Teaching for a Living

Rowena M. Carreon T-III, Pablo Roman National High School As student-teachers (STs) navigate the actual teaching practices with their internship program, their cooperating teachers' (CTs) support in developing instructional materials (IMs) catering to students' diverse needs and situations makes a difference and has a long-lasting impact on their future careers as teaching professionals. 21st-century skills encompass a variety of skills from learning, technological, social, and other technical skills they need to succeed in real life, even in higher education, or with their future careers.  Many tasks assigned to student-teachers are developing lessons and instructional materials to deliver quality instruction. Though teachers are deemed the best instructional materials, today, learners learn best using tools and materials they can manipulate and interact with. Hence, CTs and STs need to be abreast with instructional materials, both conventional and modern, from printed to ...

 Rowena M. Carreon T-III, Pablo Roman National High School Student teaching is a program before graduation in which student teachers are expected to apply what they have learned from their courses to actual teaching experience. In basic education, it is an opportunity for teachers serving as cooperating teachers (CTs) to mentor and prepare student teachers (STs) for the world of work as teaching professionals.  Both CTs and STs, as curriculum implementers, are expected to transfer and develop the needed 21st-century skills among learners. Through the in-service training given to student teachers (STs), they gained firsthand experience in applying 21st-century teaching methods demonstrated by their cooperating teachers (CTs). By observing how their CTs develop 21st-century skills in students, these future teachers will likely be able to implement these practices in their classrooms. This preparation will be invaluable when they officially enter teaching (Magno et al., 2016). In...