Amanduk: PLC to Podcast for Teachers

This is part one of the Individualized Project Based Learning (I-PBL) sharing by Miss Stella Veronica. She is currently teaching at SM Datu Haji Panglima Jakarullah, Semporna, Sabah. This I-PBL has been her tool for remote learning and classroom based assessment with her Form 5 students. In this episode, she explains the concept, framework, and execution of the project. Stay tuned for Part 2 for exemplars of the project.

Teacher Nana and Dr. Ilha talk about the core beliefs of the CEFR-aligned curriculum, the mindset to embrace as we embark on this new curriculum, the foreign contents in the textbook and assessments that come with the curriculum. Dr. Ilha is a master trainer for CEFR-aligned curriculum for secondary school and she has a Facebook group dedicated for sharing information and ideas related to the curriculum. Don't forget to check it out!

A model in Positive Psychology is PERMA, which is an acronym for Positive Emotion, Engagement, Relationship, Meaning, and Achievement. While you can use this model for your life in general, PERMA is definitely useful in your work-life such as working in a school. Over the next five episodes, we are going to take a look at each component of the PERMA Model and see how we can apply it in our workplace and career.

If you say "same" to anxiety memes out there, chances are, you probably have it too and turn to humor as a way to deal with it. Would you go for professional help though? I might after this conversation with Teacher Stella. She sought professional counseling for her anxiety and it has helped her cope and self manage effectively. 

It is crucial to learn from experience. The first week of TEMCO has ended and a few of us got together to reflect on our online lessons for the week. Teachers shared how their online lessons during this second movement control order differ from the first one (March to June). In this episode, we summarise those reflections in three aspects: preparedness, content, and participation. 

Period poverty is real and is one of the reasons girls are skipping school consistently. Project OPOL (One Pad One Love) started on 7 July 2020 and is expanding and inspiring the community to fight period poverty. This project is an initiative by 3 teachers in Sabah: Ms Donna, Ms Marcella, and Ms Stella who are passionate into bringing equity for the girls into their schools. In this interview, Ms Stella shares the drive, process, and impact of their journey of OPOL.  

Teacher Zell who is currently teaching in Beluran, Sabah is a Digital Parliament P173 Putatan Representative. In this interview, she is sharing how her passion in education policy led her into Digital Parliament which then opened so many doors of other initiatives for the youth. 

Olidas means "Healthy" in the Dusun language and is a playbook/lesson plan on student's social emotional well-being and agency. Teacher Juliana Rushdi and her colleagues at SMK Bugaya, Semporna are currently running it in their classrooms and in this interview she is sharing the reasons, process, and impacts Olidas has among her students and for herself. 

Preparing students for competition is a lot of work and do they really retain what they gained from it? Teachers Jessica Lee and Susan Balong share their students' journey of growth as they participated in the Students Doing Good (SDG) and Student Leadership Camp (SLC) competitions in 2019.

Equity is a big word in education. What is equity in the classroom, what can we teachers do to enable equity in the classroom and in our team of teachers, and how does this relate with quality education?