School: General Information and Academic Administration

Are you looking for the best elementary school in Muñoz? Dep.Ed-CLSU Elementary (Lab) School is the answer! You wanna a prove? Keep reading, ok?!

Dep.Ed-CLSU Elementary (Lab) School is my receiving school. When you are in your first step, I bet you will feel cozy because of the nature that shown to you, as a picture below:

Most of the students here are the children of the staff and employess of the university. Then the title Labschool means that the school is also a laboratory to observe classes and commonly used by the students of BEEd  (Bachelor of Education) to do actual teaching before they are sent out for their off campus teaching.

Before we’re going to describe more about this school, I want to tell you that everytime I heard “Labschool”, my mind will going to Elementary Labschool of UPI. The university where I studied, Indonesia University of Education (UPI) and CLSU have the school inside the campus. It’s from kindergarden level till senior high school. The location of the schools are near to each other. Its good to know that UPI and CLSU have a similarity in this case. 

Now, im going to tell you a brief history of the school..

Through the memorandum between Bureu of Publc School (BPS) and Central Luzon State University (CLSU), a school named BPS-CLSU Elementary (Lab) School was established on July 13, 1970 or now its known as Dep.Ed-CLSU Elementary (Lab) School. Under the contract between BPS and CLSU, the school would be supervised and administrated by the Schools Division Superintendent by Nueva Ecija besides CLSU would provide all the facilities and equipment that needed by the school.

The class were only for grade 1 until 4 nor 5 and 6. Beside that, the school was started with two teacher from Bagong Sikat Elementary School and the other two peace corps volunteers which were assigned to teach English and Mathematics. Until in 1972, the grade 5 class was organized and became a complete elementary.

SCHOOL PROFILE

Fact about the school:

Name of School                      : Dep.Ed-CLSU Elementary (Lab) School

Adress                                 : Central Luzon State University, Baragay-Bantug, Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines

Telephone number                  : 0917-107-8737

School status                           : Public School

Fanbase Page                          :DepEd CLSU

Principal                                  : Marichelle M. Merculio, Ph.D

Number of Teachers                : 19

Number of Staff                     : 2

The amount of Students         : Around 600

The amount of classroom        : 16 classes

Vision                                      :

We dream of Filipinos who passionately love their country and whose competencies and values enable them to realize their full potential and contribute meaningfully to building the nation.

As a learner-centered public institution, the Department of Education continuously improves itself to better service its stakeholders

Mission                                                :

To protect and promote the right of every Filipino to quality, equitable, culture-based, and complete basic education where: students learn in an child-friendly, gender, sensitive, safe, and motivating environment. Teachers facilitate learning and constantly nurture every learner. Administration and staff, as stewards of the institution, ensure an enabling and supportive environment for effective learning to happen. Family, community, and other stakeholders are actively engaged and share responsibility for developing lifelong learners.

ACADEMIC SUPPORT SYSTEM

Classroom-Based Strategies

In grade 1 SSES, the facilities that’s provided by the school are a whiteboard, a projector, speaker, 6 electric fans, a dispenser, bookshelf, and there’s a space to keep learning material.

The teacher monitor her students by giving written assessment. Its to test if they understand the lesson for the day. Then, the teacher record their scores from file folder;Each students have a portfolio ( file folder ) to put their assignments.  From that, the teacher can evaluate either the students are progressing or they need remediations.

School-Based Strategies

There’s workshop for teacher to enhance their competences in teaching process. Its named is ELLN Digital Course. ELLN stands for Early Learning Literacy and Numeracy.  The workshop is held once in a month. 

The speaker is also the teachers in that school, they’re Maam Elvie and Maam Analyn. The workshop only for the teachers from kindergarden and grade 1 until 3. I ever attended the workshop as well. As what I got, they discussed about the strategy and sharing their ways in teaching. The topic that’re discussed: what the teachers do when the pupils keep silence? Do the teachers give their students an opportunity to learn literation course? And so on.

Technology-assisted strategies:

The teachers use a microphone when they’re delivering the lesson. It’s such a good thing and help the students to catch the lesson well.

Beside that, there’re a projector and laptop to assist learning activity. The powerpoint that’s made by the teacher was eyecatching so it caught the student’s attention, I guess.

TEACHING SYSTEM

'Learning day in this school is from Monday until Friday. The students should come at 7.20 a.m and attend the flag raising ceremony EVERY MORNING until 7.30 a.m in the field. And then there’s 10 minutes until 7.40 a.m for the teachers preparation. So the lesson will start at 7.40 a.m. For dismissal time, regular class will dismiss at 2.30 pm but SSES class is at 5 pm.

REGULAR? SSES? You might asked that in your mind. So keep reading to know the answer!

There’re 10 subjects; include recees/snack time and wins time in grade 1-SSES. It’s a big responsibility for the students, teacher, and parents as well to make the students still feeling enjoy during learning process. Because there’re a lot of subjects, so they use a big “bag” everyday; I don’t know whats the name of this bag hehe. 

In this school, there are 2 kinds of classes, SSES and regular, as I’d said before. SSES stands for Special Science Elementary School and it’s just began for 2 years (established in 2018). In SSES class, it contains of less than 35 students. 

For additional information, in grade one and two, there’re 3 classes. 1 class for SSES, 2 classes for regular. In grade three until six, there’re only 2 regular classes each, no SSES class.

I’ve to say that SSES students are the selected ones. So after they graduated from kindergarten, they should join a test selection to know where they’re going to be in; regular or SSES. We can say that their IQ and self - competence is more than the regular one. Also they can speak English. It means they’re special and the chosen ones.

Ah yes, every class (SSES and regular) has a special desk for the adviser at the back of the class. So the adviser (the main teacher) always stays in the class with the students.

MATERIALS AND OTHER LEARNING SOURCES

Students can borrow the books and used the internet access to find some materials in LRC (Learning Resources Science) room

Inside LRS room, there’re a guidance room to counsel the students who needed a help and a clinic room as well. But sorry, I didn’t take a picture inside the room

Besides that, there’s a room named Math and Science room.

As you can see from the pictures, there’re a lot of learning materials that’s support the learning activities. And the eye catching spot is the wall, there’re many formulas of mathematics and science so that the students can be easily catch the topic

After that, the students can use gym and the field for having sport session. As I could see, they used it for playing soccer, badminton, table tennis, etc. The place is not that huge but it’s enough yet for them.

MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION SYSTEM

For SSES class, they have standard indicator. The scale is from 1-100. The teacher gives weekly test, unit test, and periodical test to assess the students. After the test paper is being checked and recorded, the teacher will ask the students to show it to their parents and ask them to sign it. This way is to follow up the difficulty of students in the test.

Parents can also ask the teacher about their children’s performance, if there are the things that needed to be addressed, the teacher will call them and have a dialogue.

When do the teachers give a report card to the parents?

All the teachers give a report card every quarter ( once in 3 months ). So the parents can know their children’s grade in every subject.

CURRICULUM

Dep.Ed CLSU Elementary (Lab) School used K to 12 as their curriculum. The K to 12 program covers kindergarten and 12 years of basic education (six years of primary education, four years of junior high school, and two years of senior high school). I will just focus to inform you about the curriculum in primary education.

Primary education is the first part of the educational system. Major subjects include mathematics, science, English, Filipino, and social sciences. But for optional subjects include music, arts, physical education and health (Mapeh). Besides that, private school students may select subjects from a wider curriculum.

After 2006, only private shools have to entrance National Achievement Test (NAT) for their admission into Secondary School

            The K to 12 Philippine Basic Education Curriculum Framework

Holistically Developed Filipino with 21^st Century Skills 

           Being and Becoming a Whole Person

a               Skills

-         Information, media, and technology skills

1)      Visual and information literacies

2)      Media literacy

3)      Basic, scientific, economic, and technological literacies and multicultural literacy

4)      Global awareness

Learning and innovation skills

1)      Creativity and curiosity

2)      Critical thinking problem solving skills

3)      Risk taking

Communication skills

1)      Collaboration and Interpersonal Skills

Life and career skills 
1)      Flexibilty and adaptability 
2)      Initiative and self direction 
3)      Social and cross-cultural skills 
4)      Productivity and accountababillty 
5)      Leadership and responsibility 
6)      Ethnical, moral, and spiritual values.

Learning Areas 
1)      Language 
2)      Technology and livehood education 
3)      Mathematics and science 
4)      Arts and humanities

Curriculum Support System

-         Teachers

-         Materials, facilities, and equipment

-         ICT

-         Assessment

-         School leadership and management

-         Schools divisions technical assistance

-         Community industry relevance and partnerships

Monitoring and Evaluation System 
Context

                 1. Philosophical and Legal Bases

-         The 1987 Phil. Constitution

-         BP 232, Education Act of 1982

-         RA 9155, Governance of Basic Education Act

-         The vision, mission statements of DepEd

-         SOUTELE, 1976

-         The EDCOM Report of 1991

-         Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda ( UNESCO )

-         RA 10533, Enhanced Basic Education Act

2. Nature of The Learner

-         Has a body and spirit, intellect, free will, emotions, multiple intelligence, learning styles

-         Constructor of knowledge and active maker of meaning, not a passive recipient of information
3. Needs of The Learner

-         Life skills

-         Self-actualization

-         Preparation for the world of the work, entrepreneurship, higher education
4. Needs of National and Global Community

-         Proverty reduction and human development

-         Strengthening the moral fiber of the Filipino people

-         Development of a strong sense of nationalism

-         Development of productive citizens who contribute to the building of a progressive, just, and human society

-         Ensuring environmental sustainability

-         Global partnership for development

Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE)

1. Ø  Mother Tongue as a subject is taught from Grades 1-3 where the child’s mother tongue is used in instruction and learning materials.
2. Ø  Filipino and English Languange proficiency is developed from K-3 but very gradually.
3. Ø  Mother Tongue is used in instruction and learning materials of other learning areas.
4. Ø  The learners retain their ethnic identity, culture, heritage and values.
5. Ø  Children learn better and are more active in class and learn a second language even faster when they are first taught in a language they understand.

Features of the K to 12 Curriculum

1. Ø  Learner-Centered, inclusive and research based.
2. Ø  Inclusive, culture-responsive and culture sensitive, integrative and contextualized, relevant and responsive.
3. Ø  Standard and competence, based, seamless, decongested.
4. Ø  Flexible, ICT- Based, and global.

TEACHING PLAN

Before teaching the students, all the teachers have to make a lesson plan. So did I. lesson plan is the quidance and the way to be a professional teacher. So that I made a detailed lesson plan for English subject. Yes, I taught English subject in grade 1-SSES. A quiet challenging!!

Before I made the lesson plan, my cooperating teacher (CT) showed me her lesson plan. But it’s a semi detailed lesson plan.

That’s all about school general information. Hope it may help you if you’re going to teach in this school.

Best Regards,

Deawishal W.