1. Republic of the Philippines
BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY
Malvar Campus
Malvar, Batangas
COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
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EPISODE 1: THE SCHOOL AS A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
Name of FS Student: Sarah Jane B. Cabilino
Course, Year & Section: BEEd III
Resource Teacher: Mrs. Josefa S. Tenorio Signature: _________________
Cooperating School: Tanauan North Central School
My Performance
Focused on: Determining a school environment that provides social, psychological,
and physical environment supportive of learning.
Task Exemplary (4) Superior (3) Satisfactory (2) Unsatisfactory (1)
All tasks were done with Fewer than half of tasks
All or nearly all tasks Nearly all tasks were
Observation/ outstanding were done; or most
were done with high done with acceptable
Documentation: quality; work exceeds objectives met but with
quality quality
expectations poor quality
Analysis questions were Analysis questions were
Analysis questions were
answered completely not answered completely.
answered completely; in Analysis questions were
depth answers; not answered.
Clear connection with Vaguely related to the
thoroughly grounded on
My Analysis theories theories
theories/exemplary Grammar and spelling
grammar and spelling. unsatisfactory
Grammar and spelling Grammar and spelling
are superior acceptable
Reflection statements are
Reflection statements are Reflection statements are Reflection statements are
unclear and shallow and
profound and clear, clear; but not clearly shallow, supported by
are not supported by
My Reflection supported by experiences supported by experiences experiences from the
experiences from the
from the episode. from the episode. episode.
episode.
Portfolio is complete,
Portfolio is complete, clear, well-organized and
clear, well-organized and most supporting Portfolio is incomplete;
Portfolio has many
all supporting documentations are supporting
My Portfolio lacking components; is
documentation are available and/or in logical documentation is
unorganized and unclear.
located in sections clearly and clearly marked organized but lacking.
designated. locations.
Two days or more after
Submission Before deadline On the deadline A day after the deadline
the deadline
Sub Totals
Mr. ANTHONY B. BALAKIT ___March 1, 2013___
FS 1 and 2 Instructor Date
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2. Republic of the Philippines
BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY
Malvar Campus
Malvar, Batangas
COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
MY TOOL
As you move around the campus, activity forms are provided for you to
document your observations. It is advised that you read the entire worksheet before
proceeding to the school site. A good understanding for the activities and tasks to be
accomplished in the activity sheets will yield better learning results.
SCHOOL FACILITIES CHECKLIST
Familiarize yourself with the different areas and facilities of the school. Check the
column to indicate their availability. Give a brief description of those that are available
on the last column.
Not
Facilities Available Description
Available
The principal’s office is clean
and neat. It is a room wherein
they accept visitors, most
especially, for meetings and
Office of the Principal 
special transactions. Files and
documents of the school are
arrange and placed in order at
the office.
In the library, books are
arranged according to its own
classification. Different reading
materials such as books,
dictionaries and encyclopedias
are placed properly. Electronic
Library  and non- electronic instructional
materials such as television, dvd
player, educational videos and
globes are also provided by the
school. The tables and chairs are
also present for providing an
effective learning environment.
Proper ventilation and lighting
are provided for the guidance
counselor and the students
Counseling Room 
involve could have an effective
environment in times that
problems may arise.
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3. Republic of the Philippines
BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY
Malvar Campus
Malvar, Batangas
COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
The environment is clean and
net however it is still noticeable
Canteen/ Cafeteria 
that they sell junk foods that are
not good to health.
Every classroom provides a
medical corner wherein first-aid
Medical Clinic  kit is being placed. Every
teacher is always ready in any
case of emergency.
The audio visual and media are
available at the library. However,
Audio Visual/ Media Center  every classroom also provides
the basic materials needed for
easy access.
What’s good about rooms at
Tanauan North Central School is
that they provide reading
corners for the students to be
Reading Center  able to read different books
during their free time. Different
books are properly placed
according to its function and
characteristics.
The school makes available of
the speech laboratory wherein
Speech Laboratory  computer sets, headsets and
chairs are free from dust and
properly placed.
Science Laboratory 
A place which is not that wide
and big though it can still
Gymnasium 
accommodate different school
programs and activities.
Auditorium 
The room is good and contains
Home Economics Room  some materials needed by the
students in their activities.
Industrial Workshop Area 
PTA Office 
Comfort room for Boys and  In every classroom, comfort
Girls room is provided for both girls
and boys. Teachers and students
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4. Republic of the Philippines
BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY
Malvar Campus
Malvar, Batangas
COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
do always monitor its cleanliness.
An Observation Guide for the Classroom Visit
Name of the School Observed: Tanauan North Central School
School Address: Tanauan City, Batangas
Date of Visit: February 19- 21, 2013
Tanauan North Central School is at the City of Tanauan wherein we can notice
that it is quite populous and crowded however, the said city is presently been stabilizing.
The school is near the street where lots of establishments are can be found. Currently,
other school facilities such as Home Economics room are used as classroom due to the
reason that the school is presently undergoing maintenance in which they constructed
new building and providing well-organized environment for the students. Some buildings
are still good and productive; however, some are needed to have renovation. There
are facilities that had been affected by the on-going building construction such as the
butterfly garden.
Offices provided by the school are useful and beneficial because it
accommodate the students and lead them to active and actual learning. The office of
the principal is very accessible and available. Other learning facilities also gave the
students the opportunities to be able to have their direct-purposeful experience.
As I walked in the school halls and try to observe other facilities, I found at that
cleanliness and neatness are always applied in every facility. Everything was organized
properly. As I perceived, materials are handy not just only for the teachers, but for the
students as well. The school tried their best to equip the students with the environment
and materials needed by them to obtain worth and quality education.
An Observation Guide for the CLASSROOM VISIT
Conducive classroom is one of the vital factors in acquiring quality
education; so therefore, it is an essential responsibility of the teacher to provide a
favorable learning environment. I was so amazed with the classroom of grade I
Modest under Mrs. Josefa S. Tenorio because everything is placed properly
according to its function and characteristics. As I look at the room, walls have a
light pink paint which makes the room become light. A print- rich environment is
being delivered by putting different lessons and topics at the back portion of the
room, and posting the alphabet, “Lupang Hinirang” and “Panatang
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5. Republic of the Philippines
BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY
Malvar Campus
Malvar, Batangas
COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
Makabayan” at the front of the room. It is believed to be a good medium of
learning specially that they are still on their emergent reading and writing stage.
The room is composed of two teacher’s tables. One is placed at the right-
back portion of the room wherein different school files and documents are
properly arranged. The other table is positioned at the left-front side wherein
teachers set the paper works of the students and her lesson plan and
instructional needed for the day.
Students’ desk is the appropriate seats for grade one students. The ratio is
that one desk is for two or three pupils. It is arranged in three columns by five
rows in which some desks are still in its good condition. On the other hand, proper
blackboard is also provided in which it is placed where grade one pupils can still
reach it when writing at the board.
What’s really surprising in the room is that different learning materials are
being arranged properly and orderly. Varied learning packages for different
subjects, reading corner with various books and different instructional materials
such as removable hand- clock are being placed for easy access of quality
instruction. Furthermore, different visual aids, which are written legibly, are
located at the envelope according to its classification of subject matter and
grading period when not in use.
MY ANALYSIS
How do the school campus and the classroom in particular impact on the
learning of the students going to school? What are your conclusions?
I therefore conclude that school campus and classrooms greatly impact
students’ learning by providing a learning environment which is conducive and
productive in acquiring learning. Students are being taught to have their own
sense of responsibility in keeping the environment clean and neat. Moreover,
manage and conducive classroom will definitely motivate students to learn and
study hard.
How does this relate to your knowledge of the child and adolescent
development? How does this relate to your knowledge of facilitating learning?
As I witnessed, individual differences really exist at different aspects of
learning at the school. SSES or Special Science Elementary School is the cream
section in each grade level so their cognitive, affective and psychomotor
abilities are quite differ from those lower sections. However, how the teachers
creatively facilitate learning will express on how the students learn. With the
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6. Republic of the Philippines
BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY
Malvar Campus
Malvar, Batangas
COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
nature of being children, I can say that students learn, even the top section or
the last section, by appreciating a print-rich environment and presenting an
attractive visual aids for as long as they learn.
MY REFLECTIONS
1. Would you like to teach in the school environment you just observed? Why? Why
not?
Yes, I would like to teach at Tanauan North Central School because aside
from being one of the best and performing schools at Tanauan Division, the
school is united and devoted in the mission of providing the students an
environment which leads them in acquiring effective learning.
2. What kind of school campus is conducive to learning?
In my own opinion, a school can be considered effective to learning if it
has complete equipments and facilities particularly in classrooms, offices and
any kind of school laboratories. The school campus should also be maintain
clean and neat and always be accessible and productive.
3. What kind of classroom is conducive to learning?
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7. Republic of the Philippines
BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY
Malvar Campus
Malvar, Batangas
COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
The classroom is said to be conducive if it is properly fixed in such a way
that it is well-ventilated, clean and with proper lighting. Classroom management
should always be utilized spaces should also be provided to maximizes different
learning activities. It should also have the complete facilities and equipment
needed by the students. A crowded environment should also be avoided to
lessen the effect of probability of inactive listening of the students.
4. In the future, how can you accomplish your answer in number 3?
If I ‘am blessed by the Lord to achieve my aspiration to become
educator, I will do the best to provide an effective classroom for my students. I
will be the one who facilitate in structuring my classroom and letting my students
to have their own sense of accountability on particular task. And to settle down
everything, most probably, I will finance my own budget to supply the necessary
equipment and environment looked-for by my future students.
5. Write your additional learning and insights here.
This course of study serves as an eye-opener for me to become aware in
the present school and classroom conditions and for me to become a veritable
classroom manager in times that I will be in the profession. Having an effective
classroom requires finance yet it should not be too expensive. The teacher must
also consider his creativity and resourcefulness to be able to provide a classroom
wherein students could learn.
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8. Republic of the Philippines
BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY
Malvar Campus
Malvar, Batangas
COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
MY PORTFOLIO
My Personal Illustration of an Effective School Environment
Providing an effective school environment is not just the duty of the school
administrators nor the teachers only, it is the responsibility of school heads,
teachers and of course, by the students. As a future educator, I can foresee the
things that are highly needed in enhancing one’s school environment. Yes,
financing will matter but being creative and inexpensive should always take into
consideration. The teachers must be guided to reconstruct his/her classroom and
let the students to take their own task and duty. We are all aware that
environment really affects students learning so teachers should maximize the
effort to accomplish this in his/ her room. Sadly, some teachers are lack of
trainings and seminars on how to produce that well-useful classroom.
In the same manner, school should be clean, well- organized and
attractive. Classrooms, together with other centers, should be well- ventilated
and with sufficient light so as to minimize the factors that will effect on children
progress. As a future teacher, I know and I ‘am aware that an effective learning
lies on how the school personals, administrators, teachers and students, will be
united in maintaining an effective and conducive environment which leads to
progress of learning. There will be no right time, but today. It should be started in
oneself and serves as model to others.
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9. Republic of the Philippines
BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY
Malvar Campus
Malvar, Batangas
COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
MY PORTFOLIO
My Personal Illustration of an Effective School Environment
Providing an effective school environment is not just the duty of the school
administrators nor the teachers only, it is the responsibility of school heads,
teachers and of course, by the students. As a future educator, I can foresee the
things that are highly needed in enhancing one’s school environment. Yes,
financing will matter but being creative and inexpensive should always take into
consideration. The teachers must be guided to reconstruct his/her classroom and
let the students to take their own task and duty. We are all aware that
environment really affects students learning so teachers should maximize the
effort to accomplish this in his/ her room. Sadly, some teachers are lack of
trainings and seminars on how to produce that well-useful classroom.
In the same manner, school should be clean, well- organized and
attractive. Classrooms, together with other centers, should be well- ventilated
and with sufficient light so as to minimize the factors that will effect on children
progress. As a future teacher, I know and I ‘am aware that an effective learning
lies on how the school personals, administrators, teachers and students, will be
united in maintaining an effective and conducive environment which leads to
progress of learning. There will be no right time, but today. It should be started in
oneself and serves as model to others.
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10. Republic of the Philippines
BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY
Malvar Campus
Malvar, Batangas
COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
MY PORTFOLIO
My Personal Illustration of an Effective School Environment
Providing an effective school environment is not just the duty of the school
administrators nor the teachers only, it is the responsibility of school heads,
teachers and of course, by the students. As a future educator, I can foresee the
things that are highly needed in enhancing one’s school environment. Yes,
financing will matter but being creative and inexpensive should always take into
consideration. The teachers must be guided to reconstruct his/her classroom and
let the students to take their own task and duty. We are all aware that
environment really affects students learning so teachers should maximize the
effort to accomplish this in his/ her room. Sadly, some teachers are lack of
trainings and seminars on how to produce that well-useful classroom.
In the same manner, school should be clean, well- organized and
attractive. Classrooms, together with other centers, should be well- ventilated
and with sufficient light so as to minimize the factors that will effect on children
progress. As a future teacher, I know and I ‘am aware that an effective learning
lies on how the school personals, administrators, teachers and students, will be
united in maintaining an effective and conducive environment which leads to
progress of learning. There will be no right time, but today. It should be started in
oneself and serves as model to others.
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11. Republic of the Philippines
BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY
Malvar Campus
Malvar, Batangas
COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
MY PORTFOLIO
My Personal Illustration of an Effective School Environment
Providing an effective school environment is not just the duty of the school
administrators nor the teachers only, it is the responsibility of school heads,
teachers and of course, by the students. As a future educator, I can foresee the
things that are highly needed in enhancing one’s school environment. Yes,
financing will matter but being creative and inexpensive should always take into
consideration. The teachers must be guided to reconstruct his/her classroom and
let the students to take their own task and duty. We are all aware that
environment really affects students learning so teachers should maximize the
effort to accomplish this in his/ her room. Sadly, some teachers are lack of
trainings and seminars on how to produce that well-useful classroom.
In the same manner, school should be clean, well- organized and
attractive. Classrooms, together with other centers, should be well- ventilated
and with sufficient light so as to minimize the factors that will effect on children
progress. As a future teacher, I know and I ‘am aware that an effective learning
lies on how the school personals, administrators, teachers and students, will be
united in maintaining an effective and conducive environment which leads to
progress of learning. There will be no right time, but today. It should be started in
oneself and serves as model to others.
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