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Legacy THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF SDO CAMARINES SUR

R envisioned to accomplish tasks engag-
ecent clamor about
‘continuous work’ of
ing in Teaching-Learning Process, Class-
teachers even beyond
room Management, Community Involve-
the closing of classes
for school year 2020 –
which are all enclosed in the Key Results
2021 has surfaced on national news, ment, and Professional Development
Areas or KRAs. This outlines the compe-
social media, and other online plat- tencies of high quality teachers, empow-
forms. Included in the complaints ering them to move and adjust with the
received by the Department of Edu- emerging occurrences of this changing
cation is the preparation for the world we live in. The Department of
submission of portfolio for perfor- Education is curtained to a fact that
mance evaluation through the Re- RPMS-PPST tool will help the teachers
sults-Based Performance Manage- be better with their crafts, and eventual-
ment System - Philippine Profession- ly, learners, among all people, will be
al Standards for Teachers (RPMS- directly benefitted with this improved
PPST). performance of their teachers.
Teachers began to question the Change is, and will always be, con-
importance of the implementation of stant. And there will always be two sides
RPMS because first, the deadline for its of the same coin. The RPMS-PPST tool
submission was scheduled on a school may not be flawless as it encompasses
break, and second, it resulted to too more time allocations, effort, and paper-
much paperwork, not to mention diffi- work, but we, teachers must adhere to
culty in collecting MOVs and other certain standards for us to unlock our
evidences – pictures and videos, pro- potentials, enhance our skills, and in-
grams and certificates, and a lot more. tensify our desire to serve a noble pur-
All these, as they say, will show and pose – to bring quality education for all
prove how much work a teacher ren- and become better versions of ourselves
dered for the whole school year, espe- as professional teachers. And yes, I say
cially under the new normal system of WORDS BY LADY ANIE R. TRAPANI ‘Yay!’ to RPMS!
education amid COVID-19 pandemic.
But do these MOVs really worth a
thousand words? Will an outstanding
mark truly measure how effective and efficient a hardworking Philippine Professional Standards for
and dedicated teacher might have Teachers or PPST in ensuring the
been? delivery of quality, accessible, rele- Change is anD will
The Results-Based Performance vant, and liberating high quality of
But ARE these MOVs Management System, otherwise basic education in the country; but is always be
known as RPMS, is a systematic mech- being implemented in consonance
anism to manage, monitor, and meas- with the Civil Service Commission’s
really worth ure performance, and identify human (CSC) Strategic Performance and
resource and organizational develop- Management System or the SPMS. constant.
a thousand words? ment. It is not only aligned with the In the RPMS-PPST, teachers are

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RYAN B. RASONABLE JEANNE MARIE C. FRANCISCO
Eusebia Paz Arroyo Memorial National High School, Del Gallego National High School,
Baao District Del Gallego District
I am immensely thankful to DepEd for giving us a The DepEd SIM has been an effective pro-
free SIM card. Nevertheless, access to it is very gram for us, teachers, to access data in differ-
limited on some sites, and no access for calls and ent educational and social media apps .
texts. It should meet the needs of teachers in Hopefully, I hope it should have more GB
building bridges towards learning in these trying load to be used in attending more seminars /
times. trainings and communicate more to our

MARIA AILEEN ALDECOA JEZER P. GONZALES
Ocampo Central School, Ocampo District San Rafael Elementary School ,
I do not need to purchase load or use my own Ragay District
data. When our WIFI connection slows down. I Hindi siya puwede sa lahat ng area, eh. If
could also share connections with my siblings puwede lang ginawa na lang na allowance.
for their online classes. Para kung anong nagaga-mit na network,
‘yun na lang ang lo-loadan.
JENIFFER V. AVILA XYLEANE B. ALFORTE
Tabgon National High School, Bahay Elementary School,
Caramoan District Libmanan North District
Wala pa kaming SIM card. Hindi pa naibibigay. We’re thanking the DepEd for this SIM card..
Baka next week pa. Pero incase, sana malakas Nonetheless, It is still a lot better if allowance
ang data. Dito kasi mas malakas ang globe. So, was given so that we could maximize op-
it’s different from one area to another. tions.

TINIPON NI KATHERINE T. MANALO