Mano de Orula

PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION

Insufficient public pre-school program Uneven distribution of teachers

Lack of updated textbooks and other reference material Classroom shortage

Need to upgrade the educational facilities and equipment of the schools Need for functional laboratories and ancillary rooms

Insufficient functional comfort rooms Low achievement level

High percentage of non- readers and/or reading without comprehension among students Need for functional math laboratories / learning centers

Poor working relationship among colleagues, co-teachers & students club officers

Need for environmental awareness, especially on the current state of the environment, which is in consonance with the goals of the National Greening Program of the government

A need to enhance Support System in Education through Home-School Collaboration

A need for instructional materials to be accomplished by the learners to help them master skill which they were able to develop during regular classroom teaching Food security to fight malnutrition

Unconcerned parents regarding the performance of their children OBJECTIVES / TARGET SETTINGS

To promote child care and development

To promote access and democratization of basic education in child-friendly schools To improve the values formulation of school age going children

To provide teachers, school heads, supervisors and non-teaching staff to pursue continuing education and training for personal and professional growth

To achieve the ideal teacher-student ratio of 1:50 for quality delivery of education To provide updated textbooks and other reference materials

To eliminate 3-shift classes

To provide competitive physical facilities and equipment To improve the science and technical environment To have a clean and healthy environment

To improve the academic achievement of the Division To improve academic achievement on basic education

To eradicate non-readers and improve the comprehension skills of slow learners

To develop a Reading Program that will address the weaknesses of the students in reading particularly in comprehension and study skills

To develop love among people

To bring Math instructional more meaningful other than in the classroom

CITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Page 51 OBJECTIVES / TARGET SETTINGS (cont‟.)

To foster camaraderie among teachers in the Division

To expose teachers with learning Math outside the classroom

To develop environmental awareness and protection among teachers, students and parents of Caloocan; and correspondingly carry out corrective and affirmative action to address threats of climate change and global warming

To establish non-traditional, innovative, practical and interactive strategies in teaching science and health in the elementary level

To strengthen foundation to undergo experimental learning process/exploration involving parents and the community as a whole

Provide an opportunity for the school children, parents and teachers to realize the fun side of learning science and technology concepts

Produce a Source Book on Do-It –Yourself (DIY) Science Equipment

Forge team spirit among school children, parents, teachers and other members of the community To develop intervention learning materials meant to re-teach the least-mastered concepts (s) and skill

(s) in science

Raise mastery level and learning proficiency of the students

To provide teachers intervention materials which they can make used of in re-teaching the least mastered skills

Establish seeds/seedling propagation nurseries and vegetable gardens to serve as ready source of vegetables for sustainable school-based feeding program

To involve parents in the learning process of their children POLICIES / STRATEGIES

Implement a preschool national curriculum

Integrate early child care and development in the educational process to influence the child‟s intellectual, emotional, social and physical development

Engage parents in school activities and training that will enable them to implement effective preschool instructional programs

Provide all learners access to preschool and basic education to give them opportunities to engage in productive learning

Provide quality education to primary and secondary education

Provide preschool teachers with training opportunities to enable them to implement competent preschool instructional programs

Adopt modern technologies to upgrade the quality of instruction

Equip the science, physics, language, audio-visual rooms with the necessary instructional materials Equip schools, particularly in the secondary level, adequate number of computers and other

technological tools.

Equip schools adequate wash basins and functional comfort rooms Develop the reading skills of the pupils

Develop a Division Reading Program

Develop a Mentoring/Training Program for teachers of Reading Implement Sa Aklat Sisikat Reading Program

Provide Math instruction through IT facilities, and use of Math paraphernalia Organize and make functional Math clubs

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Introduce outdoor Math Instruction

Integrate in science subject in all grade levels environmental education to help learners acquire basic understanding of how environment functions

Examine major environmental issues from the school and community so that teachers, students and parents receive insights into the environmental conditions of their own place and the planet as a whole Train teachers to use broad array of educational approaches in teaching environmental education with

emphases on practical activities and first hand experiences

Conduct an Annual Division Science Sleep-Over for teachers, students, parents- this is a two-day live-in training workshop on effective science teaching with outdoor team-building science related activities at a selected venue

Conduct seminar-workshop for teachers on how to develop SIM

Produce enough SIM for the use of students Equip schools with the basic skills for gardening and preparing food for feeding

Engage parents in school activities and training that will enable them to implement effective school programs

PROGRAMS / PROJECTS / ACTIVITIES

Proposed Project Implementation of the preschool national curriculum program Expansion of the existing programs of the following:

 Functional preschool classes

 Special Education Centers for Handicapped and Special Children

 Madrasah classes for Muslim pupils

Implementing Agency Department of Education Division of City Schools-Caloocan Proposed Project Conduct training / seminar-workshop in different learning areas before the

beginning of the school year and during the school year Conduct of the following:

 School Administration and Empowerment Program

 Supervisory Skills and Instructional Leadership Program for Supervisors

 Teacher Development Programs in Different Subject Areas Implementing Agency Department of Education

Division of City Schools-Caloocan

Caloocan City Government

Proposed Project Hiring of additional teachers/personnel to compensate the manpower backlog Implementing Agency Department of Education

Division of City Schools-Caloocan

Caloocan City Government Local School Board Proposed Project Provision of updated textbooks and other reference materials

School Building Construction, Rehabilitation and Upgrading Program Construction/provision of additional pre-school facilities in every public

schools

Implementing Agency Department of Education

Division of City Schools-Caloocan Caloocan City Engineering Dep‟t.

Local School Board Committee on Education

CITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Page 53 PROGRAMS / PROJECTS / ACTIVITIES (cont‟.)

Proposed Project Construction/provision of science laboratories and ancillary rooms in all primary / secondary schools.

Construction of Planetarium

Construction / upgrading of wash basins and comfort rooms in all primary/secondary schools

Implementing Agency Caloocan City Government Local School Board Committee on Education

Private Sector

Division of City Schools City Engineering Department Proposed Project Conduct of the following:

ENGLISH/FILIPINO

 School Readiness Assessment (SRA) for Grade 1 entrants

 Project DREAM (Division Reading Enhancement and Mentoring Program)

 “Aklat” (Aklat… Kaibigan ng lahat, Abot-Kamay ang Tagumpay)

 Sa Aklat Sisikat Reading Program MATH

 Math-Aral Tayo

 Put-up Math laboratories / Math Learning Centers

 MATH CAMP

 CMG Towards RECOM (Camping in Math Gears toward Revitalized classes in Math)

SCIENCE

 Formulation of a comprehensive environmental education curriculum

 Conduct training/seminar workshop on the current state of the environment and the ways on how teachers, students and parents can help save the planet

 Establishment of: “TREE” in Caloocan”-Towards a Revitalized Eco-Friendly Environment in Caloocan-which aims to provide teachers, students and parents with opportunities to connect with themselves, their community and their local environment through hands-on, real-world learning experiences and correspondingly carry out corrective actions to address the threats of climate change and global warming

Implementing Agency Division of City Schools Caloocan City Government Proposed Project BALIKATANG TAHANAN AT PAARALAN Division Science Sleep-Over

SIM - Strategic Intervention Materials

EDUKASYON PANTAHANAN AT PANGKABUHAYAN (EPP)

 Nutrition Education

 Nutrition concepts are integrated in the elementary and secondary curricula

 Conduct training/seminar on greening technology to teachers to ensure effective and sustainable program implementation

 Development and Distribution of IEC (Information Education Communication) materials

OTHER ACTIVITIES:

 Conduct analysis of test results and identification of the least mastered skills by subject area

 Tie-ups with colleges and universities to direct community service to tutorial

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 Quarterly Achievement Tests

 Full implementation of SIKAT (Simulan ang Karunungan sa Tahanan Program)

Implementing Agency DepED Division of City Schools Liga ng mga Barangay

Sangguniang Kabataan Committee on Education

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