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She added that the DLPs initiat-
ed by the Regional Office are
packed with contextualized/
localized examples and word
problems.; thus, learners could
tell the real-life applicability of

Almost all classrooms have “It’s a trial-and-error meth-
two advisers sharing classroom od,” Sola emphasized. epEd Regional Office 5 offi- the lessons.
territories. With this, students and even cially distributed Contextu- Still, in her lessons, in comparison
School (SHS) this school year, and The first shift starts at 6:30 teachers generally draw confusion alized Daily Lesson Plans to the DLPs they used last year, she no-
still counting, as of this writing. AM and ends at 11:40, followed by and muddle. Because of the abrupt (DLPs) to schools in Bicol, ticed a slight number of interactive activi-
Since from its humble start the next by 12:10 PM until 5:30 PM. changes, subjects are mixed-up, including ONHS, to respond for a clear- ties, and some entries were just literally
in the 70s, garnering only around Hence, classes are followed every- prompting some students get sur-
50 students, the school enrollment day, with some subjects grouped prised by their new teachers, or cut goal of providing access to quality lifted from the books they have been us-
escalated forty times around four accordingly by either an MWF or T- some teachers entering the classes teaching resources, and to address their ing.
decades TH sched, and each regular class not on their sched based on the workload concerns by reducing their Meanwhile, in the Senior High
Pataas po ng pataas ang runs about an hour and 30 minutes. class program. “clerical tasks.” School, teachers responded that they
number of enrollees natin every For teachers, since subjects In some subject, a case School Principal Reynaldo P. haven’t received any DLPs for their han-
year, and to be honest po, as much are categorized per days of the happened wherein almost all sub-
as gusto naming lahat i-enroll, hin- weeks, they are only required to ject teachers have been assigned Lopez, on his first conference, cited the dled subjects.
di po maaari, kasi sila din mahihira- attend either MWF or T-TH sched, at one section, leaving students in scheme of the Region as “innovative” and “Dae kami naggagamit nin DLPs
pan. Kaya po, yung iba po nirerefer thrice or twice a week, depending awe, requiring them to change “helpful” to teachers, which would signifi- kan DepEd. Mayo man kami kaiyan,” Lyka
st
na lang namin sa ibang school o sa on the subject, considering the again the subject teacher on the 1 cantly decrease their burden of Frances Sola, SHS teacher, said.
school na malapit sa kanila,” Aqui- given 40 hours per week to be com- page of their notebooks. “paperworks.” “Pero okay ako sa contextualized
no added. plied for duty, which gives an extra Rowel Brinas, Math 7 teach-
She also stated that the allotted Saturday per month for er, expressed his share of observa- “With the DLPs given, wala nang (DLP) lalo na sa Lit (pertaining to her Lit-
school took carefully into consider- reporting, and other school activi- tion on the course of the shifting gagawin kung hindi magturo na lang, or erature Subject), pero mayo pa ako 1st
ation those students who are living ties, such as Recognition and Hom- classes. modify them to suit the learners’ needs.” hand exprience, Mayo pa man samong
far from the school, which could be eroom PTA sessions. For students, he deemed it Lopez said. nakaabot na DLP Prototype.”
affected by the last period. Though Meanwhile, non-teaching as somehow ineffective because, The initiative draws positive re- In the guidelines issued at DepEd
the school need to pursue the new staff, such as Department Heads at most, learners come to school
schedule, she further asked for the and Clerical Posts are mandated to thrice a week, which greatly mini- marks from ONHS teachers, citing them Order No. 42, s. 2016 (Policy Guidelines
deep understanding of the parents attend everyday, as per usual work mized the time for discussion and as “huge help” for classroom instruc- on Daily Lesson Plan Preparation for the
and guidance. Rest assured that schedule. activities, and the monitoring of tions. Teachers from JHS and SHS, K to 12 Program), it is stated that DLPs
the school still highly prioritized students’ performance and behav- based on general interviews, lauded the are deemed “suggestive” rather than
the safety and security of the stu- IMPLEMENTATION ior. Also, he witnessed a growing initiative of DepEd. “prescriptive,” allowing the teachings to
dents in the premises. number of students coming to
More so, ONHS schools The said new class sched school at the first period. “Dakulang tabang ang naitao niya. customize/ modify the lessons to suit the
several students who live in remote over time has undergone several “Dae siya productive, for Enot nae not, less na ang burden sa pag-
premises of Ocampo and outside changes before being finalized by me, since at most thrice a week gibo nin lesson plan. At least, may guide
the municipality. Some enrollees August. lang ang mamimeet, instead na 2 na kung paano madeliver ang lesson mga
live as far as Brgy. Sto. Nino, situ- Pancracio P. Sola, Head of topics an macover every session, summative test na pwede magamit for
ated at the boundary, which is 11.4 Math Department, who plotted the nagiging saro sana man, pero we’re evaluation,” Sweetcel Nacario, a teacher
km away from the school, almost class program for the year, said doing our very best naman to cope
at the foot of Mt. Isarog. that the frequent alteration of time with the situation, he added. in Math 9, said.
Some students living in the schedule is normal and inevitable, Students like John Drixler
borders of Ocampo have to com- citing that ONHS-Junior High hous- Taduran, 10-Tenacity, complained 3KRWR 'DUZLQ 2 6HQWLOODV
mute by tricycle or jeep or “habal- es almost a hundred teaching staff, of the changes from his original
habal” and/or walk the terraces of and considering this number is a MWF classes to everyday, but half-
rice fields or dark footpaths just to day classes. “Sa ibang subjects po,
go home after the last period, medyo late na din ibang teachers
which ends at 5:30PM. tapos mga classmates ko din. Ac-
School Principal Guillermo tually never nga kami nakapag-
C. Ortua further convinces the performance task sa isang subject
crowds for the adopted class namin dahil sa kakapusan ng
shifts. oras.”
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room. Ang dalawang grade levels It has clearly given ample
po ay magpapalitan ng classroom time for students to focus on
sa umaga at sa hapon. Sa Senior subjects assigned each day,
High School po ay wala tayong and bring learning materials
problema, kasi may newly-built needed for the session, less-
tayong building for them at ilang ening the demand for them
mga TLS din. Pero sa JHS, need to bring all things, such as
natin i-adopt ito,” he said. books, at once.
He also stressed out the Likewise, the school
need to extend the patience and admin expected the learners
expected the cooperation from the to have extra time, a half-day
parents and stakeholders as they herculean task, much more the more at home, to revel in bond
only think solely of the education subjects they teach and the num- with in family and promote a
of the children, so that each stu- ber of sections per grade year lev- strengthened parental relation-
dent essential need for learning el. ship.
could be attended by the school. The entire teaching and non Teachers, moreover, have
-teaching staff of the school have significantly been given an added
ADOPTING THE NEW undergone several conferences opportunity to rest and prepare for
and consultations regarding the the next lessons, and provide time
For students, in the pre- changes. Even the newly-installed for family affairs.
scribed class program, grade year Principal-I, Reynaldo P. Lopez, re- Baring no options left,
levels resort to borrowing class- placing Ortua by July, aimed at Ocampo National High School
rooms. Grades 7 and 8 are ex- discussions among the staff to turned an iron fist with its decision,
changing classrooms for the morn- resolve the issue. while considering to still provide
ing and afternoon shifts, and the Each time a schedule is the same equal, and accessible,
same goes with Grades 9 and 10. announced, it is expected that con- and quality educational learning for
flicts of schedule of teachers aris- the Ocampo community.
es.