STRENGTHENING EDUCATOR’S CAPABILITY FOR A DIVERSIFIED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AS MATATAG AGENDA
CHERRY V. URMATAN
A strong set of educators possessing attributes that are commendable is what the future of our education must look for. The department has a strong dependency on teachers with traits that are morally worthy of praise more than anything when it comes to teaching-learning process is concern. . This will lead to proper upbringing of learners while using their full capabilities as the process of learning goes on. An affinity towards the work given to educators, lead in bringing all the best on learners’ skills and attitude for better learning as the MATATAG Agenda applied. There are so many skillful teachers that possessed meritorious skills and talents but can’t denied the fact that some struggles on performing it due to several factors.
Teachers should have a determined strength as they getting along with learners for it correlates to the performance of the learners academically making them motivated as they perform learning task. On the other hand, if weaknesses arose, coping with it is possible through proper mind setting and team collaboration while fostering their possessed strength.
Teachers should just connect skills with colleagues being a socially intelligent being as he communicates and deals with learners. Time on listening to learner’s sentiments, recognizing their ideas, talking with them about their queries, struggles and problem if ever there is, is very vital for it adds in developing communication and engagement. Teachers need to a possessed open-mindedness for the class shift to a right perspective all the time. Indulging without hesitation even in a simple taking can be achieved if the learners have trust towards the teacher. Worries, fears, and undertakings of learners are hindrances in the attainment of successful learning opportunities thus these must be overcome. It’s a feeling that the teacher should not allow the learners to feel. Such instances if not taking care of are the teacher’s accountability. Unable to address emotional disturbance leads to a low level of learner’s cognitive functions and wellbeing and must at the beginning be taken into account. The teacher should be the strongest person in the room offering help, empathy and compassion to avoid marinated fear and worries among learners. Applying such, while working together with others made learning and understanding of different perspective meaningful and advantageous.
Developed adaptability skills are also one among the teacher’s strength needed in an effective learning process that provides direction and designed effective professional programs and strategies. As adaptability is concern, this responds in the changing nature of teaching as it find new ways of heading out for complicated work place. Process and procedural change that comes along on teacher’s teaching journey become manageable.
Above all, teaching reeled into the idea of servicing other with a heart while being nimble and intuitive. Teaching is challenging, tough, yet the reward of the effort exerted by every teacher is worth the sacrifice. The hardship of teachers is being cover up when learners became successful individuals. The passion in teaching made it all. Building on the strength in order not to lose spark for teaching, keep motivated, break routine the bores you and take creative risk in starting a new different learning opportunities and remain a MATATAG advocate for the future of the young generations being the most capable one.
-oOoThe author is Teacher III at Matingkis Elementary School