My daily inspirations

My Reflection on Demo Teaching and My Own Teaching Demo

After I learned the demo of different teaching strategies with the corresponding different topic I
affirmed to myself I am bless because I experience to learned the subject which is very helpful for my
ministry year. For me it is a show case where I am free to choose whatever strategies I need to fit in my
teaching ministry. For all the learning’s these are the things I hardly forget for my future ministry year;
have a good classroom management, build a good dynamics for few months until it become a routine,
observe clear boundaries and be the best of your best. Most especially this idea: we are not just
teachers to instruct, we are touching not just minds but hearts, we are molding souls.

I believe this would be the picture of my one year teaching regency if I practice this to the school
where I am assign. There is an order in the classroom, respect and discipline must be observed, having
good relationship with clear boundaries to my students, to my co teachers, school coordinators and to
my principal. It is also helpful if I am familiar with the student handbook of the school so that I know the
policies of the school. This will help me how to address appropriately of whatever issues will arise during
my ministry year. As what Brother Eric shared in his personal experience about the issue of his student.
He was put into a situation where challenge to stand of his own position regarding the issue. The issue
between the sanction of the violation of the student and the appropriate corrective measure that can
possibly form the student into a better person, there is a tension for him and the school. As he chose the
second option, this required enough time to console and monitors the student and the parent regarding
the issue.

From this I realized that teaching is not only in the cognitive and informative level. But it is also to
the affective transformative level. This two classification and category must go together in order to
teach the student in a holistic way. This will help the student mold of being a whole person. A student
knows how to interact and shares ideas to others. A student knows how to relate others with different
behaviors, values and virtues. However this kind of learning is only attainable from the holistic teachers
also. That teacher knows how to assess his student if his student learned from his discussion. And knows
how to assess if his student has capacity to apply in a concrete situation of what he had learned from
the discussion.

I believe that having a good teaching strategy is just a half of the whole process of learning. It is a
learning process from the teacher to the students. The other half is the application of the learning of the
student to their concrete experience in life. There is a shift now of the learning process, from the
student to themselves and other.

I believe an effective teacher will not formed only a good mind to their students but also a good
heart.