Preparing For the School Opening

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2 years ago

August 12

In a few days, the classes for the school year 2022-2023 will start. This week the teachers are busy preparing the school for the opening. Unlike in the last two years that we held our classes online, we are preparing for face-to-face classes this year. Thus, aside from the academic preparations, we need to prepare the school physically.


Greetings once again my wonderful readers, sponsors, and supporters. I have been quite preoccupied in the past few days. The truth is, I started writing this article three days ago.

Just as I have mentioned in my previous post, this month is going to be incredibly busy, especially for teachers. Especially in the next two weeks.


Looking Back

The face of education changed when the covid-19 pandemic hit. We had to hold our classes online. Those who can't connect, have to learn by themselves via the learning modules that we provided.

Not the best way to deliver the lessons to every learner. Some still excelled, some lost interest and just went through the process.

Going Back To Normal

With the threat of the covid-19 virus reduced. The new Secretary for Education and Vice President ordered that the classes should return face-to-face with decreased number of learners per class starting in November.

For the first quarter though, we will have limited face-to-face classes. In our school, the subjects per grade level are divided into two sets. Let's say a grade level has eight subjects. For the first month, they will have only four subjects to study and will have the other half the following month. It's almost the same setup during the online/modular learning during the height of the pandemic. Except that we will do it face-to-face this year. The purpose is to limit the total number of students on the campus.

However, since the threat of covid-19 seems to have diminished already, the full face-to-face classes will be implemented starting in November. The only difference is, is the reduced maximum number of students in a classroom. I think parents still have the option if they prefer an online or learn-from-home setup.

Physical Preparation

I don't mean "human body" when I mentioned "physical". What I meant is the physical aspect of the campus. That's what keeps the teachers busy these days. Of course, that is coupled with the preparations for the lessons.

As for me, I have another assignment aside from teaching part-time. I was also appointed as a part-time IT tech guy. And one of the major for me this month is to improve the wi-fi connectivity on the campus.

During the school break, I had been doing some research for an affordable yet reliable mesh-network system.

In my experience, the common wifi router or access point is good only for home use. Having two or more of them in one location is not an ideal solution. The fact is, having several independent wifi routers or access points in one location will cause more problems.

Fortunately, the brand that I preferred is already available in our city.

For the past two days, I was preoccupied with looking for the ideal location for each access point. I thought it will quick. However, since it's a three-story building, it took longer than I thought. I will share more about this in a day or two.

In Closing,

Are we going back to the "old normal"? Or this is another stage of the "new normal"?

In any case, I believe learning in a classroom is more advantageous to the learners.

I hope that the threat of the covid-19 will be truly gone for good.

Thanks For Reading.

Date Posted: August 12

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We started yesterday and there are so many changes. I know for sure we can slowly get back to what we were before. I know the students will be able to cope with the kind of setup that is very new and timely today.

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2 years ago

Face to face is real na nga yata but haven't seen the changes made in terms of the numbers of students and the class assignments, maybe in the coming days meron na.

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2 years ago

For the basic ed... the numbers have been reduced per section. At least in our schools here.

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2 years ago

malapit na rin po pasukan namin and sana matuloy ang ftf kasi honestly, mas masaya po ftf at nakaka-miss unlike sa modular na sobrang nakakabagot pero 'yon nga lang may takot kaming mga estudyante.

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2 years ago

Sana nga po magtuloy tukoy ng bumalik sa dati.. Yung schedule po ngayong school year sobrang hirap.. Sa amin half day face to face then half day online.... Sana nga mga next school year mag full face to face na..

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2 years ago

Mas ok para sakin ang face to face. Madami kasing nahirapan sa modular or online. Hindi din lahat may access sa net, if modular naman hindi madalas nasasagot ng teachers or seen lang kapag kinoconsult ng studyante, wala ding gagabay sa iba na magulang. Kaya ok na sa face to face atleast totoong maaassess ang mga bata pero cautious pa din sa covid.

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2 years ago

August na pala yan ano, yey balik trabaho ka na. Tuloy pa din negosyo? Full students na ba mag face to face o pili lang?

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2 years ago

For me, it seems like we are really turning back to the "old setup'. For me, this is both advantage and disadvantage but for me, I still prefer if they will allow the hybrid setup or to atleast give some parents to adjust. What's more stressful kasi is they are starting the class by Aug, 22 while other teachers and parents are still not ready eh.

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2 years ago

After COVID learning process affected very badly. Yeah when conditions are normal then we should change mood from online to Physical classes. In my country we are also making preparation for this.

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2 years ago