Oh my! It’s been a long time
since I posted here. If there is something that I am so eager to share about my
brave journey, it is all about my new
special assignment.
I was assigned by our principal to
hold the Basic Education Information
System (BEIS) Office. To tell you honestly, the idea of being a BEIS officer never
crossed my mind. Although I know that this special assignment requires information
technology skills, it also demands a lot of specific knowledge and technicalities, prompt data collection and presentation, and most specially holding this office
requires me to improve my people skill. I directly deal with the teachers in data
collection for our enrolment and attendance monitor. To give you an idea on
what I went through as a BEIS officer for the first five days of this school
year, here are my journal entries:
Day
1 (June 3)
- Opening of
classes
- My mentor,
Mrs. Caunte, told me to start the attendance and enrolment monitor
- I started
meeting the class advisers. There are 114 sections and 57 classrooms organized
(34 section in grade 7; 30 sections in grade 8; 26 sections in third year; and
24 sections in fourth year)
- There are no
grade/year level coordinators. Data gathering is my sole assignment.
- I also met
my senior students (IV-Dominique).
- I swear this
day is really exhausting!
Day
2 (June 4)
- Same tasks:
enrolment and attendance update
- Retrieval of
age profile as of June 3
- We sent
report to the Division Office. I felt like I was ambushed every time the D.O.
would call and demand for the enrolment update.
- Short orientation
and lecture discussion with my IV-St. Dominique and IV-St. Joseph
- Still,
exhausting… Will I survive this?!
Day
3 (June 5)
- Same tasks:
enrolment and attendance update
- Mr. Tony
Luz, the Division Office head for planning, visited the school. He told us to
submit the enrolment monitor form, specifying the number of classes and
classrooms organized and data on transferees
- I am
overwhelmed by these paper works!
Day
4 (June 6)
- Same tasks:
enrolment and attendance update
- Retrieval of
age profile as of June 3 [I hate when teachers suddenly become invisible when I
rove around to collect this]
- Sent the enrolment
monitor form to D.O.
- Had a talk with
the assistant principal and told me about some of my data inconsistencies [the inconsistencies are not yet crimes, i just have to learn from them ]
Day
5 (June 7)
- Last day for
enrolment and attendance update!
- 97% of age
profile collected [I missed a few of them.. will deal with them on Monday]
- Sent the
enrolment and attendance monitor to D.O.
- I can’t
believe it, the first five days are through and I am still alive!
Reading my journal, I realize how
sweet it is to become just a plain classroom teacher. Being a full-time
teacher, your concern is just about you and your students: devoting your time
for your learning plans and instructional materials preparation, dealing with
classroom management and effective teaching strategies. With a special
assignment, prioritizing is indeed a big challenge. You still need to prepare
for your teaching, because you will also have teaching loads (although lesser,
I am handling 3 computer classes), but at the same time you are also required to think and respond
to the demands of your office.
