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Salvador, Faye Janelle P.

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PAFTE Region I Students’ Congress

Narrative Report

At
around 8:15
o’clock in the

morning on March 11, 2022, the Philippine Association for Teachers and Educators
(PAFTE) Region I held a virtual students’ congress via Zoom Platform. Before the
activity proper, Saint Louis College led the Philippine National Anthem. The
Presentation of the Participants led by Christian Jay Valdez, a student from Mariano
Marcos State University (MMSU). The participants include different universities and
colleges in Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, and
Pangasinan. 

The beginning of the morning session formally

started with the Welcome Address of Dr. Magdalena R.
Japson, Chairperson of PAFTE Region I, with her notable
reminder for all the participants, “Continue to learn,
relearn, and unlearn”. Followed by the Keynote Speaker,
Dr. Danilo B. Bose. He talked about the difference
between a teacher and an effective teacher, with his main
point that teachers have to be flexible in order to adapt to
the educational changes brought by the pandemic. In a
world that has become VUCA (volatility, uncertainty,
complexity, and ambiguity), he remarked that teachers
and students must cope up and turn these
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negatives into positives; from uncertainty to certainty, from ambiguity to ability. In order
to do this, research must be taken seriously. We can
use the problems in the classroom to bridge
educational gaps. Afterwards the first Speaker, Dr.
Elmer B. De Leon, Limay Polytechnic College LPC)
President, started his talk regarding
Contextualizing Action Research in the
Teaching-Learning Process, wherein he imparted
his knowledge on conducting an Action Research
Plan. He reiterated that Action Research is like our
ears: the problem enters the left ear, the solution
comes out in the right ear. Teachers have to be
innovative and enhance their skills through
research. He ended his talk by providing Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQs) in his talk and answered
them substantially. Down to the last speaker, Dr.
Brenda B. Corpuz, focused on Pre-service
Teaching Competence for Quality and Inclusivity. She imposed the question, “How
ready are you to teach?”, she explained that a teacher should possess academic
preparedness as well as excellent classroom management. In every classroom, there
should be an acknowledgement for diversity and inclusivity. There is a saying, "Every
man is in certain respects like all other men, like some other men, no other man,” which
means we have many things in common no matter what culture but at the same time,
every man is no other man; we are unique from each other. As future educators, she
remined us to live and embrace diversity. Soon, we will meet diverse learners so we
have to apply what we have learned in classroom management. In addition, Dr. Corpuz
reiterated some of her observed weaknesses of student teachers which are: faulty
grammar, code-switching, lack of subject matter
mastery, poor teaching skills. On the other hand, she
suggested strengths that can be helpful for student
teachers, these are: experiential learning, place-
based learning, mastery of the basics, board
examination preparedness, and the OAR (Observe
and Notice, Reflect, Analyze) Process. She ended
her talk with the quote, “Do more, have more in
order to be more!”.
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In the afternoon session, there are student/s

representatives from different universities and colleges
who presented their research paper. For the closing
program, John Norman Rodriguez, a University of Luzon
student, had synthesis for the morning and afternoon
session of the students’ congress. Then, the awarding of
certificates for the presenters and participants followed.
Finally, Dr. Imelda E. Cuartel, the Vice Chairman of PAFTE I, concluded the activity by
her closing remarks.