Page 35 - DepEd Newsletter 2020

Opportunities-Weaknesses Opportunities- Threats Weakness-Threats
SPED Coordinator, CID, School Heads Since corona viruses can be trans- The Child Protection Committee, , School Health Section, Youth Formation
of schools offering SPEd classes in mitted from person to person, Personnel and Guidance Counselors may come together and devise a plan to
consultation with the RO may devise through contact of respiratory start orienting learners about the new normal, distance learning and the threats
a schedule of learners considering all droplet/aerosols. In case a surge of Covid 19.
logistics of bringing learners to school happens, quarantine facilities are Not all learners and parents will be updated with new practices that DepEd is
and how they can get home safely as important to isolate spread adopting. Widening the scope of communication channel can be considered –
without being exposed to the threat of of the virus. Schools can be example, involving local radio stations.
COVID 19. recommended for use only when
no other facilities are available. Profiling of schools which can be served by the AM or FM stations and the possi-
Schools are encouraged to conduct Municipalities with few or limited ble partnership with these stations shall be initiated by the SMME
mapping of possible learners this June facilities are forced to prompt
and July using ICT. Drop-outs can be school activities to be halted and Primarily, if the signal is weak or intermittent in the area, online learning is not a
reached out by initiating ADMs. Re- schools may have to be used as possibility limiting options for mode of teaching. The teacher may have to make
use of printed modules and strengthen partnership with parents in the distribu-
cords keeping through ICT can identify quarantine facilities instead. In tion and retrieval of modules.
immediately learners who are at risk of such a case, schools should be
failing or dropping. prepared to go on home study CID to consider in the planning the availability of modules ready for printing
With alternative learning delivery with applicable modalities such
mode imposed by DepEd CO, there is as offline with the use of printed Accounting section shall check the SOBs if the schools preferred printed modules
a greater chance for positive contribu- materials. and yet, the materials to be bought are different.
tions to improve school performance
as regards dropout, promotion, repeti- Setting up of protocol to be Reliability of technological equipment like hardware failures, incompatible soft-
ware between home and school, and poor internet connectivity is a hindrance to
tion, and national achievement rates. initiated through the SHS, SMN, its utilization. Upgrading of ICT equipment through MOOE or in partnership with
ICTS and CID in partnership willing sponsors.
CID, ALS, PSDSes and School Heads with parents and LGU to be able
in partnership with SGOD YFP and determine steps to be under- ICTS to provide authentic and official data determining the connectivity of
EPS-SGOD to determine modalities, taken by parents in case there schools as to texting, calls, messenger, FB, email...
strategies and other initiatives to is disruption of classes. proper
address this concern. coordination shall be prioritized Less or low enrolment in the barangay since few students / pupils will be enrolled
but again, SDO shall lay down the and school performance will also be affected or percentage of school enrol-
ment might go down. The transition may discourage or affect the motivation of
Strengthen partnership with service conditions on the continuity of learners.
providers who have developed sys- learning.
tems to deliver monitoring and access Coordination with barangay in the monitoring of school age children to be en-
to learners’ data by the parents them- Setting of standards in determin- rolled in schools within the locality. Information dissemination through print and
selves ICTS and CID to work hand in ing work hours for teachers since online to be initiated by the SMN, YFP, GCs, Sports Coordinator.
hand in this concern. it was observed that work from
home consumes more time than Strengthen partnership with telecommunication companies
when reporting to office / school.
Face to face classes with limited number of students may be allowed in a weekly
basis or as needed to avoid the stagnation of social, cognitive, and physical
Provision of internet load or development among these learners.
cellphone load for teachers to
use in connecting with learners, SPED Coordinator, CID, School Heads of schools offering SPEd classes in con-
teachers, school head sultation with the RO may devise a schedule of learners considering all logistics
of bringing learners to school and how they can get home safely without being
Distance learning and online ed- exposed to the threat of COVID 19
ucation may be successful in ur- SMN, CPC, SHS, CID shall work together in initiating an activity to capacitate
banized areas than in rural areas, parents about the new normal.
where data signal and electricity The nature of anonymity in the online environment may allow more students,
are unavailable. Online learning is who otherwise do not want to attend face to face classes because of their shy
not a possibility, limiting options personality, to participate in online education where they do not physically see
for mode of teaching. Thus, last each other. (Online Education and Its Effective Practice, SUN &CHEN 2016.
mile schools should prepare dig-
itized and printed modules and Learners may not be technology savvy. As a result, even if the technological
the like for home study. resources like tablet are made available, they do not utilize these resources because
they are unable to operate them.
CID, ICTS and SGOD shall cooper- Profiling of learners who may have opted for online learning but are not ICT savvy,
ate and coordinate by identifying hence, there is a need to engage them earlier before the start of classes. ICTS may
tasks and activities each of them have to determine the teachers who may be able to engage learners in addressing
will undertake in order to address this.
this concern.
Parent and teacher conferences on the conduct of blended and home study ap-
proach is a must for teacher or the learner.
HRD will check on the HRMD
Plan of the division for possible
adjustment.

Schools Division of Benguet LEARNING CONTINUITY OPERATIONAL PLAN Page 29