GUIDELINES TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT

OF CTU-DANAO CAMPUS FOR COVID19

Scope and Coverage

Cebu Technological University-Danao Campus adheres to the Constitution to protect and

promote the right to health of the students, faculty and staff, and other stakeholders as it transitions
from conventional classroom setting to home-based, flexible learning approach in education resulting
from the unprecedented threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Complementing the existing policies of the IATF, LGU, and CHED Advisories on the
implementation of the community quarantine and phased intervention among others, CTU Danao issues
campus-specific guidelines pertaining to its operations during the COVID-19 pandemic which could
morph into a state of normalcy after this health crisis.
These guidelines which may facilitate in streamlining current regulations, itemize practices and
policies implemented in the respective departments of this campus during COVID-19 pandemic
community quarantine as well as procedures adhering to the “new normal” post-Enhanced Community
Quarantine (post-ECQ) on the following:

 Prevention, Mitigation and Control

 Delivery of Instruction, Monitoring, Assessment of Learning/Competencies and
Evaluation and other Requirements under the NEW NORMAL
 Maintaining and Keeping CTU Danao Campus COVID-Free
 Performing and Achieving MFO targets under the NEW NORMAL

POLICY DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC COMMUNITY QUARANTINE

A. Prevention, Mitigation and Control:

1. Faculty and staff as well as students are banned from travelling outside the country; and
2. Faculty and staff travelling from areas with known COVID-19 cases shall comply with the
prescribed quarantine protocols before returning to work.

B. Delivery of Instruction

1. Suspension of all sessions in the traditional classroom set-up along with transition to home-
based/virtual/flexible learning approach from March 16, 2020 is extended until the last day of
the second semester 2019-2020 on May 24, 2020;

2. Given the academic freedom in re-mapping course content and resources to be used among
others, all concerned instructors/professors shall ensure the delivery of instruction and
attainment of program/course competencies through an ingenious and innovative flexible
learning system that will require students to work on home-based alternative academic
activities (AAAs) which generally do not compel them to leave the safety of their homes to look
for an internet shop.

3. The flexible learning system or mixed mode of instruction wherein students access course
materials independently at different times and progress at their own pace will be a home-
based, virtual, distance learning which may include a combination of various web
 supplemented, multi-mode instruction that is delivered through all possible combinations of
text (study guides, workbooks, course syllabi, etc.), audio and video-based synchronous and
asynchronous communications (teleconferencing, weblogs, instant messaging, etc.), or
virtual classrooms, social media platforms, and electronic/computer technology (emails,
hypertext documents, podcasts, etc.).

4. Suspension of On-the-Job Trainings (OJTs), internships, and/or practicum is enforced. OJT

coordinator/supervisors shall take into consideration alternative modalities to make up for
the remainder of the trainees’, interns’, and student-teachers’ training hours.

5. Course requirements such as theses, feasibility studies, and the like requiring face-to-face
presentations shall be converted into simplified IMRAD format or modified into another
design as proof of compliance.

6. Flexibility shall be adopted in the approval and conduct of remediation, reinforcement, or

tutorial classes to offset needed competencies or to address deficient performance in order
for the student to comply with the course requirement.

7. Deans/Chairs shall arrange a portal wherein mentoring among faculty members for the
“new normal” modes of delivery could be carried out.

C. Monitoring

1. To closely monitor regular and part-time faculty members, respective academic deans and
concerned chairpersons shall create a feasible monitoring scheme of compliance and portal for
accomplishment reports regarding the status of AAAs to ensure that minimum course
requirements are fulfilled either via flexible learning system or mixed mode of instruction.

2. Concerned faculty shall submit AAAs with verifiable documents for attachments to the
program chairperson. Leniency, however, will be afforded to those who are unable to do so due
to internet inaccessibility; hence, faculty and students will be given up to July 15, 2020 to
comply with all academic and documentary requirements necessary for clearance.

3. Regular meeting will be carried out via online platforms with the deans and chairpersons for
planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of students’ performance, survey of
academic issues and concerns met by faculty members, and for compliance with issuances.

4. Faculty members and staff who are allowed the arrangement to work from home and are
handling vital data/information shall sign a Pledge of Confidentiality to ensure data protection as
provided by R.A. No. 10173 or the Data Privacy Act of 2012.