SELF REPORT I (SCHOOL : GENERAL INFORMATION AND ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION)

SCHOOL : GENERAL INFORMATION AND ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION

In this occasion, I will tell you about my practicum school along of my stay in Philippines, the UST Junior High School. Well, I got a lot of information about the UST Junior High School during the School Welcoming Party and Observation. Still you remember Mr. Vincent? The one who picked us in the airport? In this welcoming party in the UST Junior High School, He is also the one who welcoming us. 

During the welcoming party, we are introduced with the general profile of the school, a few activities in the school, and also met with our mentors. Mr. John Raymond S. Sandoval, He is the one who will be my Mentor. In the welcoming party, there's special performance from 'Glee Club' of the UST Junior High School's Students. They are singing, acting, and I think it is similar with musical drama, and they spreading some white roses, and I also got some white roses. If I am not mistake, White roses mean a friendship symbol.

Me and My Mentor (my left side) and the Science's Teacher (My right side)

Well, after the welcoming party, we got a little tour around the school. We are walking inside the school, exploring the facilities in every floors, and the teacher who guided us also told us the information about the rooms or facilities.

Some information that I got during the orientation and observations, are noted bellow :

School Profile

The UST Junior High School was founded in 1928. It is located in Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines. More precisely, it is located at Benavides Building University of Santo Tomas. It is one of the high school departments of the University of Santo Tomas (UST).  

Vision:
The UST Junior High School, adhering to the mission and vision of the University of which it is a part, envisions itself in the next five years to live up to its vocation as a Christian, Catholic, evangelizing, Filipino and educational community, with its tradition of excellence involving its academic and non-academic staff, dedicated to the holistic formation of its students in the secondary level in competence, commitment, and compassion.
Mission:
The UST Junior High School, proud of its tradition and conscious of its role to share in the mission of the University of Santo Tomas, under the inspiration and patronage of its model St. Thomas Aquinas, affirms and avows its commitment to the cause of education in the secondary level, and to the formation of our students in the Faith for the purpose of preparing them for tertiary education, being molded as true Thomasians and becoming responsible citizens dedicated to the service of God, the country, and the whole world.

Teaching System

UST Junior High School has only one level of education, Junior High School level, which starts from 7th grade to 10th grade. The classes that I used as practicum objects are 10th grade students, precisely in St. Damian. The UST Junior School using the Brain Based Learning System.


Time per lesson hour for each day is adjusted for each segment. 1 hour of study lasts for 25 minutes. For Physics subjects, one meeting lasts for 3 hours (3x25 minutes). The school's start at 07.00 a.m., and ends at 4 p.m., but some classes has extension time, which is start from 04.00 p.m. until 5.30 p.m. 

Academic Support System

 Some facilities that provided in the UST Junior High School are:

• Library
• PE Room
• 2 Audio-visual Rooms
• Benavides Auditorium
• Canteen
• Multi-Purpose Room
• Prayer Room
• Music Room
• Drafting Room
• Computer Rooms (3) with Internet service
• Physics and Chemistry Laboratories (2)
• Air-conditioned classrooms
• Livelihood Education Function Rooms
• Student Council Office
• UST CAT Headquarters
• The Aquinian Publishing Room/Office

Here are several photos of the facilities of UST Junior High School

UST Junior High School's Class room

Class Room

Library

Laboratory 1

Laboratory 2

Benavides Auditorium

CURRICULUM 

The School's follow curriculum from Philippines Education's Department, it is K to 12 curriculum, here there are six grades for elementary, four grades for junior high school, and two grades for senior high school. But, since the UST Junior High School is a private school, they are a little modifying the concepts from the government, like the distribution of the subject matter. The UST Junior High School used the Brain Based Learning concepts which is based on the function and structure of the human brain.

Materials and Other Learning Sources

The sources of learning that used in the UST Junior High School are, printed books and e-books in library, and also other authentic material. they use electronic books stored from their tablets as learning resources. They also uses internet as their resources.

One of learning resource and matterial

Measurements and Evaluation System

In St. Damian, my class for practicum, they are using Formative Assessment and Summative Assessment. 
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That is examples of summative assessment on magnetism topic. For full version, you can download it here!

Teaching Plan

The UST Junior High School Using the Brain Based Learning Plan. 

Well, the BBLP itself has several parts. There are :

1. Title. We can write the headline of our topic here

2. Rationale, We have to write the rationale in 3-5 sentences only; includes values integration

3. Content Understanding. In this part, we have to describe/write the following parts:

Content Standards	State learning content areas. Refer to the DepEd curriculum guide; it should include values integration; designers may opt to identify only the applicable topic/s
Performance Standards	State requisite skills.  Refer to the DepEd curriculum guide; designers may opt to identify only the applicable standards
Competencies	[Bulleted form (arranged accdg. to familiarity, knowledge, understanding and competence order/gradation)]
Focus	þ Critical Thinking  q Problem Solving      q Creative Thinking
Key Concepts	Enumerate terminologies to be used.
Resources	Specify all input materials to be used. These will include audio-visual and media resources. Library reference, journals, website, apps, video
References	List down all textbooks, journals, web resources and other references in APA format.
Essential Questions	Indicate 2-3 essential questions.  Number each item.; Must be anchored to essential understanding found in the curriculum map and unpacking of standards

4. Strategies for inquiry. We are also completing the following parts:

Inquiry Stimulus	Describe an original and rich problematic situation, intriguing condition or authentic event that would serve as springboard for student engagement. If adopted/adapted, specify the source below.
Inquiry Questions	Formulate at least 5 inquiry questions.

5. Guided Interaction

Learning Support Pedagogies	þ Problem-based Learning            q Project-based Learning q Case-based Learning                        q Discovery Learning
Instructional Strategies	Direct Instruction (Indicate the strategy to be employed)	Indirect Instruction (Indicate the strategy to be employed)
	Experiential Learning (Indicate the strategy to be employed)	Independent Study (Indicate the strategy to be employed)
	Interactive Instruction (Indicate the strategy to be employed)
Teaching-Learning Episodes	Describe in bulleted form the major activities to be undertaken as you scaffold student learning. At the end of each bulleted item, indicate the specific strategy used for the purpose.  Make sure the activities match those indicated in the instructional strategies section. Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 ...
Inquiry Questions Develop questions using the SAFE classification model.	One question per category, per day Setting the Knowledge Base (Type your questions here) Analyzing the New Knowledge (Type your questions here) Focusing the New Knowledge (Type your questions here) Evaluating the New Knowledge (Type your questions here)

6. Metacognitif Development and Assessment.

Assessment Tools	FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: ·
	SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT: Written Work (WW): This will include unit tests and written outputs such as book/article reviews; essays; journals; letter writing; reaction/reflection papers; reports; data recording/analyses; graphs charts or maps; problem sets; surveys; concept maps; laboratory reports and documentations; news writing; article reviews; research papers; work designs and plans.  Attach developed assessment documents containing directions and details, and rubrics. Include what is applicable Performance Task (PeTa): A performance task yields a tangible product or performance that serve as evidence of learning.  It may include skills demonstration, group presentations, oral work, multimedia presentations and research projects. Attach PeTa details and rubrics/checklists. Include mini-task Quarterly Assessment (QA): This is given at the end of the quarter.  It synthesizes knowledge, skills and values learned in an entire quarter. Attach copy of QA with table of specifications and key to corrections.
Metacognitive Extension	Give details as to how learning is transferred from one setting, problem or performance situation to another. Students must be able to extend what they have learned in one context to new contexts. You may come up with metacognitive extension questions. This may included synthesis
Cross-Disciplinary Applications	Describe how the subject content and other learning areas are integrated. Based on VAM and HAM

7. Signature and Submission date

Here I attach a format of lesson plan from my mentor that used in the UST Junior High School.

You can see/download the format of BRAIN-BASED Lesson Plan here!

You can see my Lesson Plan for teaching HERE!