TEACHING

How to Earn High Score on Your District School Evaluation

5/03/2018 03:50:00 PM

You made it to the RQA? You got in. Now what?

If you can remember I blogged about letting go of a possible teaching item last year. But there's no more follow-up story. A week after turning down an offer, the school where I originally applied in called me to report and finally teach. Yey!

I was given an item to teach English. It's a mismatch cause my major is TLE. I'm a bit hesitant at first because I did not have any training prior to this. I like English anyway, so I think I can pull this off. I can teach that's no doubt. The other side of teaching is preparing reports and other requirements by the end of the year.
Come March, I felt so stressed out because I didn't know I'll prepare a lot of documents. I don't want anyone to go that stress so today I am listing down the documents you need to prepare throughout the year and hopefully this will help you earn high score during your school and district monitoring and evaluation.


PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
1.TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS -Preparation of DLL/DLP with references
-Variety of Instructional Materials
-Presence of TG, C, LM
-Activity Sheets
2.CLASSROOM ASSESSMENTS
-Preparation of Test Questions with TOS
---Summative Tests
---Periodical/Quarterly Tests
-Pupils' Portfolio
-Rubrics/ICL (for Secondary)
3.FORMS
-SF1*, SF2, SF3, SF4, SF5*,SF10
-Class Record
-Form 138
-Form 137-E (from Elementary)
-Grading Sheets
-Summary Sheets
-Others (IPCRF/Visitation Form)
*can be downloaded from LIS
*complete school forms here
4.COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
-Conducted Homeroom Meetings (Supported with Letters, Attendance, Minutes)
-Participated in Community Programs
(Supported with pictures and request from barangay officials)
-Stakeholders Project (Donation/s)
5.PROFESSIONAL GROWTH
-Training/s attended
-Training/s conducted
-Subscription of professional magazines
-Attended Post-graduate studies (Permit to Study)
6.CLASSROOM SET-UP
-Well-constructed/Updated Bulletin Board
-Clean Classroom Wall
-Waste Segregation
-Well-Arranged Chairs/Desks/Tables
-Open shelves for Pupils' Portfolio

These are is the list as far as District Evaluation and Monitoring is concerned. These are also the same documents or mode of verification (MOV's) needed for your Performance Evaluation. Moving forward, I am planning to write more or make a video clip about each performance indicators.

Final Notes: If your school doesn't give any orientation about your duties and responsibilities, the best way to deal with that is ask. Don't procrastinate on accomplishing these requirements. That will be your key in achieving a high score on your school evaluation and monitoring.

LESSON PLAN

Reported Speech

2/20/2018 11:32:00 PM

I'm now writing as a different person. Some strings were no longer attached. I've re-embraced teaching. I'm honored to have been trusted to teach English. So for DepEd Grade 7 Teacher looking for a material for Reported Speech (EN7G-IV-e-5), here's one helpful link. Click on the image.



FINANCE

Purchasing a Household Appliance Through Home Credit

6/09/2017 12:00:00 AM

Home Credit has a bad reputation to me before I even tried availing their services. My brother made me one his reference person when he applied for a phone. He had missed some payments, so Home Credit calls me like 24/7 to follow-up on his due. From that moment on, I swear that I will not avail any of their loans. 

A twist of fate came. Our 7-year old washing broke down when laundry is more than a dozen basket full. To make it even worse. It's the start of the rainy season. We don't even have enough cash to pay the washing machine in cash. What now?
In Roxas (Isabela), a few establishment offers household appliances. There's S and J, Adessa, Everest and Robinson's Appliance. These establishments also offers installments as payment mode. The tie breaker is the establishment's ability to offer post-purchase support. 


APPLICATION PROCESS


My mother convinced me that we should purchase our washing machine from Robinson's Appliance in Xentromall Roxas. Through Home Credit. Yes, through Home Credit. Since, I was the one with a good credit standing my name is used for the application. Home Credit promised a fast approval. All you need is are identification cards and a list of reference persons. 10 persons to be exact.

I signed up my application form. I think what made my application process is indicating an auto-debit payment scheme. Approval came within 20 minutes.

Once approved, your fingerprints will be scanned and now you can pay 30% of the principal amount of the unit your are purchasing then you are ready to take home the unit. 

A welcome kit will also be given to you which will contain:
  • Transaction receipt of the purchased item (photocopy this as thermal printed receipts fades easily)
  • Loan Agreement
  • Payment Schedule - this is where loan details is broken down, see sample below
  • Acknowledgement Receipt of Sunlife Grepa Financial Insurance - yes, to get you covered for any untoward events
  • Auto-debit Arrangement Enrollment Form/Auto Debit Arrangement (ADA) - if you availed of the feature
Two days later, you will receive a call checking and verifying the details of the loan you have availed. I wish Home Credit will invest on training their call center agents to speak more natural.




PAYMENT SCHEDULE

I have been prompt in paying my dues. My deadline is every 5th of the month but bank debits happens every 2nd of the month. As explained to me, it should be this early to facilitate the clearing period. There was an instance that my bank account was not funded. So what I did was pay the due at SM's payment center. Did I receive a call from an collecting agent? Yes, I received 2 calls reminding me to pay.

Pros:
Fast approval of application
Convenience of payment
Friendly staff (you can also contact them if you have concerns regarding your loan)
Payment status/transactions can be viewed online
Responding online chat agents (might require waiting)
Last payment is waived when payment is paid on time (applicable for Robinson's Appliance)
Allows installment even without credit card

Cons:
High interest (almost 30% of the item you purchased)

Will I recommend Home Credit? Yes, in terms of the ease of application and other facilities they offer. No for the high interest. On the brighter side, availing micro-loans like this will develop your skill on budgeting and sticking to it. So thank you, Home Credit.

What's your Home Credit story?

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