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Strength- Opportunities Strength- Weaknesses Strength- Threats
There is a possibility for school personnel Possibility of Working from Home. The HRD Primarily, if the signal is weak or intermittent
to Work from Home. The HRD may have to may have to assess the learning and develop- in the area, online learning is not a possibility
assess the learning and development oppor- ment opportunities while the SMME and CID limiting options for mode of teaching. The
tunities while the SMME and CID may have to may have to provide assessment, supervi- teacher may have to make use of printed mod-
provide assessment, supervision, monitoring. sion, monitoring. ules and strengthen partnership with parents
in the distribution and retrieval of modules. CID
Proper communication media may have to be Proper communication media may have to be to consider in the planning the availability of
utilized or Division issuances contextualizing utilized or Division issuances contextualizing modules ready for printing.
reward and recognition to encourage teach- reward and recognition to encourage teach-
ers to attend webinars, be informed through ers to attend webinars, be informed through Accounting section shall check the SOBs if the
self-help or use social media responsibly. This self-help or use social media responsibly. This schools preferred printed modules and yet, the
may also be applied to SDO personnel. may also be applied to SDO personnel. materials to be bought are different.
Orientation of parents, teachers, learners about Communication gap or problems may occur due Reliability of technological equipment like hard-
data consumption, utilization of online materi- to dependence with telecommunication gad- ware failures, incompatible software between
als that require data, safety precautions, child gets or equipment especially to those learners, home and school, and poor internet connectiv-
protection policies, data privacy and others. parents, and teachers or school personnel who ity is a hindrance to its utilization. Upgrading of
are not inclined with the use of such. Therefore, ICT equipment through MOOE or in partnership
Teachers are willing to engage in the develop- there is a need to profile the parents who prefer with willing sponsors.
ment and provision of Learning Resources to online mode for them to be given the proper
learners appropriate to the different modalities. orientation or training. ICTS to provide authentic and official data
determining the connectivity of schools as to
Profiling of potential teachers and engaging The Child Protection Committee, , School texting, calls, messenger, FB, email.
them productively may also be subject to recog- Health Section, Youth Formation Personnel and
nition and rewards. Guidance Counselors may come together and Less or low enrolment in the barangay since
Setting of parameters, guidelines, safety nets, devise a plan to start orienting learners about few students / pupils will be enrolled and school
precautionary measures to safeguard children the new normal, distance learning and the performance will also be affected, or percentage
against the threat of cyberbullying, cybercrime, threats of Covid 19. of school enrolment might go down. The transi-
mental health. tion may discourage or affect the motivation of
Not all learners and parents will be updated with learners.
CPC, Legal officer, GCs, YFPs, EPS of SGOD, new practices that DepEd is adopting. Widen-
SMME, PTA will have to come together in this ing the scope of communication channel can Coordination with barangay in the monitoring
concern. be considered – example, involving local radio of school age children to be enrolled in schools
stations. within the locality. Information dissemination
Teachers can work from home during times of through print and online to be initiated by the
scheduled online interaction; they can partic- Profiling of schools which can be served by the SMN, YFP, GCs, Sports Coordinator.
ipate during webinars this May, June, and July AM or FM stations and the possible partnership
while at home or in school; they can proceed in with these stations shall be initiated by the Strengthen partnership with telecommunica-
downloading and contextualizing LRs; and they SMME. tion companies. Parent and teacher conferences
can participate in LR development. on the conduct of blended and home study
Teachers are willing to engage in the develop- approach is a must for teacher or the learner.
The CID may have to work hand in hand with ment and provision of Learning Resources to
the HRD in monitoring productivity and collabo- learners appropriate to the different modalities. Learners may not be technology savvy. As a re-
rative effort shared by teachers sult, even if the technological resources like tablet
Profiling of potential teachers and engaging are made available, they do not utilize these
Provision of internet load or cellphone load for them productively may also be subject to recog- resources because they are unable to operate
teachers to use in connecting with learners, nition and rewards. them. Profiling of learners who may have opted
teachers, school head. for online learning but are not ICT savvy, hence,
Only few students who may want to experience there is a need to engage them earlier before the
DCP laptops or desktops can be borrowed by online learning may be able to borrow tablets start of classes. ICTS may have to determine the
teachers upon request so that they can partici- and participate well in computer-mediated teachers who may be able to engage learners in
pate in telecommuting and developing of ADM learning/ online classes. addressing this.
modules this April to July.
Profiling of students in the school shall be led Teachers are willing to engage in the develop-
The ICTS may have to determine and provide by the YFP through the EPS-SGOD so that the ment and provision of Learning Resources to
authentic and official data of functional laptops, learners who are interested to experience online learners appropriate to the different modalities.
desktops and PC Tabs issued in schools learning but who cannot avail of gadgets may
be given the chance. However, online learning Profiling of potential teachers and engaging them
HRD will check on the HRMD Plan of the division session is not mandatory. productively may also be subject to recognition
for possible adjustment and rewards.
Use of school MOOE to purchase printers, ink,
The presence of ICT expert and advance teach- and bond papers, since most of the learners pre- SMN, ICTS and other active personnel may have
ers can help facilitate the capability-building of ferred printed materials. to work together in the preparation of proposals,
intermediate teachers. On the other hand, even coordination and communicating with these
majority are at the intermediate level, this means SMME and other sections in charge of check- possible partners.
that the teachers can be trainable to level up. ing school AIPs and WFPs must scrutinize the
purpose of procurement done by schools in order
that the priority needs related to LCP are being
addressed.

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