In compliance to SEAMEO requirements.

1. Personal Lifelong Learning Plan (PLLP)
Reflection
“If he is indeed wise, he will not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the
threshold of your own mind.” – Kahlil Gibran
From cradle to grave, education has this vast influence on humanity’s consciousness and curiosity that
scholars like Socrates (c. 470 – 399 BC) and Allan Bloom (1930-1992) spent a lifetime -– just to understand
its dynamics and the arts that surrounds it.
Education is a lifelong learning process, a chain of unraveling the endless wonders of the universe. As the
first moral philosopher of the Western ethical tradition of thought, Socrates, said “education is the kindling
of a flame and not the filling of a vessel”. From that mantra, I anchored my personal advocacy as a public
school teacher, to transfer knowledge from me to my learners without influencing them of my own
perspective of things. I know this may not be easy but I am a believer of the human audacity and that is
the precise reason I instill upon my pupils that they have the potential to be great someday no matter what
the circumstances are and giving up should and will never be an option.
I teach Information and Communication Technology (ICT) 4 to 6 and I only meet my learners one quarter
every academic year. Due to this fact I make sure I impart with them only the important, relevant, positive
and memorable moments of learning and discovering that will make them eager to be in my class the
following school year. There is a new scheme by the Department of Education (DepED) wherein the 4
component subjects of EPP will be taught continuously per quarter and it was implemented in our school
two academic years ago. One anecdote that stems from this situation is the constant inquiries of pupils,
even I have posted the schedule of ICT classes for every quarter for the whole academic year, if their section
will be in my ICT class schedule for the current quarter. Their excitement must be an indicator that I am
doing something right. Yet, one teacher confined in a room will not effect significant change, so I made me
think a bit harder.
It is now time to set my priorities straight and answer questions that keep on popping in my consciousness.
Now the planning stage has started. My main concern while drafting my Professional Lifelong Plan (PLLP)
is the welfare of young learners entrusted in me by God and country. How do I really know my pupils? Why
are these children so restless…? Suddenly I realize that children nowadays are active, agile and motile not
because they want to pester their elders and teachers but rather physiologically speaking it is the phase
that they are currently in. Teachers can never hinder this wonder years of exploring and learning.
So, it made me think again, how can I transform this energy and zest? How can I help them face this
physiological stage and find solutions and ways that will be both beneficial to the children and the school.
In an instant my Professional Lifelong Learning Plan (PLLP) has begun to take form. I can now plan, design
academic changes and innovation and have different clubs and activities that will satisfy my children’s
diverse needs and wants.
It is satisfying to know that learners and teachers are acting together, exploring possibilities and doing
things beyond expectations because we choose to work together.
Let me end this reflection with my own words, “education is only as good as the society it serves.”
Ma. Imelda I. Redaniel
GURO21 Batch2 Class3 Learner