The Teacher as Curriculum Implementer and Manager
There is nothing permanent in this world except for change. And just like a mother whom always chooses to have good education for her children, the more us, teachers whom implementer and manager of the curriculum. We do not only deliver our lesson just as it is, rather we put our soul and want our products to be globally competitive and mold them to be a good person.
We live in an era when research tells us that teacher is probably the most important factor affecting the student achievement. Teachers know their students’ needs better than others involved in the curricular process. Teachers never stop learning from surfing the internet, doing experiments, outdoor activities, attending seminars, pursuing their graduate studies, interviewing, attending trainings and many more. Teachers struggle to teach, and students most likely learn much less than they should “you cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him discover it within himself” Galileo imparted nevertheless, Teachers play various roles in a typical classroom, but surely one of the most important is that of classroom manager. Effective teaching and learning cannot take place in poorly managed classrooms.
Each in every teacher is seeking to formulate his/ her ideal classroom. In order for a teacher to create such a “perfect” classroom environment many factors have to be taken into consideration. Topic to teach, level of her students and how to manage classroom especially the bigger sizes.
Teachers from multiple levels may collaborate to identify skills students ’needs at each level to ensure that curriculum adequately prepares students to advance to the next grade level and to meet the standards.
In that note, being a teacher doesn’t end in giving the lessons, finishing the budget of work, checking requirements like the portfolio’s, projects and experiments but the true meaning of teacher is the summative formula of having students not only globally competitive but inculcated good values in their hearts not only to be good but better individuals of the society.
The author is SST I at Rafael L. Lazatin Memorial High School