ACT Teachers Lapu-Lapu City

The ACT Region 7 Union welcomes the suspension of face-to-face classes of several local government units (LGUs) within Metro Cebu. The said suspension comes amidst the scorching heat which was recorded to have reached a heat index of 37 degrees Celsius and which is alarmingly expected to rise in the coming days. Classes are encouraged to be delivered on modular basis, in consideration of the current burning weather. ACT Region 7 Union also calls on other LGUs to exercise its power to suspend classes given the urgency of the matter.

ACT Region 7 Union calls on the LGUs and the different levels of DepEd leadership to seriously look into the welfare of teachers. ACT Region 7 Union has received reports from the ground that teachers are still made to report to schools to supposedly prepare the modules for parents to collect from school. Such an order defeats the very logic of suspending face-to-face classes and is utterly inhumane as it willfully disregards the welfare of the teachers. ACT Region 7 Union calls on all the teachers on the ground to immediately report to our page and group instances where they are forced to report to school despite proclamations of LGUs which say otherwise.

Supposedly in response to the pandemic, the Department of Education last 2020 adjusted the start of its classes from June to August. This means a part of the school calendar will have to overlap with the hottest months of the year which traditionally are already summer breaks for both teachers and students. During these hottest months, both teachers and students hold classes inside ill-equipped public classrooms. The ACT Union has continually called on the Marcos Jr. administration to adjust its school calendar to its original, in consideration of the country’s weather conditions. Due to the collective and persistent calls of the ACT Union along with other stakeholders and civil society organizations, the present administration has expressed its plan to gradually shift the school calendar in the coming school years.

ACT Region 7 will remain vigilant to ensure the welfare of the teachers and students. Not even the scorching heat of the sun can suspend the steadfast commitment of the union in advancing the rights and welfare of the teachers.

HAPPY TEACHER'S MONTH
sa mga magtutudlong:

- Mag Remedial Class og Sabado
- Mag INSET og Sabado
- Magclassroom beautification og Sabado
- Magbilar sa ilang reports og Sabado
- Mapugos og duty sa skuylahan og Sabado

Beyond the call of duty pero ang sweldo na BIYAAN nas panahon. 💔

TEACHERS DESERVE REST and FAMILY RECREATION DURING WEEKENDS❗❗❗

PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER:
Cradling the Crybaby Generation

Issues involving students and parents who failed to adjust to the school atmosphere are currently making the headlines. These are the pupils that emphasize their desires but not their needs. Furthermore, these are the parents who supposedly have a right to their own subjective viewpoints and yet a tendency toward excessive protection. Scrutinizing these individuals entails violating their human rights and freedom. But how far should educators go in evaluating their comprehension when interacting with these kinds of kids and their parents?

The Child Protection Law, Article 15, Section 3 states that the Government must defend "the right of children to assistance, including proper care and nutrition and special protection from all forms of neglect, abuse, cruelty, exploitation and other conditions prejudicial to their development."

Due to this regulation, educators take great effort to avoid doing anything that might damage a child's wellness. However, parents and their children frequently abuse this law in order to obtain what they want out of the school environment. Most parents who adhere to this guideline strive for authority and entitlement in order to exert control over the situation and only to satisfy their children's wishes.

For instance, when children suffer trauma as a result of PROPER and ACCEPTABLE discipline, a teacher should be punished, barred of license, or worse, put behind bars. A teacher's right hand should always be the right to discipline in order to improve the learning environment. To govern the classroom, a teacher must impose discipline, which may be carried out in a variety of ways as long as it is proper and it means to help the learner.

A classroom without discipline is like a zoo overrun by monkeys and baboons. If a teacher is unable to apply positive and negative reinforcements with their pupils in an effective manner, they will not be able to improve their student’s meaningful learning, build good relationships with one another, or inculcate moral ideals.

Someday, parents who believe their kids do not need to be properly disciplined at school by teachers are the ones who will eventually find themselves on the edge of wearing their yokes, carrying the heavy burden of consequences their children had made.

As is often said, discipline begins at home. A child that lacks discipline is one who their parents have incorrectly reared. The most heartbreaking failure of the law is to hold educators accountable for the methods in which they discipline students only to develop their responsibility, propriety, and sense of morality.

Also, when classroom rules become stressors. Rules are not made and provided to negate a child’s right but to make them a responsible learner. Classroom rules are not meant to destroy a child’s future. It is to prevent them from doing the improper, guide them in doing what is proper, and lead them to be proper individuals. But what do parents tell about classroom or school rules? Most parents who failed to comprehend the rules are the blabber mouths outside the gates. These are the parents who want their children to feel like they are simply at home doing the convenience that they desire. Educators might say a school is a child’s second home, but with limitations. These limitations are what we called CLASSROOM RULES and REGULATIONS.

Notably, the education sector evaluated the young children on their first week of classes to determine the pupils' learning gaps after two years of blended learning. These differences represent a serious problem of learning poverty rather than merely chasms of unlearned and uncultivated competencies. Students as a result are dependent, reversed, and undertaught.

The learning gaps and poverty, however, show how the pandemic's effects progressively impacted how children learned, especially primary and intermediate learners. Regrettably, the learning gaps and poverty are not the only main worries of the field's instructors. Children today are unnecessarily babied and cradled by their overprotective parents, made to feel as weak as water – a more advanced bubble generation than the snowflakes generation.

Now the question still remains. Can teachers address the current learning problems (gaps and poverty) without properly imposing classroom rules, regulation and discipline? If so, it is a lifelong struggle for teachers who are called heroes for teaching and inspiring learners, and criminals for imposing preventive rules and proper discipline.

If only all parents and educators worked perfectly in sync as the previous generations did who survived even drastic means of discipline and stern rules, schools would always produce future citizens who will be beneficial to society rather than fiddlesticks who are labeled as crybabies who can not easily adapt in the constantly changing and challenging school climate.

NO WEARING OF SCHOOL UNIFORMS for 2022
(Simply wear proper school attire)

ENCOURAGED:
(Applicable to elementary and secondary students)
👉 For BOYS
✔️ Polo shirt or t-shirt with sleeves
(any plain color, minimal prints)
✔️ Pants (long or short, any color)
✔️ Footwear (any)
👉 For GIRLS
✔️ Dress and skirt (any color, minimal prints)
✔️ Blouse and pants (any color, minimal prints)
✔️ Pants (any color, any print)
✔️ Footwear (any)
👉 For students with existing uniforms
✔️ They can still continue wearing them, if they so desire.

DISCOURAGED:
❌ expensive (signature or designer brands)
❌ flashy clothes
❌ tight-fitting pants/blouses/dresses
❌ mini-skirts
❌ short shorts
❌ blouses with plunging necklines
❌ hip-hop pants for boys
❌ sleeveless shirts
❌ sleepwear

Source:
DO 46, s. 2008

TEACHER LANG❗

“Lang" is the shortened form of the Filipino word “lamang” which tells basically about mediocrity. As timely and relevant the word connotes, teachers in the present time have been undervalued and underrated.

“Teacher lang!” But these teachers work 24/7 including holidays, Christmas break, and summer vacation as stated to do so in the exigency of service.

“Teacher lang yan!” But these teachers had to to sleep late at night to prepare their lessons and wake up at dawn to continue making their recordings, slides, visual aids, and instructional materials.

“Teacher lang ata!” But these teachers are asked to do enrichment and remedial classes during summer breaks for assessed students with grades 75-79.

“Teacher lang kasi!” Yet these teachers worked steadfastly and rigorously even beyond the call of duty, but are clearly underpaid, clinging only to loan sharks for daily survival.

“Teacher lang naman!” Yet these teachers become instant nurses, nutritionists, cooks, cleaners, inventors, coaches, writers, authors and a lot more aside from being a “TEACHER LANG" during work hours.

“Teacher lang ako!” And these teachers were not highly prioritized by their beloved leaders to be given the best of their needs financially, mentally, and emotionally.

“Public teacher lang!" And most of the people think these teachers are the financially stable ones, the strong and competitive bread winners, the happy-go-lucky mentors, and the like.

People never knew of the challenges and struggles these “TEACHERS LANG” have to undergo in order to wear those smiles on their faces and continue to move forward for their students and their family.

“TEACHER LANG” but these teachers are one of the best people LANG NAMAN that will perhaps change your life to be better.

- ECD, LPT

Clearance is required ONLY in case of transfer, reassignment, resignation, retirement, and travel abroad.

References:
DepEd Order No. 17, s. 2005
DepEd Order No. 25. s. 2003
DECS Order No. 53, s. 1995
DECS Order No. 23, s. 1993
DECS Order No, 22, s. 1993
DECS Order No. 93, s. 1989
DECS Order No. 12, s. 1996

15 June 2022
Press Statement

ACT QUESTIONS ABRUPT, ARBITRARY ORDER FOR ENRICHMENT CLASSES

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines today questioned the abrupt and arbitrary order of the Department of Education (DepEd) issued just two weeks before the end of the school year, instructing for the holding of enrichment classes for Grade 1 to 11 students who got a grade of 75 to 79,.

"Was this move even consulted with experts, school administrators, teachers, parents and even students? While attending enrichment class is voluntary, all of a sudden, parents are confronted with the dilemma of possible additional expenses for the prolonged school days for their children, while teachers are anxious if their period of rest will be disrupted by this hasty order,” said Vladimer Quetua, spokesperson of ACT Philippines.

“Biglaan at hindi lapat sa lupa ang patakarang ito. Hindi handa kapwa ang mga estudyante at g**o para dito. Ang malamang na mangyari, hindi magboboluntaryo ang mga estudyante na pumasok sa enrichment class o di kaya’y lilikha ito ng artipisyal na pagtaas sa mga grado para maiwasan ang patakaran. Kung kaya wala itong saysay, bagkus ay lumilikha lamang ng di-kinakailangang kalituhan at pagkabalisa sa lahat,” Quetua explained.

Quetua questioned even the effectiveness of the measure in serving its claimed purpose of addressing the learning gaps brought about by the sudden shift in learning modalities due to the pandemic.

"Napakalaki ng problema ng learning crisis at hindi naman masosolusyunan ang mga learning gaps na ito ng kautusan na ineengganyo ang mga estudyante na magklase pa ng dagdag na 2 linggo. Malinaw na band aid solution lamang ito at pahirap pa sa mga g**o at estudyante na wala namang tiyak na makabuluhang resulta" he added.

Quetua demanded for the scrapping of the said order and called on Deped to roll-out a comprehensive and evidence-based program to address the learning crisis in the coming school year.

"It would be best for the Department of Education to start this by assessing the students to concretely see and understand theb nature and extent of the learning crisis. From here, necessary measures and adjustments in the curriculum and pedagogy must be done to address the learning gaps that are observed across the student population, while special intervention measures can be crafted to assist learners who are lagging behind,” ended Quetua. #

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