Fit to Teach

Last March 25, my group members and I implemented our comsolidated instructional design. Our teaching activity was a fitness program for CAMP administrators. Five of them attended. We started our activity approximately 4:15 pm and it lasted until 5:20 pm. The following sequence was the flow of our activity:
1. Registration and gathering of vital signs
2. Lecture: benefits of exercise, rationale of sequence of exercise
3. Demonstration of steps
4. Dance aerobics
5. Gathering of vital signs
6. Reflection

The good points of our group are the following:
• We built good rapport and our activity was relatable to the clients.
• The intensity of the activity fitted the level of the clients.
• We were able to ask their reflections and insights about the activity.

The bad points of our group are the following:
• We were not able to maximize the space given to us.
• Sometimes, we made mistakes and was out of sync (during the dance part) with each other.

Our points of improvement are the following:
• We should be more confident when we teach.
• We should master what we teach so we would not make any mistake to prevent confusion.

Through this activity, I learned that it really is important that you plan and organize everything down to the last detail so your activity will go smoothly. Even though we were given a short time to prepare, we were able to successfully execute our plans. Making a consolidated instructional design really helped in planning the activity. Our group also divided the work so each of us can teach a part of the activity while the others were giving feedback to the clients. I also realized that it is important to communicate well with your clients so they can easily follow your instructions and accept your feedback.

In the future, I’ll try to be more confident when I teach. At first, I was shy because they were older than me and I did not want them to feel that I was imposing. As the activity progressed, I learned that they were very approachable people. I will practice my interpersonal skills so the clients will feel comfortable talking to me. Of course, I will continue making instructional designs for my teaching activities because it is an effective planning tool.