Teacher, Being at the Mission

The author is Teacher ***** II at Pampanga High School Arnold L. Carreon

They say that teacher’s mission is to uplift the minds of the youth to make a difference and instill the value of infinite goodness of life that will make them successful. It is indeed a great challenge to be part of this heartful journey with the young fellows as they take up the framework of K-12 education system in the Philippines. Mission comes from the Latin word “missio” which means to send. It is a special assignment to impart knowledge, values and skills.

Below is part of the statement of DepEd Mission.

To protect and promote the right of every Filipino to quality, equitable, culture-based, and complete basic education where:

Studentslearninachild-friendly,gender-sensitive,safe,andmotivating environment.

Teachersfacilitatelearning andconstantlynurtureeverylearner.

To counterpart the DepEd mission from the perspective of teachers, the word facilitates ranks from the send-off mission. To check the word facilitate from stem of Latin, facilis means “easy to do”. It is tantamount to say that the teacher’s mission is to send or transmit learnings and nurture the students to be better persons in the easiest way to do. Learning competencies that are most essential are being transcended to alleviate the learner’s thirst for knowledge, values and skills.

In this new normal, teachers’mission is to be resilient and innovative. There is a need to stretch the possible contributions to supplement the learnings of the students. Teachers need to gear up toward responsiveness and accountability of the new normal.

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The author is Teacher III at Pampanga High School, SDO-City of San Fernando, Pampanga