Category: Education Updates

Updated Information in the Department of Education

SMIS TRAINING PARTING WORDS

by Roger, posted in Education Updates

 

          According to William Pollard, Chairman of Fairwyn Investment Company, Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and available to the right people in a format for decision making, it is a burden, not a benefit. Great are the groups of trainers for the Division of Cebu Province wide Schools Management Information System implementation. These groups are amazingly easy to train and to work with from the very start of the training, from doing the series activities until the roll out planning session for a very ambitious immediate implementation of the system for the coming School Year 2021-2022. Indeed, they are the right people serving as the conduit of learning for the greater benefit of the many in the Division of Cebu Province. The division’s resources will not turn into waste for the program was entrusted to these able personalities who will make things happen in the right time and in the right places. Hence, my salute to all of you guys.

Furthermore, Julie Dirksen said “Learning experiences are like journeys. The journey starts where the learning is now and ends where the learner is more successful. The end of the journey isn’t knowing more, it’s doing more”. That is why this training does not dramatically end this day but the beginning of a journey of doing more in the occasion of the “Roll Out Training Series” pending upon the approval of our respected Schools Division Superintendent of Cebu Province none other than Dr. Marilyn S. Andales. As we all carry out this mission, allow me to say good luck and more power to each and everyone.

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Mulao NHS LDNA for SY 2020-2021

by Roger, posted in Education Updates

Learning and Development Needs Assessment is the process of finding out the needs of the personnel, staff or teacher in order for them to improve performance in their work place.

Presented here is  Mulao NHS Learning and Development Needs of her teachers base from the previous year’s data using the eSAT tool and Classroom Observation Tools as basis for Professional Development Plan.

 

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COVID 19: BRIDGING  OLD TO  NEW NORMAL

by Roger, posted in Education Updates

An unforgettable event of 2019 was the encroachment of life threatening  pandemic called COVID 19. Its impact was really huge affecting all genres of life. It has  affected all levels of social classes, as if nature forces an arrest to all in their own homes on guard of everyone coming close. Everyone around is a threat that needs to be suspected for no reason but COVID 19.

COVID 19 is like a destiny that could change lives unexpectedly in no time. COVID 19 is like  a curse that leaves victims isolated before their loved ones in times that they needed them most. COVID 19 redirect lives beyond what a person used to be.

COVID 19 forces change from the old normal to the new normal. When we say old normal, man’s usual ways, activities and practices have long been adopted year after year. New normal are new sets of ways, activities and  protocols deemed necessary to mitigate the impact of this global outbreak. 

Now, let us consider some key  areas why we need to leave the old normal and  tip toe as we set foot to the so-called new normal.

  1. HEALTH SAFETY

COVID 19 has contaminated millions of individuals all over the world. It has recorded thousands of death cases more than the recorded recovery.  For the past few months, this global pandemic crushes down the world wide economy to an alarming level. Companies have forced closure because of the quarantine protocols that have affected their manpower and production outputs.

COVID 19 is rapidly spreading all over the world by way of people’s social mobility and contacts. Countries  need to lock down borders to mitigate contamination  with the hope of containing the virus till extinction in the earliest possible time.

The first and foremost concern is the health and well-being of the populace. The national government under  specialize task force agency set up  levels of quarantine measures to mitigate and contain the spread of this novel virus with the hope that one day a dramatic tweak would come and get to settle like the way before.

 The presence of corona virus is not to be understood as momentary instead be considered as part of the existing nature of man from this generation onward so that appropriate adaptation should be taught and learned. In other words we need to acknowledge corona virus presence and co-exist by developing physical and emotional resilience. 

Daily activities must be carefully structured with high regard to the possible threat of COVID around like crawling serpents in the dark waiting for the right timing inflecting  the prey.

The pre-existing ways and usual ways of doing something is the old normal. The presence of corona virus will push us into the discomfort of the so-called new normal which leaves us no choice but embrace. Yes! the way from the old to the new normal  needs to be  bridged seamlessly by gradually settling  by embracing the new ways without leaving time honored values with a Filipino imprint. 

For health and safety reasons, we need to practice physical distancing, not the so-called social distancing to pártially preserve time honored values and practices that made  our culture  richer than that of the other till  today. 

When talking  of physical distancing is to avoid overcrowding  in any form, be  in the workplaces, physical transactions, social functions and other related activities that would probably result in unattended convergences. Physical distancing is about an  individual space volume requirement  in compliance with health safety measures  and protocol to reduce or even avoid chances of contamination. Social distancing perhaps is not an appropriate term for at this time people can be socially closer via social media platforms expressing usual gestures in live meetings and other social media gathering. Being involved does not require at all times  physical presence but could be done via social media with the click and power of technology.

1. SOCIAL FUNCTION

Everyone knows that humans are social beings.  Men are not used to living on their own instead prefer to be with their peers to talk with, to laugh with, to go out and eat with. But with COVID physical closeness becomes less intimate.

2. ENVIRONMENT

The work  places are now re calibrating change and preparing  a seamless continuity plan mitigating the impact of the pandemic to the general public most particularly the client. Extra-ordinary preparations were done like conducting surveys and others related data sourcing with the hope of coming up with an informed decision. The emerging decision shall be made as a basis for careful planning,  reassessment and pre-implementation to further assess the possible impact of the program once it will be implemented.

3. PHYSICAL DISTANCING

Physical distancing in the workplaces, public places, schools, markets, malls and in the community is highly discouraged for health safety. Likewise to our usual handshaking, hand kissing, etc.

4. TIME HONORED PRACTICES

While the restriction of physical distance is in effect, we need not disregard our time honored values and practices that make us unique as Filipinos to other nations of the world. We need to keep it with a little tweak rather than leave it with COVID in control. We have the hand gestures like hand wave, hand on the heart, namaste, hello!, what’s up nod, peace sign, the bow,  and the what a year huh! which became a good substitute to handshakes, hugs and high fives upon meetups. By this substitute gesture we would be able to bring forth time honored values and practices within the presence of pandemic.

5 TRADITIONS  AND CELEBRATION

Traditions and celebrations are considered as the powerhouse of the society emanating from the different smaller communities which became subject for trade and commerce. The common example of these are the fiesta celebrations, wedding, birthdays, christening, etc. These are the things severely affected but could still be managed by complying with the safety protocols mandated by the DOH, IATF and the OP

6. RELIGIOUS GATHERINGS

The conduct of religious activities/ gathering should follow the strict guidelines of the DOH, IATF and the OP. And the possibility of conducting live streaming using the different social media platforms. Teaching could also be facilitated by pre-recorded video lectures to continuously proclaim the gospel of God. Allowing the Holy Spirit to work inside the person  while going any further into this corona virus crisis. 

7. TRAVELS

In search of daily living, no one could avoid the risk of COVID while on  the road riding the public transportation facilities. Present modification of the public utility vehicles in regards to the passage of law seems impractical considering the very nature of corona virus which could easily get carried by the air movement from one person to another living many in the danger of contamination. As seen, drivers could easily go into technical violations  while compliance is practically non-sense among field implementer. It is the hope and prayer of the public that proper adjustment and practical prescription should be sought for the greater benefit of the general public while they are too busy looking for the job who is a casualty of the COVID 19 outbreak as a painful impact of this pandemic.

8. EDUCATION

While the stigma of the old to new normal transition is clouding the new direction of the department upon the proper implementation of the Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan as an antidote to the impact  of the pandemic, the implementer ( teachers in every school) are facing a huge challenge upon the adaption of the Learning Delivery Modalities  deemed appropriate and practical to their own local setting. Teachers’ scope of work is expanding dramatically trying to accommodate the new demand of this new normal setup. 

The pressure is very evident but the worst of all is the unavailability of the school funds base from the approved national budget for the fiscal year 2020 to 21. The plight of education for this school year is shaky and unstable depending on the initiative of the school leader and manager to the external stakeholder.

9.BUSINESS

The business world runs timid. Many were forced to shut down  because of the possible losses that may happen for their continuous operation. As a consequence many of the workers were displaced which became the subject of LGU new programs in aid of the jobless majority.

One of the bold realities of life is change. Change is the only permanent which in most cases is uncomfortable and even exhausting. Denial for change in the event of  pandemic is not practical instead must work on how oneself may accommodate new adaptation while going into the  fine-tuning process in the occasion of bridging the old to the new normal brought about  by the encroachment of corona virus into the human race. 

 

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“GANTT CHARTED” ALTERNATIVE WORK ARRANGEMENT PLAN

by Roger, posted in Education Updates

In the light of COVID 19 pandemic, it is very crucial to have an Alternative Work Arrangement Plan (AWAP) fully grounded with the CSC Memorandum Circular and DO # 11 S. 2020 to ensure uninterrupted services of  every learning  institution for School Year 2020-2021. Such AWAP must ensure health safety and well being of  non-teaching and teaching personnel in consideration to the local situation upon recommendation of the IATF with strict compliance to the health and safety protocol so ordered by the President.

To this effect, an Alternative Work Arrangement Plan sample may be adapted for consideration and to be evaluated in accordance to CSC-MC & DO # 11 s. 2020.

(Note: any doubt and misinterpretation arising from this sample should be referred in accordance with the existing updated CSC-MC and DO for the benefits of the end users)

 

Sample Alternative Work Arrangement Plan (AWAP)   below….

 

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ADOPTION OF LCP (DO# 12 S. 2020)

by Roger, posted in Education Updates

School Year 2020-2021 is considered as the dawning of the new normal in the field of education. The premature birth of the new normal in education is not part of the Department of Education agenda. The global pandemic mushroom as a pivotal point forcing officials to revisit education road-map of the country in response to this new normal demand.

This coming August 24, 2020 is the first day of School Year 2020-21. What do Filipino learners expect? What parents need to know, do and understand? These are just few of the many questions that may lingers into the minds of the community folks that needs a clear and concise answer as department of education pushes its way towards continuous education for all amidst global outbreak. The level of excitement is heightening as the date comes close to the 24th day of August 2020. Doubts over students safety, teaching and non-teaching personnel safety, preparedness of the school personnel, tools availability, efficiency of technology, etc are some of the many issues and concerns that appears to be a road block to achieve quality education in this trying times.

Taking parents’ perspective, might also have the same cobwebs in mind for this could easily seen as impossible. But being educator by profession and actively managing a school who knows everything how DepEd prepares for this school year would say that education need not stop because of COVID 19. Instead should continue.

In the light of this stance, DepEd Order No.12 S. 2020 entitled ADOPTION OF THE BASIC EDUCATION LEARNING CONTINUITY PLAN OF SY 2020-21 IN LIGHT OF THE COVID 19 PUBLIC HEALTH AND EMERGENCY, highlight the adoption of Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan (BE-LCP) as road-map to follow this School Year 2020-21 to ensure continuous education among Filipinos.

BE-LCP is an intervention package design to respond to the basic education challenges brought about by the global crisis.

The Basic Education Leaning Continuity Plan is rooted from the health safety and protection of clients and personnel, ensure learning continuity employing the provision of multiple learning delivery modalities, manage and facilitate the safety return of learners and teaching personnel with due consideration on the projected scenario of the Department of Health and IATF, and linking the BE-LCP to the DepEd’s future thinking with in the framework of Sulong Edukalidad.

This DO 12 S. 2020 also adopted the so called Most Essential Learning Competencies. Let’s remembered that since 2016 upon the implementation of K to 12 curriculum, a numbers of subject competencies were found to be overcrowded. Teachers struggle to finish their competencies because of its extras. In response and in compliance of RA 10533 on the provision of curriculum review, Sec Briones created a review committee on the standard competencies and MELC resulted as the department find its way to implement the different modalities of BE-LCP.
Hence, MELC becomes a necessity thing wherein number of competencies were significantly reduced according to their level of importance and impact to the lives of the learners beyond graduation.

MELC is not a new thing but from the establish standards streamlined to be able to respond to this new demand of new normal teaching and learning situation.

On the process of streamlining, the members of the review team were guided by the following: a) alignment with the national and local framework b) connection of content to higher concepts across content areas c) applicable to the real life situations d) important beyond many others things e) cannot be acquired in other means except through formal education. In general MELC provides the list of enduring competencies which would provide learners the needed skill for life deep, life wide, life long and life wise enduring learning.

On the other hand, the department’s decision to open classes on August 24, 2020 was made possible with due consideration to socio-economic factors such as prolonged disruption of classes which would somehow associate to some social risk of young individual, encourage education-related economic activities, and resume school-managed support system.

Furthermore, the department also incapacitate teaching and non-teaching personnel on this significant pivotal point of education rethinking for future planning and development with high regards to digitally aided teaching and learning process without compromising time honored values attached to the old normal. This would seamlessly re-tune educators by graciously move out from the old normal curtains to the new normal scenario responding educational needs while keeping in mind public health safety and well being. This is important to avoid untimely extinction of the old normal time honored values allowing to permeate into the social media platforms as virtual substitute to the usual social norms for the past years.

DO # 12 S. 2020 encapsulate the adaption of Basic Education- Learning Continuity Plan to contain all localize issues and concerns to ensure continuous delivery of basic education to the Filipinos cutting across various learning modalities for the benefits of the learners keeping in mind strictly the health and safety of the learners, the teaching and teaching personnel. This Department Order aligns itself with the four pillars of Sulong Edukalidad which included: K to 12 review and update, improving the learning environment, teacher’s upskilling and re-skilling and engaging the stakeholders for support and collaboration.

All the details highlighted above in this adoption, the BE- LCP would be implemented with emphasis on innovation, agility and synergy in the direction of future development of Philippine education with due consideration on downing demands of the new normal condition.

In response to the directive under this department order, there was a delineation of contextualize Learning Continuity Plan down from the central office, regional offices, division offices, district offices, schools and to the implementing individuals,teachers, through the Teacher Learning Continuity Plan detailing the School Learning Continuity Plan upon actual implementation.

As the present condition demands, with the notion that face- to- face instruction is not possible until COVID vaccine is available, distance learning is the only option. Distance learning, which can be easily referred to as Home Schooling, can be delivered in two modes using the online delivery through internet connection which could be either synchronous or asynchronous and the modular mode which uses the printed modules to be supplied to the learners through the identified Community Learning Centers, locally known as “Purok” for those who are in the geographic location that is considered as off grid.

A very important consideration is to practically organize class groupings according to the strategic location of the students. Such grouping is said to be strategically organize if learners Community Learning Center (CLC) is the nearest point compared to all other CLC’s within his/her geographic zone. Doing all this would save time and effort for both the learners and the teachers most especially when moving instructional materials to the CLC’s as the curriculum year start.

The real scenario for this coming opening classes on August 24, 2020 for most school located in the remote areas would be modular or in simple saying “home study”. This is a type of self pace learning which could be co-manage by some qualified family member tutor in collaboration with the teacher for the benefit of the student.

Learning materials will be delivered to the respective Community Learning Center or “Purok” ready to be picked-up by the student at the agreed time interval. Likewise, at a reasonable time interval, the required output of the module shall be retrieved by the teacher for assessment of the students’ learning progress using rubric stipulating the performances level with corresponding points. The technicalities of this things will surface as the need arises but rest assured that education really continue.

As can be anticipated on the implementation process, some parents seems to dislike the idea of tapping them as their student co-manager of learning for their siblings. Many would just loosely say that there’s no need of involving them for all of these are teaching tasks from which teachers are given salary. Yes it sounds correct but technically wrong for teachers are not passing on their duties and responsibilities to parents instead tapping them to be a qualified partner to overcome bad impact of COVID 19 among Filipinos learners.

Teachers couldn’t deny their duties and responsibilities to the learners being the teacher and the second parent in school, but the main concern here is to join hands together to help save the siblings from the aftermath of COVID 19. Until such time all of us sets our foot on the ground in the new normal through norming. Remember parents and teachers that picking up a fight and harboring some grudge out of envious in this global pandemic will end up into nothing but to the disadvantage of the learners.

In general, DO 12 S. 2020 spouses the BE-LCP in accordance with the four pillars of Sulong Edukalidad which will be implemented with emphasis on the innovation, agility and synergy as the pivotal points looking at the future of the education in the country.

 

Reference

DO # 12 S. 2020 ADOPTION OF THE BASIC EDUCATION LEARNING CONTINUITY PLAN OF SY 2020-21 IN LIGHT OF THE COVID 19 PUBLIC HEALTH AND EMERGENCY,

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