My Tools
As you move around the campus, activity forms are provided for you to document your
observations. It is advised that you read the entire worksheet before proceeding to the school site.
A good understanding of the activities and tasks to be accomplished in the activity sheets will
yield better learning results.
SCHOOL FACILITIES CHECKLIST
Familiarize yourself with the different areas and facilities of the school. Check the column
to indicate their availability. Give a brief description of those that are available on the last
column.
Facilities Available Not Description
available
Office of the Principal The principal office is located in the
center of the SPED center, in between 2
section the gold and silver. The principal
office is nice, computer unit is available,
conference table, and display cabinet is
also present.
Library The library is located beside the
principal’s office. They called it a
resource center. General information
books and supplementary reading books
are also available inside. The study area is
also conducive for learning inside the
resource center.
Counseling Room They don’t have a counseling room in
Naval SPED Center; if there is a need of
counseling they used the principal’s
office.
Canteen/Cafeteria Canteen is also located where the pupils
can easily get in there to take their snacks.
Medical Clinic Unavailable/closed
Audio Visual/Media Center They called it as the NSC ICT Center.
Where ICT equipments’ are also present
for the pupils to use.
Reading Center The reading center of NSC is also the
reading area of their Resource Room or
the Library. It’s also conducive for

reading, because the materials that the
pupils need to read are available.
Speech Laboratory They don’t have any speech laboratory,
but they use their classroom for this
purpose.
Science Laboratory They don’t have any speech laboratory,
but they use their classroom for this
purpose.
Gymnasium They don’t have gymnasium but they are
using their stage with grounds for their
activities and other purpose that they
might need this.
Auditorium Also they are using their classroom for
this purpose,
Home Economics Room They called it as the SILID-PANTAHAN;
equip also with materials and equipment
for home economics subjects.
Industrial Workshop Room They are also using their classroom for
this purpose.
PTA office They don’t have a PTA office, but they
use their classroom when they have PTA
meetings.
Comfort Rooms for Boys Available in the school, not that clean, but
every classroom has available comfort
room.
Comfort Rooms for Girls Available in the school, not that clean, but
every classroom has available comfort
room.

An Observation Guide for the CLASSROOM VISIT
Read the following statements carefully. Then write your observation report on the
provided space.
1. Describe the community or neighborhood where the school is found.
2. Describe the school campus. What colors do you see? What is the condition of the
buildings?
3. Pass by the offices. What impression do you have of these offices?
4. Walk through the school halls, the library, and the cafeteria. Look around and find out
other facilities that the school has.
Name of the School Observed: NAVAL SPED CENTER
School Address: NAVAL BILIRAN
Date of Visit: JANUARY 16, 2013
The Naval SPED Center is located at Naval, Biliran, with
the same compound where Naval Central School is located. The
community or neighborhoods of Naval SPED Center are private
properties like residential houses, establishments and others.
At the back of Naval SPED Center the only University in
Biliran is Located, the Naval State University.
The campus of the Naval SPED Center is beautiful; it has a
wide campus for elementary pupils like them. The ground of the
campus is green because of grasses, buildings are light yellow
colors, and landscaping barriers are in color blue green. The
condition of the buildings in their campus are still in good,
I can say that its being maintain, and I believe the pupils
here are safe when it come to the conditions of the buildings.
As I pass through the office of the principal I can say
that it was nice, the office is well arranged, the arrangement
inside is well planned for any purposes, like for meeting
purposes, or any other.
As I walk through the lobby of the school, library is along
the way to other classrooms, which is easy accessible by the
pupils, the cafeteria is located at the end of the classrooms,
it is also accessible by the pupils easily when they want to

go to the cafeteria. There is no other office aside from the
basic office present in a school campus.
An Observation Guide for the CLASSROOM VISIT
Be guided by these tasks as you do your observation. Then accomplish the matrix to
record your data.
1. Look at the wall of the classroom. What are posted on the walls? What heroes, religious
figures, lessons, visual aids, announcements, do you see posted?
2. Examine how the pieces of furniture are arranged. Where is the teacher’s table located?
How are the tables and chairs/desks arranged?
3. What learning materials/equipments are present?
4. Observe the students. How many are occupying one room?
5. Is the room well-lighted and well-ventilated?
CLASSROOM FACILITIES MATRIX
Classroom Facilities Description
(location, number, arrangement condition)
1. Wall Displays Wall displays are all around the classroom and
a number of displays are in the room, the
arrangements of the displays are well planned,
2. Teacher’s Table The teacher’s table is located at the back on the
right side near the entrance door. The table’s is
well arranged, at the side of the teacher table, a
unit of computer is there, where the teacher can
easily work.
3. Learner’s Desks There are numbers of learners table inside the
classroom, it was arranged by 5 lines with 3
tables and can accommodate 7 pupils.
Learner’s tables are arranged to which the
pupils can really see the teacher while
discussing in front, the learner’s tables is well
arranged.
4. Blackboard Blackboard is located in front of the students,
or I can say the normal place where this
blackboard is really to be installed. During my
visit in this Classroom there were visual aids
present in the blackboard which the teacher
used on his discussion.
5. Learning Materials/Visual Aids The learning materials I saw in this classroom
are usually visual aids, books and other. These
are located where in can be easily utilize by the
teacher as well by the students. These Learning

material I can say are new and still in good
condition and usable by the teacher and the
students as well.
6. Comfort Room The classroom has its comfort room for the
pupils not go out when they need to use. It is
located on the left side of the classroom when
you are facing to the black board.
7. Book shelves There are book shelves inside the rooms, it is
where learning materials used in teaching and
these materials are arrange properly.
Write your observation report here.
Name of the School Observed: NAVAL SPED CENTER
School Address: NAVAL BILIRAN
Date of Visit: JANUARY 16, 2013
The displays in wall of the classroom are display boards
for every subject, title of each board display are English on
the go, math on the go, and there are specific lesson in every
board displays. On the wall also displays another board for the
Core values of the grade level occupying this room.
There are numbers of furniture present in the classroom,
and these furniture are arrange to hoe this furniture is being
used; it is well arranged inside the classroom. The teacher’s
table is located at the back on the right side near the entrance
door.
The table’s is well arranged, at the side of the teacher
table, a unit of computer is there, where the teacher can easily
work.
There are numbers of learners table inside the classroom,
it was arranged by 5 lines with 3 tables and can accommodate 7
pupils. Learner’s tables are arranged to which the pupils can
really see the teacher while discussing in front, the learner’s
tables is well arranged.
The learning materials I saw in this classroom are usually
visual aids, books and other. These are located where in can be
easily utilize by the teacher as well by the students. These
Learning material I can say are new and still in good condition
and usable by the teacher and the students as well.
As I observe the students, they were on their Filipino
subject during my observation on this classroom, the students

are actively participating on the discussion, and the teacher
uses the interactive teaching learning process. I think there
were like more or less 30 students on this class.
Yes, the room is well lighted were all parts of the room
are visible, it is also well ventilated were in fact there are
units of air conditioner installed and a fans also are present.
My Analysis
How do the school campus and the classroom in particular impact on the learning of the
students going to school? What are your conclusions?
With this kind of campus and classrooms in Naval SPED
Center, it really helps a big impact on the learning of the
pupils. I can say that this is a conducive for learning in the
basic education or in elementary. Because the learners in this
school are kids and the campus is good for their play time, and
the classroom is also conducive for learning. So this kind of
condition of a school will contribute a lot to the learning of
the students.
How does this relate to your knowledge of child adolescent development/ how does this
relate to your knowledge of facilitating learning?
This kind of campus and classrooms that Naval SPED Center
has, relates a lot in my knowledge on child and adolescent
development like in constructing a campus and structuring a
classrooms should consider the level of ability of the learner,
like if you are structuring classrooms for first grader, your
displays should be level on their age, the choices of color, and
displays to be posted.
This is also related to my knowledge in my facilitating
learning subject, were in learning environment is one of the
important thing to consider in facilitating the learning of the
students, because the environment also contribute to the
learning of the students.

My Reflection
1. Would you like to teach in the school environment you just observed? Why? Why
not?
Yes, because, aside from the environment which is very
clean, it has the facilities which are very important for a
school to have and I could really feel that the school is a
child-friendly one.
2. What kind of school campus is conducive to learning?
A school campus which is conducive for learning is,
first and foremost, the environment is clean. It should
also be a child-friendly school. It should have the
complete school facilities such as library, speech
laboratory, computer laboratory and other facilities that
are also important or can help on the learning of the
pupil. And lastly a conducive for learning campus is the
people who are behind this campus; I mean the teachers,
principal and others they should also be child-friendly
people that the pupils will not be threatened by their
presence.
3. What kind of classroom is conducive to learning?
A classroom which is conducive for learning is well-
lighted and well-ventilated and has the proper sanitation.
It should also be a non-threatening classroom wherein the
pupils feel that they are accepted, they are not alone and
nothing is to fear about. And also, teacher should keep and
promote a sound and viable intellectual climate.
4. In the future, how can you accomplish your answer in number 3?

As a future educator, I can accomplish those things by
doing it into action and become a responsible teacher. I
have to show love and care to my pupils in order for them
to feel that they are important as an individual, for them
to feel that they really need to learn from me and that
studying is important. I make sure that what I have learned
in my preparatory study well be shared to them properly for
them to learn also.
5. Write your Additional learning and insights here.
During my visit my observation at Naval SPED Center, I
really observed that pupils are really naughty “pasaway”
though the discussion is ongoing, though some of them are
interacting the discussion not seriously, with this king of
attitudes they show, as a teacher you only have to be very
patient, this the only thing that you can do in order to
please this pupils.

My Portfolio
My Personal Illustration of an Effective School Environment
Though not my personal illustration, but for me this is the best
illustration of an effective School Environment, where everything is
just in one building, also to consider the safety of the learners
which is mostly kids. Facilities; like library, laboratories and
classrooms are just in there much accessible by the learner.

Documentation
During the interview of the
resource teacher and signing of
the FS document.
Mrs. Jocelyn C. Linao

The Principal’s Office

The Campus Environment
The Facilities