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I had backlogs in reflection in the padlet for SSP portfolio but was able to finish it on the deadline.

-Robert John

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Life stories and values formation are the impacts I've seen with our interactions with the PDLs. They can use it to the betterment of their lives when they are given the chance to be associated again to the society.

- Robert John

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Since I initiated lectures about different values, I am hoping that they acquired the skills necessary to apply these values in their own lives. I designed my lectures in such a way that it focuses on the realistic steps that can they do in living up with certain values. I hope that they acquired all of these and made a decision to continuously develop it in their own lives.

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Due to work and summer class, some of the backlogs I had are the reflection.  I know that I did not met the deadline for most of the reflection I submitted. In response, I spent time only in accomplishing my backlogs and I have accomplished all of it now.

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During Week 1 when I am discussing about integrity and honesty, I remember one of the PDLs ( I decided not to mention his name for confidentiality) who shared about the reason why he is inside the jail now. According to him, he is working as a security guard before. He is happy and contented with his work until his son get sick and he needed money for his son's medication. One day, he saw that a bunch of money fell from the bag of a Chinese guy and he picked it up. His actions was seen from a CCTV camera and because of what he have done, he was arrested by the legal authority.

At first, he keeps on justifying that his actions was not a personal decision but was induced by his situation during that time. He said that he will not do it if he doesn't need money. After my discussion, he raised his hand and shared his realization that his action was really wrong without me directly telling him that it was wrong.

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As one of the values formation lecturer, it was really my goal to instill values to the PDLs. To be honest, I am not sure how many from these PDLs made a decision to form values on themselves but even if only one of them decided to do so, I know that it is a big help to my community.

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Every session I conducted throughout the whole SSP program contains significant life stories. But among those stories, one of the female PDLs in Mandaluyong City Jail gave a memorable one. She blatantly shared that it was her third time in prison. Although her brother is a priest and most of her relatives are devoted religiously, she still commits the same mistakes all over again. She admitted that she’s indeed ashamed of it, especially to her brother. She also said that if given a chance of another opportunity of liberty, she will used it to make amends to her family and start a new life.

While I was staring at her eyes while she was sharing, I can see the intensity and sincerity to change. I’m indeed happy to know that she finally decided a better life for her. But upon contemplating a lot and considering her story, her life has always been better. To think that her life is surrounded by faith and harmony which is something that not all of us enjoy is indeed a great factor to consider. But just like time and weather, they can be deciphered but can’t stopped. Life is indeed confusing, most of the times. But one thing is certain, we all have to push through.

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The whole process and the aim of the partner institution is indeed a concrete instrument to cease the cycle of injustices. By also allowing the scholars to be exposed by how unfair the system is for them, makes us even more attached by public service and volunteerism. Aside from professional aspects and pedagogies, we were able to make progress of other lives while developing ours.

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How incredible it is!
The opportunity of what we are leaving is for the hundreds of PDL's that needs livelihood in and out the bars of Jail.
We curate, we adapt and thought of everything that would help every aspect of the RJ Caritas livelihood program.
So far, we cannot identify what exactly will be the impact of what we did. We are looking forward that this helps the whole community of Jails.
Until Next time!
-Jeyren Perez

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I am part of the Livelihood team and we were task to help Caritas-RJ to manage and improve the inventory management of products that is coming from jails. Our team do ppt and module that compose of business management, budgeting, product labeling, product coding that is meant to be learned by the PDLs. It also includes process and handling of inventory from the jails to RJ and Segunda Mana and inventory and sales summary sheet for RJ to monitor their inventory. We also put some product suggestions since the product of the jails are sometimes alike and RJ encounter problems in selling the items.

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Since I am part of the values formation team, I was able to teach useful values that PDLs can use in their future endeavors.

-Robert John

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We managed our task by assigning topics to each other. In each topic, we made our own ppt but with guidance of each other. We also discussed our topics and made the corresponding changes when needed.

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Sense of Vulnerability, Openness, and Acceptance

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Sense of Vulnerability, Openness, and Acceptance

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I observed that most of the PDLs developed a sense of vulnerability, openness, and acceptance. The simple sharing of thoughts, messages and stories allows PDLs to be opened and vulnerable in front of their co-PDLs. This creates a safe space where feelings and emotions are valid. Despite the fact that they did unlawful actions, they are still humans who learned how to repent and move forward to accept that these things are already done. They learned to accept what they have done, who they are, and what they dream. They also learned to accept their co-PDLs despite differences. Thus, they built a family where love and care conquer all.

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I didn't exactly know how our work would impact Caritas-RJ. I think it would depend on how RJ will implement the strategies and suggestions we gave them. But I hope that the problem in the inventory tracking and unsold items will be resolve by limiting the making of products, proper labeling and coding that we teach them and the flow of process and handling of inventory.

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I observed this one woman from San Juan City Jail Female Dorm. She has white hair with an age range from 50-60 years old. I was fascinated by the way she listened carefully to our values formation. She once shared that one of her crimes is estafa. She wanted to ask for her family's forgiveness for the crime she committed. You can see the sincerity and repentance in her eyes. During the lecture about the family, I saw her wiping tears after watching the short clip about Disney's Coco. Today, I am hoping that all values and principles she learned will contribute to her overall wellbeing and life after jail.

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Restorative Justice program allows us to understand the PDLs sentiments and use these experiences working with them to help the organization advocate the peace-making process of handling PDLs criminal offenses. There is a need to intensify or magnify the influence and notion of the public about PDLs and the concept of  'restorative justice.' This project makes the PDLs know that there are still people (like us, volunteers) hoping for them. The better version of themselves.

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The livelihood team provides a module and excel files to assist Caritas RJ in handling and managing the process of their livelihood program. We can't exactly say how much of an impact this will have right now, but if the opportunity arises and Caritas RJ uses our modules, it will benefit not only Caritas RJ but hundreds of PDLs looking for livelihood inside and outside of the jail. The module includes appropriate budgeting, suggested and sample products, transaction and payment processing, product coding and labeling, effective and efficient inventory management, and sales summary. Caritas RJ as well as PDLs will be able to start a small business provided they understand fundamental business and financial management.

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Since we are accountancy students, we are assigned in the livelihood team. We were tasked to help RJ Caritas in their livelihood program for the PDLs. We use our knowledge in business and management to help as much as we could. We couldn't tell yet what impact we may give to the community but we are all hoping that the materials and module that we made will help RJ Caritas in developing their livelihood program as well as the PDLs in handling their money and products.

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We are always reminded of our tasks and I usually note my pending tasks so that I can monitor what are the things that I need to accomplish. And I am happy with the results because I don't have any backlogs and I was able to manage my tasks. The Livelihood Team assigned tasks and if we knew some members have full hands, we take iniative to do other tasks.

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How may the skills you have developed throughout this SSP experience to be of help to you in your future career?

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What will be your suggestion for scholars who will work on a similar task next year?

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Adaptability Skill. The capacity to adapt allows me to be willing to learn new things, take on new challenges, and make improvements to accommodate our team's transition process. When I enter the corporate sector, this will enable me to better support my team and deal with the impact of new challenges.

Effective Time Management. In the future, effective time management will help me in being more productive and efficient as a professional. This skill greatly helps me in completing my duties as quickly as possible without compromising the quality of my work. This will also allow me to strike a better balance between my professional and personal lives.

Public Speaking. When I enter the corporate sector, public speaking will be essential because it will be used for professional presentations, training exercises, and promotional speeches. This will also allow me to communicate with my colleagues more effectively.

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Collaboration is needed in every organization. It boosts productivity and offers each member a feeling of belongingness in the organization. Working together to solve problems leads to enhanced innovation, efficiency, success, and communication. We can help each other achieve our objectives by listening to and learning from team members.

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SSP allows us to experience real life application of what we have learned and also develop skills that we should have when we enter our own careers in the future. In this SSP, we acquire time management skills, teach us to cooperate and have team work, better communication to our team, and to strategize things. I think my experience in SSP will help me to have an effective communication with my colleagues or team in the future. With this, I also have atleast an experience working in the industry.

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Leadership is one of the skills I developed throughout my SSP experience. It is a challenging yet fulfilling duty that contributes to the organization and development of our team. This unique skill will help me lead and manage my team in the future professional field.
The greatest leadership experience I will adapt in the teaching field is leading by example despite teammates' differences.

Module writing is the best skill I continuously developed from this SSP experience. I am planning to write modules for DepEd or any educational publications in the future. The skills, lessons, and dynamics I learned here will contribute to my development as a module writer.

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Asking questions is very important. I am shy sometimes when I want to ask something. Since we are working online and we do not have the physical interaction, asking questions is very important. With this, the things that we don't understand at first will be clear. When you really understand what a problem is, you can provide an appropriate solution.

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Time management - I learned that effectively juggling your time doing different things is vital for your effeciency and productivity.

Facilitating - I honed my skills in facilitating which will come in handy for my future career as a teacher.

- ROBERT JOHN

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Enjoy every task you do with your teammates and support each other whenever possible. You must learn how to appreciate individual differences since this will help you manage well the team based on their given strengths and weaknesses. It is a fun and meaningful experience if you establish good relationships with them.

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Take one step at a time. Because if you rush things, you'll eventually get burned out, and that is not a good thing. Also team collaboration is vital for the team's SSP success.

-ROBERT JOHN

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This SSP experience help me develop skills that will be useful for my future career.

Communication Skills - this has become essential throughout our SSP. We were able to execute our tasks well because of good communication especially that we are working as a team. Asking and looking for each other, both in livelihood team and values formation, make things easier. This skills will definitely help me when I started working since I will also be dealing with people.

Time Management - we have individual and group tasks which sometimes have the same deadline. Having a good time management will be a big help. I usually write "to-do" lists to help me keep track of my finished and pending works. This help me not only in our SSP but also at home and school. And I know this will also be very helpful when I work.

Listening - part of having a good teamwork is listening. We make sure to have our weekly meeting every Monday to share what happened to us for that week. Listening to their stories allows me to better comprehend their duties and challenges. In addition, I had the opportunity to meet and hear from our PDLs. I understand them more now that I've heard them. This SSP isn't only about us talking and giving lectures; it's also about giving ourselves time to listen to one another, because listening is an important component of learning.

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Joining SSP also means you'll be able to collaborate with others. Teamwork will always be put to the test, and in order to complete assignments, you must work well with your teammates. Enjoy working with them and you'll see the work becomes lighter. If you need help, ask for it, and lend a helping hand if they request help as well. If you communicate as much as possible, you will not only produce good work but also good companions. Good luck on your SSP and learn as many as possible! ☺️

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Some of the skills I learned from this year's SSP is module making and online teaching. As I have said in my previous reflections, I am not used to creating modules in my majorship which is biology. In fact, I never experienced to create a module in my years in the  university hence, the experience of creating a module in this SSP will help me in preparation to my
future career which is education.

I know that the pandemic has changed the educational landscape and we might still experience this change up until I am already a teacher. My online teaching experience will help me in the possible online learning experience that I need to initiate as part of my teaching strategy in the future.

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When you work as one, you can do the hardest task.

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You will learn from the PDLs. Enjoy the process. And always document every tasks you will do.

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1. Module Making and Lecturing -It's significant to me because this school year we'll be performing our demo teaching and I expect that we will designing modules as well. This SSP experience has been really beneficial in developing essential and fundamental  skills that I will need to master as a teacher.

2. Communication Skills through Online - Since the only communication we have is through online. Though, I'm not fun of staying online, this SSP, I was pushed me to stay updated, and  keep my communication to my team. But still, I preferred actual interaction. So I hope, next SSP will be face to face.

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I really do not know if we really did an impact to our community on that short period of time. As a values formation lecturer, my ultimate goal is to instill good and right values to them, and hoping that I inspired and moved them to decide and take action for there betterment. And once they they did, that's the time when this restorative justice create an impact to the community.

On the other hand, this SSP impacted me, because it broadens my perspective about the PDLs, and justice system in the Philippines. From now on, I will not generalized people in jails. I experience change of perspective, and this might be my role to spread awareness to my community.

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Two of PLDs shared there good deeds towards their family. They were able to build a house for their family, and that was one of the great achievement they did that makes their family proud and happy. PDLs, are have good hearts, they also have dreams and achievements.

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Delegation of tasks are effective for our team, both livelihood and values formation. I was able to comply to my assigned task, but sometimes or maybe most of the time I do not met the deadline, and worst I forget it. So I am thankful to Cat who always remind us about the deadlines. Thus, I will work on this.

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Throughout the whole SSP experience, I’m indeed certain that all of the qualities I’ve acquired and nourished are going to be beneficial for my growth as a future educator and a public servant. First, public speaking has always been my strength. But having a total control with different audiences who have tons of experiences in life, is indeed a quality that I’ve gained in this program. Second is vulnerability. The quality of being transparent is something that I really worked hard to have all my life. I’ve always  had these walls surrounding me from everything I suspect. For a long time, I thought those walls were barriers. But clearly they’re not. They’re a big hindrance for me to unleash my full potential, and the SSP helped me to see that. Lastly, hopefulness. I’ve learned to look at life and accept that it wouldn’t be ideal at all time. Life is fairly unfair. But that fact won’t stop us from shining and commanding the flow of our lives. We are more than what we think of ourselves.

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Don’t be too technical. Leave your concepts behind. What the PDLs need is a human who talks and shares like a human. Let them feel that you’re not teaching them how to live, let them feel the essence of it.

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To accomplish the goals of this summer service, we need to sort things out by delegating task and clear our responsibility. All throughout, we manage to fulfill our tasks before its due dates. But at the same time, our management of task is not perfect. I personally, have backlogs in writing reflections. I also struggle in getting the information I need for our portfolio. Overall, we managed to complete all the tasks smoothly.

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Being a part of this program is access to professional growth and an avenue to harness your skills. Indeed, this is beneficial to you. But we have to remember, it is not just about what we learn from them, it is also what we can offer to them. And that makes this program fulfilling. It is true that learning is more rewarding if we share it together.