NOTE: This was the meeting which started it all. On April 4, 2009, it was decided to have monthly activities, and it was opened to all science and math teachers, not just the double majors. On April 16, 2009, there was a meeting of some people, deciding to create the Cebu Science and Math Teachers Association.

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Thank you for every one who attended! The full report is here: http://eduphil.org/forum/showthread.php?...92#pid4692

There will be a meeting of all graduates of the University of San Carlos Double Major Program (Physics - Chemistry and Physics - Mathematics) this summer. The particulars:

Date: April 4, 2009 (Saturday)
Time: 6:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.
Venue: PAREF Springdale School, Inc. (map here: http://tinyurl.com/springdale-location ) (Please copy and paste to your browser: tinyurl.com/springdale-location for unregistered guests)

Please bring some food that we can eat. There will be no registration fee, but there will be no food either (unless you bring some, of course ).

The purpose of the meeting is to make ourselves look back at the ten years of the DM program, and see what the impact, if any, of the DM family in the science and math education in the Philippines. Specifically, we would like to ask ourselves the following questions:
1. x years after graduation, where are we? career tracing, etc.
2. how have we improved science and math education in our own little (or big!) ways?

Also, Mani will present her idea of a monthly meeting for science and math teachers, initially in Cebu, but hopefully to be replicated all over the Philippines. (I know, this is a big plan, so we invite you to come to the meeting and present your objections. But then we are double majors )

It will also be a night of opportunity for keeping up with friends and knowing what's happening with their lives ;-)

We are also looking for some people who could coordinate per batch or (better?) per institution.

For your suggestions, comments, questions, etc., you can post in this thread (which requires registration) or use the following contact pathways:

Manilyn Piloton
email: manpin_mgbu at yahoo dot com
mobile: 0918-258-4683
phone: (032) 236-0867
YM: manpin_mgbu

The following had already confirmed their attendance:
1. Real Castillo
2. Manilyn Piloton
3. Raymond Gone
4. Marlon Perilla
5. Mark Ombina
6. Glenn Javier
7. Alvin Cuandot
8. Sheila Milan
9. Dinah Marientes
10. Analyn Heredia
11. Rhoderick Taneo
12. Norris Bregente
13. Shayne (fifth batch)
14. Welvin Gadiane
15. Rhea Ybanez
16. Jo Alton Narca
17. Gretchen Gonza

Program
This is the program for the activity.

Quote:Registration

Invocation

Messages from SMED Teachers

Alumni Introduction by Batch

Sharing of Experiences
Guide Questions:
1. Where are we?
2. What have we done to improve science and math education?
3. How do we see ourselves in the future?

Presentation of Plans
1. monthly meetings
2. building an organization
3. inviting interested teachers
4. community outreach
5. membership fee

Open Forum

Finalization

Dinner

I would also like to include the following comments from Dr. Ed regarding the planned monthly meetings:

Quote:1. Monthly meetings, great, core group of DM but let others in too. Make sure that participants get something concrete out of it that can be applied in the classroom right away. You could have fixed items on the schedule to be prepared by one or more participants such as:
a. the demo of the month (classroom demonstration)

b. test questions and a correction key

c. discussion of misconceptions found in class and what to do about them

d. a lesson on ..... for average students (only present ideas that have been tried in the class?), etc.

2. Choose the priorities such that they coincide with the priorities of pragmatic teachers.

The social part is important. If there is a good atmosphere and practical benefit for one's own teaching, people will keep coming.

Di ba 4th batch man na si Red?

Sir ang ako gihangyo ha kay basin matoltolan na nya ko. Thanks.

Mao. Nganong garebelde2x man god ka. Please help me complete the list bi?

list of names sa graduates ra sir?

Yep, but if you have their contact numbers. I think it would be better if you send the confidential info by PM, so that the rest could not see it.

present.

by the way, its Ria not Rea Alcantara.

il inform the others from our batch and those that i still have in contact with.

just inform me about the when and where.

by the way, can we have it 1st week of april instead? 2nd week is holy week and some are Going home to the province. 3rd week- some of us are taking masters in the summer and summer classes starts around april 13. month of may is fully booked.

Thanks for the correction. I'm compiling a database, and I already have names for the sixth batch (which I'm part of) and the eighth (we have a co-teacher who comes from the 8th).

Mani told me we will have to finalize the proposal for the sked on Friday, but 1st week of April should be a good time, because of the reasons you pointed out. Marlon Perilla (6th batch) also pointed that it would be a good idea to point out the agenda as early as now.

here's a comment from flora in my email to them.

[DM 5::Boogits] SMED Alumni Meeting

good day. shei, just wondering what the expected output and action for this meeting are. It states that this is purely a business gathering... meeting to be exact. Aside from sharing news about our current lives as teachers and professionals, which i believe we can do even over a cup of coffee or a reunion party, what else is the purpose of this "meeting?" It sounds so formal but i do not clearly understand the objectives. Are we going to present the "output" of this "meeting" to the school? is there any action after the "sharing?" is this spearheaded by the school, tapping its alumni, or purely due to the efforts of doublemajor graduates who aim see how the rest of the doublemajors have turned out to be?

i probably have misunderstood the real purpose of the meeting, but for me, it really is intended to gather all doublemajors to catch up on things, not to be in a "meeting" meeting.

A meeting has vision and a plan of action, among all things. Can't we just meet up and enjoy being with each other during the summer, play and have some fun under the sun? just sharing my messed up thoughts... thanks

in addition, i have read that we will be asked to think of ways on how we can help in the improvement of math and science education in the Philippines (proposed agenda), is there any venue for us to do this? the new head has a positive response, but what about exactly? the approval of the meeting? us, doing something for the betterment of sci and math education? i would love to share my thoughts, suggestions, and insights on all these issues, but what i would really really love to do is to act on them. Hopefully, there will be concrete venue for us to do this. so that all planning and brainstorming and sharing will be put to good use.
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She,

We've had some inputs from via YM from Manilyn Piloton and Edick Taneo (via YM), Mark Ombina, Raymond Gone, Alvin Cuandot, and Marlon Perilla and in the course of the discussions we've developed the scenario for the upcoming meet.

Essentially we will try to look back at the ten years of the DM program, and see the impact, if any, of the DM family in the science and math education in the Philippines. Specifically, we would like to ask ourselves the following questions:
1. x years after graduation, where are we? career tracing, etc.
2. how have we improved science and math education in our own little (or big!) ways?

Mani will also present her idea of a monthly meeting for science and math teachers initially in Cebu, and hopefully all over the Philippines later, to be initiated by DMs or DM allies.

If we have enough time and willing listeners, Mark will also present the concept of an alumni homecoming, perhaps within the next school year. That still needs to be seen though since everybody is busy and the organizing manpower required may not be met.

The comment is correct though: the meeting is intended to gather all DM's to catch up on things. Perhaps I was wrong in calling it a purely formal business meeting in the first place. A DM-wide get-together "under the sun" may be possible, but this is not it, this is less formal than a "meeting" meeting, but more structured than going to the beach too. (In fact, we can put that up to the body on April 4, if they would like to have a get-together during summer, somewhere and for how much cost. I'll ask somebody to prepare some looking up.)

The outputs would be a set of resolutions and agreements (e.g. monthly meetings), a document profiling DM graduates (perhaps to complement the SMED database, if such exists), and compilation of contact information (very important!). Perhaps other outputs could be identified. You know how DM heads work

The process would be basically sharing, guided by Mani, and perhaps some volunteers from each batch.

This is purely due to the efforts of Mani (God bless her soul), and I am just coordinating things because... because I like coordinating things Dr. Rosaroso's "positive response" is yet to be defined by Mani - but this is one thing is sure: this is not organized by SMED (else, we would be there at SMED).

Re venue: That is precisely what we would brainstorm that night... Perhaps create a monthly meeting group? Or a newsletter? Etc.

Please do forward this message to your batchmates. Thanks

Olga Victoria's comment on this is here.