RECOGNIZING DESERVING PUPILS

ANGELITA A. GOPEZ

“Very Good! Excellent! Nice work!”

These are just some of the words of praises that we could utter to our pupils whenever they are doing their efforts well and whenever we what to recognize them for doing their best. This also motivates others to do better because they know that they shall be praised and given recognition as well.

This is why I find the new way of our system effective, because it gives more opportunities to the children of different attitudes and talents to be given importance too. For, the recognition is not just for the academically bright. It is also given to those who have excelled in sports, talents, extracurricular, and even in their good attitudes in the class.

Aside from that, if pupils are previously being ranked, nowadays, there is no need to compete against each other because the label of being the 1st until the 10th is no longer emphasized. For as long as the pupil is deserving, he shall be working on himself to improve his own performance to vie for being an honor pupil, depending on his own grade average, regardless of what section does he belong.

As we all know, our pupils do have varied characteristics and attitudes. They are all intelligent, in their own rights. Thus, someone who may be a quiet type in the class, yet very good in drawing, could also feel important because he could be given certificate of recognition to for being creative.

For, whenever we speak about skills, it isn’t just about being good in English, Math, Science or any other subject, but showing how talented they could get… just where they could excel the most.

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The author is Master Teacher 1 at Parulog Elementary School

Bacolor South District

RUSSEL JOHN M. RONQUILLO

Who would not be amazed of the tireless and heroic work of teachers at every level of education? Frankly speaking, there are many teachers who deserve a standing ovation every day for their excellent and high-quality work.

Unfortunately, research studies suggest that we have a long way to go. According to Gallup, only 29% of teachers strongly agree that they have received recognition, praise or even thanks for doing good work in the last seven days.

This statistic is troubling. Most of us acknowledge the value of recognition in the abstract and we can all remember times when we received praise or recognition for our own work.

Recognition isn’t just about feeling good. According to Gallup, consistent recognition for doing good work has direct influence on the key performance measures that we use to evaluate our schools.

Teachers who receive regular recognition and praise are: more productive, more engage at work, more likely to stay focused, and more likely to work consistently great, even principals do.

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The author is TIC-MAPEH Department at DiosdadoMacapagal Memorial High School, Floridablanca, Pampanga