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The
July—October 2021 Legacy
Volume I. Issue No. 2

WORDS BY MILDRED J. PRADES ceived their certificates as mas-
gy within six months with ter trainers and coaches.
weekly coaching sessions Roll -out of basic CI training to
from the assigned schools was the greater task
master passed on to the team. With
Coach of more than one thousand
Since 2015, the Schools Division Basic Educa- schools to reach, the team
started to identify the
tion Sector
Office of Camarines Sur has upheld the Transfor- schools and start vision had already organized four
sustainability of the Continuous Im- mation (BEST). planting regional symposia before the pan-
provement Projects. The team com- the demic and another three regional
The 3rd Virtual Regional Symposi- pleted the course seeds of symposia with the present situation
um held on August 26, 2021, represent- through a project commit- under COVID 19 health emergency.
ed by Catagbacan Elementary School of presentation in the Na- ment. Currently a total of 40 projects have
Goa District proved that the program tional Sympo- The been presented in the regional sym-
remains nurtured and propagated. sium on Regional posia prioritizing literacy, numeracy,
Continuous Improvement (CI) July Office contextualization in AP and SBM.
journey in the division started in De- With these, School heads who
cember 2015 with when former EPS through completed the School Heads Devel-
Mariben D. Berja , PSDS (Elem) Maria 2016 the Office opment Program (SHDP) course are
Elena A. Argarin, Admin.Officer Maria where of the Field encouraged to implement CI projects
Jean R. Sto. Domingo, SEPS Delfin A. they Technical in their respective schools for an
Bondad and EPSA Mildred J. Prades re- Assistance improved performance of learners,
were sent to attend the Basic Training Di- teachers and the school as a whole.
Course at La Virginia Resort and ■
Leisure Park, Mataas Na
Kahoy, Batangas.
The team pre-
pared a project
following the 10
Steps of CI
Methodolo-

THE

opportunity to address their needs.
We are doing this not because we do
adapting to the “new normal.” More- moting habits in schools, such as not see teachers as good teachers,
over, it seeks to extend and sustain WASH materials, and on teacher but because we want them to be-
programs for teachers’ professional pedagogical readiness in using come even better.” said Dayandante.
development like the L&D System, major alternative modalities in ■
and other existing systems such as
teaching learners in the “new nor-
SERG the Philippine Professional Standard mal."
for Teachers (PPST) and the Results-
SDO Cam. Sur is one of the four
based Performance Management
System (RPMS). pilot implementing SDOs in the
Bicol Region alongside Legazpi City,
The seven pilot schools under- Sorsogon, and Iriga City. Headed by
went intensive trainings regarding its Irene Dayandante, Public Schools
implementation on March 17 to 19, District Supervisor (PSDS), as the
WORDS BY ROWEL S. BRIÑAS 2021 at Naga Regent Hotel, Naga Teachers’ Professional Develop-
City, with Orfelina O. Tuy, former ment Coach; Dr. Josephine Doroin
he Schools Division Office DepEd Region V Director, as (PSDS) as the SERG Focal Person;
(SDO) of Camarines Sur is and Dr. Jing Gomez
now implementing the as the Monitoring and
T Sustaining Education We hope to create Evaluation
Reform Gains (SERG) project, which of Learn-
has started in July 2020 in the seven ing Focal
pilot schools: Nabua National High the design that will Person,
School and Pamplona National High under the
School for secondary while La Opin- leadership of
ion Elementary School (Nabua East), champion Schools Divi-
Salay Elementary School (Buhi sion Superinten-
South), Pamplona Central School, dent, Dr. Loida N.
Nabua Central School, and San Isidro Nidea, the SERG
Elementary School (Pamplona) for fairness, excellence, division team is
elementary. now on its sixth
Supported by the Australian gov- and love. sub-system of
implementation
ernment’s Department of Foreign -delivery under
Affairs and Trade (DFAT), and Save the its resource speaker. the Learning
Children Philippines, in partnership and Delivery
with the Department of Education “We hope to create the design (L&D) System. PHOTO BY RYAN B. ALBA
(DepEd), the SERG project is working that will champion fairness, excel-
with DepEd until 2021 to ensure the lence, and love, so that these teach- “No teacher
continuity of education amidst the ers will be able to take care of the will remain poor
COVID-19 pandemic through the Learn- students in the same vein of fairness, in terms of quali-
ing Continuity Plan (LCP) for Basic excellence and love,” said Tuy in an ty teaching and
Education DepEd’s major response in interview during the training. instructional
ensuring the safety and protection of Moreover, said schools received delivery. They
learners, teachers, and personnel while resource packages on health pro- will be given the