Schools Division Office of Batangas Provinceâ??s capability-building program to improve its schools' SBM level of practice, dubbed SUPPORT: Strengthening Unified Processes in Producing Outcomes and Reaching Targets on School-Based Management (SBM) System for Public Schools District Supervisors (PSDS) and School Heads, gathered a high approval rating from the participants of the three-day training held at Sevilla Resort Lucena City on January 4 to 6, 2023.The 217 participants from Congressional District 1 (CD 1) expressed satisfaction in the concluding part of the three-day training program, as expressed by Mrs. Maricris Atienza, Officer - in - Charge of Timbain ES, Calaca, in her impression of the training. Atienza articulated the outstanding rating of all the components of the training, including the venue, food, speakers, facilitators, and management team, which was agreed upon by all the participants.CD 1 is the first of four (4) batches of school heads and PSDS who received training to be capable of raising the level of SBM practice in their respective schools. Other participants from Congressional Districts 2, 3 and 4 will also undergo training from January 11 to 13, 18 to 20, and 25 to 27, respectively.
SGOD chief conveys the purpose
After the preliminaries, SGOD Chief David M. Nuay clarified the purpose of the first capability program for school heads for the year. According to him, school heads and district supervisors gathered because of the capability building under the acronym SUPPORT, which he explained as a program to develop the statistics of SBM level of practice in the Division of Batangas. "Mahalaga alam ninyo, why are we conducting this? Dapat alam ninyo ang statistics," he said after presenting data on the division's SBM level of practice, which shows that 6.15% of schools are in the developing level, while 89.69% and 4.19% of schools are in the maturing and advanced levels, respectively. According to the SGOD Chief, he is positive that gradually the SBM level of practice will level off. "Hoping this statistics mag-develop, wala na ang 6.15%", he added.Mr. Nuay further stated that the School Based Management system had been revised to strengthen it. He also reminded the participants not to repeat the findings in the School Improvement Plan (SIP) of unrealistic targets and inappropriate strategies.Too much focus was given to SIP templates; binibigyan kayo ng freedom. Don't totally depend on it," Mr. Nuay reiterated. He also added that templates were provided to give the school heads the idea, but they should not focus on the template and that the SIP is not for compliance but an aid for planning school-based management.In addition to explaining the purpose of the activity, the SGOD Chief talked about how important it is that the school understands and uses SBM assessment processes and that it is the school heads' job to make sure that school-based management is done right. He also talked about how important it is for district supervisors to provide technical assistance (TA) to schools and how the supervisors' leadership and collaboration skills help strengthen shared accountability.
SDS delivers first session of training on the first day
To identify mechanisms, support system processes, and practice improving principles of SBM, SDS Merthel Evardome delivered the first session of the capability program, which focused on the A Child and Community-Centered Education System (ACCESS) and SBM framework. She emphasized how to operationalize the term "SBM" by not asking what it is, but how it helps in terms of empowerment, decision-making, student learning outcomes, monitoring and evaluation. The SDS explained the need for decentralization in her presentation of SBM milestones. These are to boost the morale of teachers, encourage leadership, allow participants of the entire school community to make key decisions, have a wider pool of ideas in designing educational programs, and focus the resources on the goals and needs of each school. "Community should be involved in SBM, hindi dapat inaaway ang stakeholders", Evardome said, emphasizing decision-making in school management. She also stated that every school's school governance council must be operational. Moreover, SDS Evardome explained the need for revision of SBM guidelines due to differences in field understanding in the operationalization of SBM level of practice. "In the assessment of practice level, nagiging bean counting kaya nagpasiya na i-revise," she added. The superintendent also explained that SBM is based on ACCESS, which was formalized by DO 83, Series 2012, and that the primary goal of SBM is to improve school performance and student achievement. During the discussion of the SBM conceptual framework, she explained its openness to inputs from the external environment, as denoted by the broken line in the illustration. "Same programs, same problems, wala na ang ability to think outside the box," the superintendent expressed as she explained the common mistakes of monitoring and evaluation after discussing the rationale of monitoring. She also stressed the need to align the schoolâ??s programs and projects with organizational performance and organizational effectiveness when she discussed the key elements of monitoring and evaluation. Furthermore, SDS Evardome reminded the participants in the formulation of an evidence-based SIP to be learner-centered.In the afternoon session of the first day of training, the participants were given their first output of crafting school-initiated programs, projects, and activities (PPAs) with monitoring and evaluation. The participants from four groups in CD1 presented their outputs: Mrs. Vivian Silva of Calaca District, Mr. Domcar Lagto of Nasugbu West, Mr. Julius Villavecencio of San Pascual, and Mrs. Rosalina Sanches of Lian District. SGOD Chief David Nuay emphasized the importance and stages of monitoring and evaluation in every schoolâ??s PPA after the presentation of outputs. "Usually nakikita sa assessment to tell if there are issues. Consider the stages and gates in assessment and monitoring," Chief Nuay said, followed by explaining the stages in monitoring from start-up to detailed or preparatory, recovery, and completion stages.
Simulation activity highlights the second day of training
To understand and ensure that learning really transpired in the discussion of the Revised Assessment Process expounded by Mr. Avelino Mortel, PSDS of Lemery District, the accomplished narrative reports were conveyed by the participants through simulation which emphasized the step-by-step DOD-Document Analysis, Observation, and Discussion process.â??Hindi pa alam dati, ngayon ay alam na alam na at na-simulate nyo. â??Yon ang maganda sadyang naipakikita ang actual scenarioâ?, Mrs. Cora Samson the training Program Manager commented.Mr. Nuay, in his comments on the simulation activities, mentioned that the success of PPAs is useless if not measured, and that is the importance of performance. He also mentioned that DEPED uses SBM to maintain a quality system.Before the participants demonstrated their outputs, Mr. Mortel started his lecture by asking the participants what makes a school an ideal school. "If you implement SBM, you can create an ideal school because all components of SBM are ideal school-related," he reiterated.According to him, without school heads, there is no SBM, and school heads are expected to be frontliners in implementing PPAs. â??You are the best person to give life to your children." "You are very significant; there is no way for me to level up (SBM level of practice)," Mr. Mortel said.Mr. Mortel also clarified the perceptions of a performing school, which are transparent utilization of MOOE and other resources, balanced leadership and governance, and the engagement of stakeholders in curriculum and instruction for continuous improvement and accountability.As Mr. Mortel discussed the steps in SBM assessment process, he mentioned that school heads should ensure the relevance of documents to SBM principles before its preparation. â??Make this SBM your reflection, sincere ang SDO na maiangat ang SBM level of practice kaya ginagastusan,â? Mr. Mortel stated.
Revised SBM assessment tool clarified, helps participants design action plan to improve SBM system
Training participants accomplished the assessment tool using school data and crafted an action plan for improving the SBM system after Dr. Nenita Adame, facilitator of the third day of training, discussed the characteristics and features, parts, and scoring instructions of the revised assessment tool.Based on the result of the assessment of school data, participants are told to address issues found through innovative activities and strategies to improve the SBM level of practice in their schools."You write what you do and do what you write; that is the secret of SBM," Dr. Adame said when discussing the various artifacts suggested by each SBM principle. In the discussion of parts of the SBM assessment tool, she also said high levels of leadership and governance follow high levels of accountability, curriculum and instruction, and management of resources.After the presentation of the outputs of the participants from the two districts, Mrs. Adame suggested that the teachers and other stakeholders be reoriented to help them understand and change their attitudes toward SBM.â??Hindi lang po ang mahihinang area ang bibigyan ng action plan, kahit â??yong malalakas para ma-sustain,â? she ended.
CD 1 participants accept challenge of improving SBM
In the final day of the three-day training, 217 participants from Congressional District 1's eight districts accepted the challenge of improving SBM level of practices in their designated schools."Kaya ito ginawa (training); after this, level 3 na kayo," said SDS Evardome.She also said the focus of SBM should be on the learning outcomes, the improvement of teaching and non-teaching personnel, and the school heads. â??Everything is given; nasa inyo na po kung inyong tatanggapin. "Make sure ang LRCP is in place and ginagawa," the superintendent added, which the participants applauded as a way of accepting the challenge.Mr. Alfredo Andino, Principal I of Bolbok National High School, Tuy District, represented the participants in their positive response to the challenge presented by the SDS Evardome. In his acceptance speech, he thanked the people behind the training program and expressed his desire to deliver the results expected from the three days of training.The participants departed from Sevilla Resort after they completed the evaluation report form and the post-test provided.
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