The RAFI Center for Leaders provides learning and development programs that equip leaders and enable communities through world-class, safe, powerful learning experiences. The RAFI CFL headquarters are located in the scenic mountains of Balamban, Cebu at the Kool Adventure Camp, the country’s first and fully-dedicated adventure education facility.
