Salute to these educators

1. 10 Metrobank Outstanding Teachers (2012)
TEACHER SCHOOL LEVEL SUBJECT UNIQUE TEACHING STRATEGIES
Roberto D. Santos, Jr., Ed. D.
“Teaching and learning should not be a
‘hit or miss’ scenario. It takes purposeful
thinking and planning.”
Sta. Rita Elementary
School
Capas, Tarlac
Elementary Science  Designed Strategic Interventional
Materials (SIM) intended to help students
master their least learned skills in the
subject.
 Transformed waste materials like carton
boxes, plastic bottles, used CDs, and old
calendars into effective instructional tools
to encourage students to recycle
 Integrated the use of multimedia
materials in teaching Science
Nueva P. Mangaoang
“If you love your work, everything
follows.”
Ma-It Integrated School
City of Passi, Iloilo
Elementary Mathematics  Designed innovative instructional
materials. The “Place Value
Box,” for example, is used in introducing
the concept of addition with regrouping
and subtraction with
borrowing/regrouping to Grade 3
students.
 Developed tools to measure the students’
performance such as the Division
Achievement in Math I to IV
 Her action research on “English Remedial
Instruction for Children” or ERIC is now
one of the programs of their division.
Rizal M. Vidallo
“The higher I achieve, the lower I need to
Anabu II Elementary
School
Imus, Cavite
Elementary Science  He used songs set to the tune of Filipino
folk ballads in introducing new Science

2. reach down and uplift those below me…
[in helping them] I find my purpose.”
concepts.
 He also initiated the use of comic strips
and editorial cartoons in making modules
as well as in their daily classroom
discussions.
Miriam B. Rivamonte
“A teacher can never truly teach unless
she continues to learn.”
Santa Cruz South
Central School
Sata Cruz, Marinduque
Elementary General
Education
 Does warm-up activity at the beginning
of the school year, “Wishing Well” is
constructed from a recycled box, tin, or
any container. Students are asked to write
down their “New Year’s resolutions” –
what they want to change in their
attitudes and habits so they can become
better students – on a piece of paper and
then drop them in the “well.”
Annie I. Rodriguez, Ph. D.
”As teachers, we should not only nurture
their needs as learners, but more
importantly, as individuals … We should
give them hope and inspire them to find
their purpose in life.”
Philippine Science High
School -
Southern Mindanao
Campus Davao City
High School Language
and
Literature
 She makes lessons on poetry and prose
more dynamic and enjoyable for students.
 The Indian epic Ramayana unfolds
through “Rama Race,” in which students
dash to different stations, searching for
clues and solving puzzles about the story.
 She initiated “Video-cacy,” a project that
features campus advocacies captured in
videos produced by the students.
Bonifacio D. Caculitan, Jr.
He stresses that as their second parents,
teachers are equally responsible in the
values education of the students.
According to the father of 3, two of the
most important values a teacher should
instill in a child are discipline and
Ernesto Rondon High
School
Quezon City NCR
High School Physics  Made short video lessons to re-teach
some Physics concepts that students find
difficult to comprehend.
 He implements innovative techniques
such as enrichment exercises like games
and puzzles that can be found in the

3. honesty. workbooks and modules he has written.
Marivi L. Castro
“I am a broken soul who found her way
home in this profession.”
General Santos Special
Education (SPED)
Integrated School
General Santos City
High School English  Designed specialized one-year training
programs for up-and-coming journalists
and debaters in the school.
 She put together the school handbook
and developed comprehensive review
materials instrumental in improving the
students’ performance in achievement
tests.
 Organized a Youth Camp that featured
dialogues on the dangers of drugs,
alcohol and other vices, dealing with
problems at home and in school.
Galcoso C. Alburo
“A good teacher must let students think
freely rather than just listen and accept
what they have heard.”
Concepcion Integrated
School – Secondary
Marikina City
High School Filipino  He uses ICT in conducting his lessons,
even utilizing social media and micro-
blogging sites as avenues for interaction,
sharing and discussion.
 Cultivated knowledge through the use of
real-life situations (i.e. news clippings,
documentaries) and students’ daily
experiences as additional “textbooks.”
 He complemented traditional pencil-
paper tests with creative output
requirements (i.e. field interviews, photo
essays) to evaluate students’ performance
in his classes
Hilda C. Montaño, Ed. D
“One way of another, I have built bridges
West Visayas State
University
Iloilo City
College Psychology  She introduced the use of digital
instructional materials in teaching large

4. for my students to cross so they could
find their rightful places in the sun and
work toward self-actualization.”
classes to enhance learning.
 She designed intervention programs and
activities to help address the needs of
vulnerable students.
 She incorporates structured learning
exercises (SLEs) in seminars and
workshops. One of the exercises
encourages reflective thinking to increase
the participants’ self-awareness by
probing their motivations and goals as
teachers and by formulating a teaching
philosophy to guide them.
Catherine P. Vistro-Yu, Ed. D.
Nothing is more gratifying forDr.
Vistro-Yu than hearing the appreciation
of her students for her hard work and
commitment to the profession and for
inspiring them to become better
teachers.
Ateneo de Manila
University
College Mathematics
Education
 She initiated the practice of small-group
works in non-laboratory classes,
designing self-learning modules and
guided exercises to complement – if not
substitute – traditional lectures and
assessment activities that focus on the
teachers.
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