The C.O.R.E.

Manual
The Cornerstone Team Organizing, Resource and Evaluation Manual
The Elementary Reading Tutorial led by SFC

Table of Contents
I.

Cornerstone: The CFC Partnership Project for Education

II.

Organizing the Tutorial Team

III.

Resources
A. Empowering Manpower Services
Volunteers Training
o Cornerstone Orientation
o ROCK Training
o Reading Tutorial Training
B. Making good use of Material resources
Conduct and Implementation of the Reading Tutorial
Program and Values Formation
o Cornerstone Launch
o Dolch Test
o Kids Values Formation
Volunteers Pastoral Formation Tool
o Members track Stage 1 Formation
Christian Character Weekend Manual

IV.

V.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
J.

Evaluation and Assessment

Cornerstone Volunteers Reporting
Cornerstone Tutorial Program Monitoring Form
Cornerstone Monthly Activity Report
Cornerstone Personal Evaluation Form
Volunteer Weekly Evaluation
ANNEX
KFC ROCK WEEKEND MANUAL
Cornerstone Orientation Powerpoint Presentation
OVERVIEW OF LITERACY and Kids Values Formation PROGRAM FOR
GRADE 2 3 STUDENTS
Volunteer TUTORS MONITORING FORM
Volunteer ACTIVITY REPORT TEMPLATE
Volunteer MID YEAR Personal EVALUATION
Volunteer MID YEAR Group EVALUATION
Volunteer Weekly Evaluation
DOLCH Test Result Template
Documentation ( Written, Photos, Video)
a. Tutorial sessions
b. Orientation, Brigada Escuela, Christmas Party, Moving Up Day

Introduction
The stone that the builders rejected has become the Cornerstone; by the Lord has this
has been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes Mark 12: 10-11
Cornerstone or commonly referred to as the foundation-stone is more popular
among the architects and the engineers. In building houses or any infrastructure it is the
foundation-stone that should be the strongest and the sturdiest. If the foundation is not
solid enough to carry the entire infrastructure it will breakdown and not serve its
purpose.
In the family, Education and Values Formation are some of our most important
foundation. Every parent works hard to send their child to school. Every parent does
their best to teach their child the values they need to become a better person.
In our present time, not all families or parents have seen this as their priorities
due to different factors that we could not solely blame on them or to anyone. Our call is
to work on our vision families in the holy spirit, renewing the face of the earth and do
our mission building the church of the home and building the church poor. The poor
we are referring to are not only those who are financially poor, but those who needs our
attention, care and love, those who needs to know and to have Christ in their lives.
This Manual aims to guide you and help you in knowing more about the
Elementary Reading Tutorial, an SFC led Program of Cornerstone. It will also help you
how to Organize your teams, maximize the manpower services, explain the different
material Resources to help us to conduct the sessions, and Evaluate our Tutorial
Sessions and program.
As we journey while serving our Great God, may we all be living witnesses as we
help the elementary students to read, write, and be good children of God, the youth to
become Christ like leaders, the parents to be Christian-formators, and our community to
be a Christ-centered community. May we always be reminded that all of us are called to
love and live like Christ our Cornerstone.

I.

What is CORNERSTONE?
Cornerstone is one of the education programs under Building the Church
of the Poor (BCOP) of Couples for Christ (CFC) and CFC ANCOP. It has 2
levels, one for Elementary and another one for High School. The Elementary
Program aims to reach out to children who are slow readers in elementary public
schools and help them to gain confidence through Reading Tutorials and Values
Formation. The High School Program aims to reach out to High School leaders
through Christian leadership and Values Formation. Family support is provided
through the Parenting Formation. The Cornerstone Program is consistent with
the core mission of CFC to bring Christs transforming love to families and the
poor.
The very name Cornerstone refers to Christ Himself (Mark 12: 10-11)
The Ateneo Center for Educational Development (ACED) is the main
partner educational institution of CFC whose main goal is to help the Department
of Education in upgrading the public school education nationwide through
principal and teacher empowerment programs and other school related services.
The partnership started as a pilot program in 10 Elementary and 5 High Schools
in Metro Manila for SY 2011-2012. (To read more about the ACED Background
see Cornerstone Organizing Manual)
The Cornerstone Program is a CFC and Family Ministry gateway
Evangelization strategy through the public schools; a tool for pastoral formation
for our members especially in the area of growing in Christian character and love
of neighbor especially the poor; and a Church of the Poor program in Education
working closely with CFC ANCOP for provision of school support, scholarships,
medical, dental and other social services.
As a partnership for education program, CFC engages other partners who
work towards the same mission of providing complementary services to public
schools through: empowerment programs for teachers and principals, provision
of school supplies for children, tutorials, scholarships, preventive dental and
health programs, feeding (such as Jolibee Busog Lusog Talino (BLT) Program,
Ateneo Blueplate for Better Learning) and improvement of some school facilities
through Brigada Eskwela and School Build as needed.
Gateway to Evangelization
The public schools provide a geographic focus for service and
evangelization in CFC areas since students and their families live in the
community around the schools and can easily be served by the CFC Cluster in
the area.

The relationships and partnerships in the school provide a wide reach for
CFC and its Family Ministries to invite the principals, teachers, partners and
parents to CLPs and children and youth to camps. Those who are invited to join
can easily be integrated in the chapters near the school.
Convergence Strategy
Cornerstone is a convergence strategy of CFC that engages all its
ministries to make our faith alive by contributing towards the singular mission of
building the church of the home and the church of the poor. The program fosters
integrated planning of the whole CFC community at the level of the area (MM
Sector or Province) and the Cluster/Chapter to further evangelization and
pastoral formation work as it pursues its mission to bring about social
transformation through education. The school can help provide CFC ANCOP
CSP with a strategic focus in the delivery of programs and immersion of partners.
The decision to open a Cornerstone School is based on an evaluation of
the readiness of CFC and its Family Ministries to provide volunteers who will
undergo training and commit their time to a regular schedule for the CFC
Cornerstone components namely: Elementary reading tutorial and values
formation, Christian leadership formation for High School and Parenting
Formation for both elementary and High School. This entails an integrated
planning among CFC and its Ministries to evaluate volunteer and financial
support requirements.
CORNERSTONE
IS
A
FULLY
INTEGRATED
PROGRAM
IMPLEMENTED BY THE TERRITORIAL GOVERNANCE OF CFC WITH
FAMILY MINISTRY SUPPORT. It means that Program Coordinators assigned to
schools are Coordinators from mainstream CFC, KFC, YFC, SFC, HOLD and
specific programs are downloaded to them by CFC and the specific ministry that
is leading the program. The Cornerstone Core Teams relationship with the
territorial structure are in the areas of consultancy, program development and
production of training manuals, trainings, assistance in strategic planning, and
monitoring and evaluation.

II.

ORGANIZING THE TUTORIAL TEAM

A. The Elementary Reading Tutorial is an SFC led Program
Cornerstone provides a venue for the SFC volunteers to serve and
express their love for children through the reading tutorial of slow readers in
Grades 2 and 3, and providing the kids values formation by undergoing the KFC
ROCK program. (See annex A)
The service allows them to grow in commitment and discipline and
becomes a tool for spiritual deepening and a good training for future
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parenthood. It is also an evangelistic tool as they can invite non SFC friends to
join the tutorial and later on invite them to SFC.
CFC and other ministries may also get involved by joining the SFC teams
in the schools at the level of their province, sector or cluster as the case may be.
The volunteers have to undergo tutorial training before they can provide the
service to the children.
Each Elementary Tutorial and Values Formation for 30 children requires at
least 15 volunteers.
SFC Tutorial Team Leader/school:
1
Ideal Ratio of Teacher to tutees 1: 3 (minimum of 10 regular tutors per session)
Rock Facilitators:
4 (minimum)
1
Total Volunteer Requirement: at least 15 committed volunteers per weekly session

The CFC Cornerstone School Coordinator provides oversight and support for the
needs of the tutorial team
III.

RESOURCES: Manpower and Materials

A. Empowering Manpower Services
VOLUNTEERS TRAINING
1. Orientation on the Cornerstone Tutorial Program
Background Why there are non/poor readers
The reading ability of a big percentage of our student
population in the Philippines continues to be a serious
concern. Statistics report that the number of nonreaders in
schools as well as the performance of students in the National
Achievement Test are quite depressing. The need for
elementary schools to classify the children as first readers,
second readers and third readers or as children with difficulties
in reading, word readers and phrase readers is an indication
that there is a problem.

At the start of each school year, the Department of

Education runs the Philippine Informal Reading Inventory or
the Phil IRI exam for Grades 2 to 6, which intend to provide
information on the reading proficiency of students and serve
as a basis for appropriate interventions.


Each year, this test reports hundreds of students from
Grades 2 to 6 to be non readers/ poor readers.
DOLCH Sight Vocabulary Test

In order to assess the reading proficiency of students

at our partner schools, ACED through our Cornerstone
volunteers conduct the DOLCH Sight Vocabulary Test,
established by Dr. Edward William Dolch. This is an inventory
of 220 high frequency words which students are asked to read
out loud. Credit is given for each word that is recognized and
the score the students receive will indicate their reading
proficiency level
Pre-primer (PP)
Primer (P)

0 - 75
76 - 120

st

1 Reader (1R) 121 - 170

2nd Reader (2R) 171 - 210
3rd Reader (3R)
1.

211 - above

Goal of Tutorial

Provide children with basic foundations for reading with the

assistance of teachers/tutors;
Help young children read and understand simple words and
sentences;
Bring students to a level where they can begin to read on their
own;
Reduce the number of non-readers and poor readers in
Cornerstone Partner Schools;

2.

Target Audience

Grades 2 and 3 students from Cornerstone Partner School

The ideal ratio of tutors to Grade 2 3 Students is 1:3 to 1:5
(max). We will request 10 SFC Volunteers and 30 non
readers from each of the participating elementary schools.
Based on the result of the DOLCH test, the schools will
identify the 30 students who will undergo the program. The
Cornerstone team will identify the level after the Dolch Test.
3.

Schedule

Basic Saturday Program

9:00 am 11:00 am Literacy Tutorial
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11:00 am 12:00 am Values formation program for Grades

2 and 3
4.
Coverage of Reading Program and General
Approach of the 2 guides
a.

The materials that will be used are :

(1) Guide for Helping Children Read Part 1 and 2;
Guide for Helping Children Read Part 1

Aims to provide children with the basic foundations for reading

with the assistance of teachers or tutors
This guide contains 30 detailed plans for lessons that aim to
bring children to a level where they can begin to read on their
own
This includes a CD containing 122 pages of worksheets as
support to all the topics
Guide for Helping Children Read Part 2
Aims to help young children read and understand simple
words and sentences with the assistance of teachers or tutors.
This guide contains 39 detailed plans for reading and
discussing the stories in Ready, Get Set, Read!.
Ready, Get Set, Read! has been reproduced as a Big Book
so that it may be used effectively in situations where it is not
possible for the children to have their own copy of the book..

Guidelines for the use of the Materials

A number of lessons require a set of prepared materials
like flash cards and other forms of visual aid. It is
important that the tutor prepares these ahead of time to
help ensure the effective delivery of the lesson.
The tutor must follow the plan for each lesson as faithfully
as possible, especially the lesson proper.

The goal of the motivational activity is to motivate

the students to look forward to the lesson

The goal of the lesson proper is to impart to the

students the necessary content and develop in
them the necessary skills. Exercises or drills are

included in this part and it is important that the

students go through the exercises successfully

The goal of the closing activity is to emphasize

what should have been learned during the session
and to summarize the lesson for the day

For the Guide for Helping Children Read Part 2: when

discussing the story with the students through the guide
questions, the tutor must make sure that the students
understand the words and the sentences very well
The provision for homework is an important component
of the program and is aimed at reinforcing what the
students have learned in the session. When assigning
the homework for the next meeting day, the tutor should
make sure that the task is well understood by the
students. The tutor should, therefore, walk the students
through the assigned task.
At the start of the next meeting, the tutor should spend time
going over the homework with the students to make sure that
the lesson has been understood correctly and clearly.

The tutor should always keep in mind that the reading skills
of the students who are attending the program are not yet
well developed. Hence, the tutor must:

Always speak slowly and clearly

Patiently repeat things as often as necessary

Effort is very important. The tutor must always emphasize to

the students the value of diligence and hard work. The tutor
should be conscious about commending the students for
working hard and congratulating them for accomplishments
brought about by effort on their part.

Sample Demo Lesson

Book 1 Lesson No. 9: Beginning Letters S, M, F
Objectives
1. Recognize the letters Ss, Mm, and Ff and their sounds
2. Name objects beginning with the letters Ss, Mm, and Ff
3. Read aloud words beginning with the letters Ss, Mm, and Ff
Book 2 Lesson No. 9: Beginning Letters S, M, F
Objectives
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At the end of the lesson, the students must be able to:

1. Read aloud the story, It is Fun to Jog with emphasis on the words under the
reading list
2. Answer the guide questions about the story correctly

B. Making good use of Material Resources

CORNERSTONE LAUNCH
1.

Team Leaders Orientation last week of July

2.

Conduct the Cornerstone Orientation

Orientation should be conducted by August (ideally first week of

August) to give ample time for the school to prepare and settle as
the school starts by June .
(REFER TO THE CORNERSTONE POWERPOINT FOR THE ORIENTATION)
CORNERSTONE ORIENTATION DAY see Annex B

Date:
Participating Schools
GENERAL SCHEDULE
TIME
9:00 9:30
9:30 9:35
9:35 9:40
9:40 9:45
9:45 10:00

ACTIVITY
Registration
National Anthem
Opening Prayer
Welcoming of Guests and Participants/ Opening Remarks
Group Dynamics/ Energizer
Overview of ACED & CORNERSTONE

10:00 10:30
10:30 10:40

Presentation of Calendar
Open Forum

10:40 11:00

11:00 12:00

Break out Session

Group 1: Grade 2 and 3 Students
Group 2: Parents and Teachers of Grade 2 and 3 students

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POINT PERSON
School Personnel
Cornerstone Volunteers
SFC volunteer
KFC Coordinator
School Principal
SFC Team Leader
ACED video
CFC Cornerstone School
Coordinator
SFC Team Leader
CFC Panel (
CFC/KFC/SFC)
SFC CC pr Team Leader
to moderate
Gr 1:SFC/KFC CC
Volunteers
Gr 2: KFC CC/CFC
Volunteers

GROUP DYNAMICS/ENERGIZER
Ice breaker options: Simon says. This can be processed to talk about the importance of
following instructions in relation to the learning process of their children and the support
of the family.
SIMON SAYS ACTIVITY
The goal of the game is for all the participants to listen to the instructions carefully
Mechanics:
1. The game facilitator will ask everyone to follow the action that will be given whenever
they hear the phrase SIMON SAYS (e.g. SIMON SAYS sit down, all the participants
should sit down), if the facilitator didnt say the phrase they should not do the action
2. If they committed a mistake they will automatically be out of the game
3. As soon as everybody understands the instruction, the game can start
4. The game facilitator will start with the game (SIMON SAYS stand up, SIMON SAYS
sit down, Stand up, Jump, SIMON SAYS walk around the room, Stop)
5. All the participants who made a mistake will be out of the game
6. The game will end until there is only one participant left
OVERVIEW OF LITERACY and Kids Values Formation PROGRAM FOR GRADE 2
3 STUDENTS
SEE ANNEX C

A. Overview of CORNERSTONE Tutorial

1. Cornerstone started as a partnership among the public school, Ateneo Center of
Educational Development (ACED) and Couples for Christ (CFC)
2. Cornerstone aims to help children in Grades 2 and 3 to read so they will do better
in school
3. This is a 32 week program (every Saturday) reading tutorial to be conducted by
CFC Singles For Christ volunteers. This will be from 9am-to 12 noon.
4. This program started in 10 schools in MM on August 2011. It is important to work
together to share it with more schools in the
future. The support of the parents is
very important to make this work.
5. Snacks will be served to the children during the tutorial period.
6. There will be kids values formation activities to help the children to be good in
school and at home. The Kids values formation activities will be assisted by the CFC
Kids for Christ ROCK facilitators.
7. There will also be a once a month values formation session with the parents and
updates on how the children are doing to help them to support the effort of their
children to be good in school and at home. All Parents of children in the tutorial
program are expected to attend this session.
B. The Kids Values Formation Activities will foster:
1. Fun
It is fun. Activities are enjoyable and they stimulate the childs creativity,
perception, and sensitivity.
2. Will build Friendship

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It is built on friendship. Activities encourage the members to build strong

friendships with other kids. (Cite an example)
3. Will enhance Faith & Freedom
It enhances faith. Activities are geared towards their relationship with God.
Christian faith elements are explained in kids language. They will also have the
freedom to share what they know and speak of what they feel.
C. Philosophy of CFC KFC and Cornerstone students
Children are a real gift from the Lord. They are a real blessing. - Psalm 127:3
CFC Kids for Christ believes that
1. Children have a special place in Gods heart.
2. Children can grow in their love and trust for God through meaningful
relationship with parents and peers.
3. Children need a healthy concept of themselves, which may be enhanced by
their parents acting as primary role models
4. Childrens God-given talents need to be recognized and nurtured in a
healthy Christian environment that is fun-loving and life giving.
PRESENTATION OF THE CALENDAR
SAMPLE SCHEDULE

DATE
JULY
3RD WEEK
4TH WEEK
AUGUST
1st WEEK
2ND WEEK
3RD WEEK
4TH WEEK
SEPTEMBER
1st WEEK
2ND WEEK
3RD WEEK
4TH WEEK
OCTOBER
1st WEEK
2ND WEEK
3RD WEEK
4TH WEEK
NOVEMBER
1st WEEK
2ND WEEK
3RD WEEK
4TH WEEK

TUTORIAL SESSION AND VALUES FORMATION SESSION

Initial Session: Meet and Greet: Getting to Know you
1st Session: Diagnostic Testing: Introduction to Values Formation (KFC 4F
appreciation) Videos
2nd Session: God Loves Me and He Wants Me To Be Happy (KE)
3rd Session: Be Like Abraham (KE)
4th Session: Worlds Most Honored Dad (FE)
Reading Tutorial Day
5th Session: Loving Your Parents (FE)
6th Session: Loving, Learning (FE)
7th Session: The Hero inside of Me (SR)
Reading Tutorial Day
8th Session: The Hero Nurtures the Environment (SR)
9th Session: Talking to Mama Mary (FE) (Rosary Month)
10th Session: Being Grateful (KE)
Reading Tutorial Day
11th Session: A Hero is healthy and strong (SR)
12th Session: The Dishonest Boy (FE)
13th Session: Prayer Power (KE)
Reading Tutorial Day

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DECEMBER
1st WEEK
2ND WEEK
3RD WEEK
JANUARY
1st WEEK
2ND WEEK
3RD WEEK
4TH WEEK
FEBRUARY
1st WEEK
2ND WEEK
3RD WEEK
4TH WEEK
MARCH
1st WEEK
2ND WEEK
3RD WEEK
4TH WEEK

14th Session: Build Them Up (KE)

15th Session: Family Christmas Party (FE)
Dep Ed Christmas party
16th Session: The Giving Me
17th Session: Time
18th Session: Authority
Reading Tutorial Day
19th Session: Jesus will show me how to love God
20th Session: God will always forgive me because He loves me
No session: SFC International Conference
21st Session: Kids Camp Talk
22nd Session: Kids Camp Talk
Reading Tutorial Day
23rd Session: Diagnostic Test; Kids Camp Talk
24th Session: Kids Camp Talk

ORIENTATION SESSION
SESSION FOR CHILDREN
FACILITATOR: KFC Couple Coordinators / KFC R.O.C.K volunteers
OBJECTIVES:
1. To help the children to get to know each other as well as to get to know the tutors and
warm up to each other
2. To explain to the children that there will be a regular Saturday activity to help them to
read and to have fun activities to help them become Excellent in school and at home.
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Opening Prayer
Activity: Search for the Star
Recap
Closing Prayer
OPENING PRAYER
Dear Father,
Please bless our day and our time together..
Getting to know fun activities
ACTIVITY: SEARCH FOR THE STAR
Materials:
Cut out of 40 stars in 10 different colors
*4 stars should be of the same color
*1 for each child and 1 for each tutor
*10 tutors should join

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Cut 30 stars made of paper of 10 different colors

*make sure there will be 3 stars same color
*there will be 3 kids & 1 facilitator per group
Mechanics:
1. The KFC Facilitator will introduce the activity and begin by teaching or helping remind
the children to sing (Twinkle, twinkle little star) with action
2. Give 1 star to each child and tell them to hide it first. Each tutor should also have a star
corresponding to the color of each group.
3. When everyone has a star already, ask the children to find others with the star of the
same color. Tutor will also do the same and help the children if they have difficulty
understanding the instructions.
4. After kids and tutor find their matches, the tutor will lead the children to introduce
themselves to each other. Tutor should introduce self first. Tell them to say their name
and their favorite color and how many brothers and sisters they have. What number
(position) are they in the family?
5. After everybody in the group, including the facilitators, have introduced themselves, the
group and the tutor/facilitator will move and join with another group and introduce
themselves to the other group.
6. Repeat the procedure until all the groups have met each other.
7. Encourage the children to speak and share by clapping or saying very good or other
encouraging words.
8. To end the activity, Sing the same song as the start.
RECAP
1. Ask the children if they enjoyed the activity
2. Encourage them to come back every Saturday to learn, sing more songs, etc.
3. Explain simply what to expect next Saturday
(DOLCH Test will be given by the SFC tutor in charge)
4. There will also be fun activities while they are waiting.
5. Tell children what to expect and what they should bring for the next week if ever
6. Tell them what time they should arrive
CLOSING PRAYER
Dear Father,
We thank you for the people, who visited us today,
for the games, the songs and the learning that we gain
May you bless us as we go home
allow us to go back next Saturday for us to learn more about you
Amen.
Sing the song Twinkle, twinkle little star
Twinkle, twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
Twinkle, twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are

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SESSION FOR PARENTS

FACILITATOR: KFC Cluster/ Chapter Coordinator / KFC Parent / CFC
OBJECTIVES:
1. To get to know the parents of the children and their thoughts about the condition of their
children.
2. To introduce Kids Cornerstone to them and get buy in to encourage their children to
attend the tutorial and for them to attend the monthly parents values formation program.
INSERT The Parenting Title from EMMS
PROGRAM SCHEDULE ( 60 MINUTES )
Opening Prayer
Group Dynamics/Energizer
Pep Talk
Closing Prayer
OPENING PRAYER

GROUP DYNAMICS/ENERGIZER
Ice breaker options: Simon says. This can be processed to talk about the importance of
following instructions in relation to the learning process of their children and the support
of the family.
SIMON SAYS ACTIVITY
The goal of the game is for all the participants to listen to the instructions carefully
Mechanics:
1. The game facilitator will ask everyone to follow the action that will be given whenever
they hear the phrase SIMON SAYS (e.g. SIMON SAYS sit down, all the participants
should sit down), if the facilitator didnt say the phrase they should not do the action
2. If they committed a mistake they will automatically be out of the game
3. As soon as everybody understands the instruction, the game can start
4. The game facilitator will start with the game (SIMON SAYS stand up, SIMON SAYS
sit down, Stand up, Jump, SIMON SAYS walk around the room, Stop)
5. All the participants who made a mistake will be out of the game
6. The game will end until there is only one participant left
PEP TALK
It is encouraged to give the session in Filipino or local dialect to deliver and relate well
with the parents
INTRODUCTION
Ask each parent to introduce by giving their name, how many children they have, what they do,
and what do they want their children to learn.
After the introduction allow them to share their insights on the group dynamics/energizer (give
room for 3 sharers) then proceed to the importance of their role in this program.

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We say that parents play a big role in molding their children to be good and to be the best that
they can be. In this program our children will need our support as they start a new journey. We
as parents have to understand what our children will go through and are going through, as well
as help us to support our children. As our children learn and go through tutorial and values
formation we will also go through parents values formation to deepen our knowledge and be
guided as we journey with our children.
What support does the program will need from us, parents?
1. We have to encourage and prepare our children to attend the weekly Saturday tutorial
- We can help them do their assignments
- We can feed them before going to school
- We can remind our children that they will learn a lot of things from the tutorial
- We can pray with them before going to school
2. Follow up the progress of their children
- We can ask our children of how the session went
- We can ask them what they have learned (new words, songs, stories, etc)
- We can also ask the tutors on the progress of our children
3. Attend the once a month meeting and parent values formation. This will coincide with 1
Saturday of the month and will be from 9-11am.
CLOSING PRAYER

NOTE: The Kids Values Formation and Parenting Programs may be given without the tutorial
for Jollibee Busog Lusog Talino Partner Schools or other Partners. These will also be
considered as Cornerstone Schools. However, the CFC/SFC area should strive to bring the
tutorial to the school.
In such instances, the Cornerstone team of the area should coordinate with Cornerstone
National Core Team for the process of proper coordination with Jollibee and the concerned
partner school.

HOW TO ADMINISTER DOLCH SIGHT VOCABULARY TEST

1. WHAT IS THE DOLCH SIGHT VOCABULARY TEST
The Dolch Sight Vocabulary Test is a list of 220 words that appear frequently in
written English. By learning this list, students will gain a good foundation for
developing their reading skills (Source: englishbanana.com).
2. MATERIALS NEEDED
a. Dolch Inventory of Words
b. Dolch Test Record Sheet
c. Pencil
d. Timer or wrist watch

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e. Two (2) chairs with arm rests/desks

f. Conducive environment quiet, well

lit and

well

ventilated

3. MECHANICS
a. There should be two copies of the DOLCH Sight List per class one for the
Tutor and the other copy for the pupil. The Tutor uses a Class Record Sheet to
log the pupils scores (see sample).
b. The Tutor who conducts the test should not be the adviser or moderator of the
class.
c. Test the pupils individually. Dont let the others hear what he is reading.
d. Each pupil is told to say the words he knows/recognizes. Move from top to
bottom on each column.
e. Please note that each pupil can only read from the list for 20 MINUTES. Time
starts only after the pupil affirms that he understands all the instructions of the
tutor.
f. The Tutor tallies the number of correct responses of each pupil in the Class
List. Add comments on the side whenever possible, such as He makes much
of his phonics or He goes very slowly.
4. CRITERIA
a. FOR CREDIT
- If the pupil can pronounce the word at sight.
- If he corrects himself immediately after miscalling in and then
pronounces it correctly.
b. FOR NO CREDIT
- If he miscalls the word then after reading another word correctly, he
comes back and reads the previous word correctly.
- If he miscalls the word and makes trials before getting the correct one.
- If it takes him more than 15 seconds to call the word.
5. SCORING
a. To get the pupils score, count the number of correct responses and record in
the Class List. Find out each pupils grade level (See Grading Table below).
b. To get the class average, add all individual scores then divide by the number
of pupils.
Grading the DOLCH Sight Vocabulary Test Word Recognition Accuracy
LEVEL
PRE PRIMER
PRIMER
1ST READER
2ND READER
3RD READER

IV.

SCORE
0 75
76 120
121 170
171 210
211 ABOVE

EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT

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Evaluation involves using information you have collected to answer questions about
how well the volunteer program is doing, to identify any gaps and improvements you
can make and to demonstrate your outcomes (the difference that involving
volunteers makes). It will involve analysis of monitoring information (quantitative or
"hard" data ) and any feedback, case studies, volunteer experiences etc (qualitative
or "soft" data).1
A. CORNERSTONE VOLUNTEERS REPORTING
Why monitor and evaluate a volunteer programme?

To measure to what extent you are meeting any specific aims of your volunteer
program
To determine the quality of the volunteers' experience within your organization
To demonstrate the impact that volunteers have on your organization, both in
terms of their contribution and their economic value
To identify areas in your volunteer program that may need improvement
Funders may require you to monitor and evaluate your volunteer program

Monitoring is the process for collecting the facts and figures related to your
volunteer program. This will include such things as

Numbers of volunteers
Demographic information (age, ethnicity etc)
Records showing how often and for how long people volunteer
The type of work that volunteers do
The economic value of volunteer's contributions
The costs of involving volunteers

Monitoring information can be used as evidence in your outputs (the things you do and
the services you provide) especially in evaluating volunteers spiritual growth and
deepening of their Christian Character.
how often? WEEKLY
should be done by the VOLUNTEERS
to whom will they submit ? TO THEIR TEAM LEADER
A. Volunteer TUTORS MONITORING FORM Annex D
B. Volunteer ACTIVITY REPORT TEMPLATE Annex E
C. Volunteer MID YEAR Personal Evaluation Annex F
D. Cornerstone Group Evaluation Annex G
E. Volunteer Weekly Evaluation Annex H
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ANNEXES
A. KFC ROCK WEEKEND MANUAL
B. Cornerstone Orientation Powerpoint Presentation
C. OVERVIEW OF LITERACY and Kids Values Formation PROGRAM FOR
GRADE 2 3 STUDENTS
D. Volunteer TUTORS MONITORING FORM
E. Volunteer ACTIVITY REPORT TEMPLATE
F. Volunteer MID YEAR Personal EVALUATION
G. Volunteer MID YEAR Group EVALUATION
H. Volunteer Weekly Evaluation
I. DOLCH Test Result Template
J. Documentation ( Written, Photos, Video)
c. Tutorial sessions
d. Orientation, Brigada Escuela, Christmas Party, Moving Up Day
K. Cornerstone Elementary School Program Administration

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ANNEX D. CORNERSTONE TUTORIAL PROGRAM Monitoring Form for

Volunteers
Sector: _____________ Name of School:______________________________________
Team Leader: ______________________________________
List of Volunteers:
Month: AUGUST
NAME

CONTACT DETAILS
(cell phone no./email address)

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Aug
1st
week

Aug
2nd
week

Aug
3rd
week

Aug
4th
week

ANNEX E. CORNERSTONE MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT

SECTOR:
DATE:
NAME:
NAME OF SCHOOL
STUDENTS
e.g. Doa Juana ES

NAME OF SCHOOL

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ATTENDEES (NO. OF PAX)

SFC
YFC
KFC
CFC
TUTORS
ROCK
CC
10
4
2
6

OBSERVATIONS/
CONCERNS/
ACTIONS TAKEN

SUGGESTIONS
RECOMMENDATIONS

e.g. Doa Juana ES

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TEACHERS
2

OTHER MATTERS

ANNEX F. CORNERSTONE PERSONAL EVALUATION (Mid Year Evaluation)

SCHOOL______________________________ DATE_____________________
NAME_________________________________
Time really flies, it has been 6 months that we are serving in our partner schools; we have seen
how the Lord has blessed the CORNERSTONE project and even our own personal lives. We
have seen lives transformed, relationships deepen, and faith rekindled. Truly, the Lord surprised
us as we witnessed the progress of our tutees performance and their knowledge about God.
As we continue serving, we would like to know your personal experience and the progress of our
project in CORNERSTONE. We hope to improve our project to help more young people in the
country. May this evaluation help us in the future.
1. Growing in your Personal Christian Character
On a scale of 1 to 10, how did you progress in the following:
1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest
DISCIPLINE
From _______ when I started to _________ now
PATIENCE
From _______ when I started to _________ now
PERSEVERANCE
From _______ when I started to _________ now
COMMITMENT
From _______ when I started to _________ now
2. Evangelization and Growing in Service
Check if you invited someone to join the Cornerstone Service
____
SFC
How many? ____
____
NON SFC
How many? ____
3. Loving Others: On a scale of 1 to10, how did you progress in the following:
1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest
TUTEES
From ______ to
TEAM MATES
From ______ to
TEACHERS/SCHOOL ADMIN
From ______ to
CFC COUNTERPARTS
From ______ to
OTHER MINISTRIES
From ______ to

__________
__________
__________
__________
__________

4. List the top three (3) things that motivate you to conduct the weekly sessions?
a.
b.
c.
5. List the top three (3) difficulties have you encountered in your Cornerstone Service. Opposite
the difficulty state what support you need

Difficulty

Support needed

6. Give at least 1 recommendation that will improve the sessions

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ANNEX G. CORNERSTONE GROUP EVALUATION (Mid Year Evaluation)

SCHOOL _______________________
SECTOR _______________________
COORDINATOR _________________ Team
Leader__________________________
STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES
RESOURCES
NO. OF
MANPOWER
FINANCIAL Support
MATERIALS

PROJECT
SYSTEM
Clarity of policies
Adequacy of training
Monitoring system
Reporting System
Coordination

COMPETENCE
LANGUAGE SKILLS
QUALITY OF
TEACHING
CONSISTENCY

PROGRAM
DEVELOPMENT
Feedback
mechanism
Responsiveness

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OPPORTUNITIES

THREATS

Annex H. VOLUNTEER WEEKLY EVALUATION

Make a brief description for the objectives of the weekly evaluation focus on
pastoral aspect i.e. as a pastoral tool in developing Christian character.
CORNERSTONE POST TUTORIAL EVALUATION
Post Tutorial Processing Questions
[This form is to be filled up after each tutorial session and to be submitted before leaving the school.]

Name
Topic

Sector
Date

School

Instruction:: Please read the statements below and write the number that corresponds to the
emotions you are feeling about them.
1=
3=

(happy)
(sad it could have been better)

2=
4=

(hard but I can do it)

(frustrated)

I studied the lesson well before going to our session

I practiced first how I should conduct the lesson
I brought all the materials needed by me and my tutees for the session
I was on time for the session
I was able to encourage my tutees to do the activities
I was patient with my tutees
I learned more about my tutees today
I like being able to help my tutees
My tutees participated actively in our lesson today
We were able to use our time well
What I learned about myself today:

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
What I learned about my tutees today

____________________________________________________________

For next tutorial I will

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

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