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  COURTESY VISIT WITH THE DIRECTOR OF UST OFFICE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND AFFAIRS After finishing DSM, I went to the College of Education to meet with the Director of International Relations and Affairs at the UST Office which is located in the main building. We were very well welcomed by them and chatted a lot about how our day in Manila was. They also gave us souvenirs in the form of hats and books. How happy and proud it is to meet such great people DINNER AT BARBARA' AND CULTURAL SHOW   September 19, 2023 Today at 05.00 pm we went to the restaurant to have dinner together with the dean and international office staff. My friends and I went to the College of Education. We went to a restaurant called “Barbara's”. The place is very nice and very aesthetic. There are lots of traditional Filipino foods there and many other types of food. I felt very happy and excited and took some food to taste. I took a lot of Filipino sweet foods and the taste really suited my taste buds. Wh

  DEMO TEACHING AND EVALUATION  October 02, 2023 Today is the day I have been waiting for for the past week. You could say today is the culmination of activities while here. Today my friends and I will carry out a Teaching Demo to evaluate our teaching here. I got the Grand Demo schedule at 11.05 a.m. - 1.55 p.m. in the Grade level 1-Fidelity class. I felt nervous because this was my first time doing full teaching. And finally, the time came for me to do a Grand Demo which was attended by supervisors and cooperative teachers from DSM. After the Grand Demo, we held a post-conference at the DSM library. I get input and suggestions regarding good teaching. I felt that there were many shortcomings in managing the class and not giving enough instructions to the students. But they are very good at providing input and suggestions regarding these things. Even though it's not optimal, I'm sure this is a valuable lesson and experience for me and I really need to learn a lot more to b

  ASSISTANTSHIP, PRE TEACHING AT DSM In this third week, there was an information notification that the school would switch to online classes due to school policy which pays attention to weather conditions and students' health conditions. During this week, my friends and I took part in virtual assistantship and pre-teaching. However, sometimes we take lessons from school with our cooperating teacher.  Teaching Plan at DSM  During this week I prepared lesson plans and PowerPoint based on the material taught. On Tuesday, September 26, 2023, I carried out my first pre-teaching at DSM online. Then on Thursday, September 29, 2023, I did the second Pre-Teaching online. I took a teaching class at Grade level 1 with the subject of Art with the topic I Love to Draw Animals.

OBSERVATION IN DOMINICAN SCHOOL OF MANILA Pedagogical Contents  The teaching method that I observed during my time at DSM was classical learning w ith the teacher as the center of learning. The learning implementation procedure consists of Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate.  Learning in class begins with prayer then the teacher reviews the previous material and the teacher will explain the material to be learned using powerpoint. Monday, September 18th, 2023 is the first day I went to DSM school. Dominican School of Manila (DSM) is a private school located near the UST campus. In DSM itself there are various levels of schools starting from Nursery, Kindergarten, Grade levels 1-12. DSM is the partner school where I will teach. While at DSM I have a Cooperating Teacher who will help and direct me while teaching at DSM. We departed from the Dormitory at 07.00 then we attended the morning ceremony at school. After that, I followed my cooperating teacher to enter the class.

Dominican School Manila  Dominican School Manila is one of the Catholic private schools located not far from the University of Santo Tomas. The school was founded in June 1958 by St. Dominic's Religious Missionaries in response to the need to provide Catholic education to children living around UST, especially its employees. This school is one of the schools that has a vision and mission of Respecting the dignity of each person through actions of inclusivity, sensitivity, justice, compassion and love. A commitment to practices of life-long learning. Striving for personal growth in all aspects of school and community life.  Support System The academic support system at DSM is very good starting from the teaching staff, school facilities and infrastructure which are very adequate. This is also supported by students who are very active, disciplined and respectful of each other.  Teaching System  The teaching system at DSM itself is class-based learning with teachers having their own s

MABUHAY! Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Manila September 14th, 2023 At 01.00 a.m. we prepared boarding time for the flight. Next, we arrived at Ninoy Aquino International Airport at 05.50 Philippine time. We were invited by Ma'am Ailyn as International Relations Coordinator from the University of Santo Tomas. She is very friendly and beautiful. Along the way to the hostel we were explained about today's activity schedule. We were also explained about the names of roads around campus, the location of partner schools for future teaching, halal food places, hospitals and several schedules of upcoming activities. Dormitory Domus Mariae International Residence Then we arrived at the Dormitory International Residences Domus Mariae. The dormitory is located on campus near the swimming pool. In the dormitory there are not just the three of us. There are also students from Indonesia and Thailand who take part in the SEA Teacher program. We were also invited by one of them to ha