Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
DAY 3-4. SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANNING
TITLE OF SESSION SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANNING – PHASE 1: ASSESS
Duration
Session Objectives: Stated as
Behavioral Outcome Objectives (e.g.,
Appreciate, Create, Define, Explain):
Contribution to Workshop
Outcomes
Key Understanding
Link with the Previous Session
Link with the Next Session
References
NATIONAL EDUCATORS ACADEMY OF THE PHILIPPINES
SCHOOL HEADS’ DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:
FOUNDATIONAL COURSE FOR SCHOOL HEADS
3 hours
At the end of the session, the school heads should be able to:
o Identify Priority Improvement Areas (PIAs);
o Set SMART objectives in the School Improvement Plan;
o Determine the voice of the customer (VOC) by using prescribed tools; and
o Surface root causes of PIAs.
It is the greatest desire of educators that every school in the country will improve so that learning outcomes will
also improve. The SIP is a three-year roadmap prepared by a team through the help of the community and
other stakeholders that lays down the specific interventions to be implemented.
The Assess phase of the SIP development process aims to Identify/Review the Priority Improvement Areas (PIA).
Analysis of the PIA will lead into a more comprehensive understanding of school issues, which should lead to the
identification of interventions.
Continuous Improvement is an essential principle in school improvement. In the next few sessions, school heads
will be trained to develop school improvement plans that interface well with Continuous Improvement principles.
In the next session, we will go through the different phases in the SIP cycle. In the Assess phase of SIP
development, school heads will learn how to identify priority improvement areas that they will need to develop
solutions for in succeeding SIP phases.
School Improvement Plan Guidebook
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Department of Education
NATIONAL EDUCATORS ACADEMY OF THE PHILIPPINES
SCHOOL HEADS’ DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:
FOUNDATIONAL COURSE FOR SCHOOL HEADS

Time Key Messages Method Slides Session Materials

Allotment SAY DO Outputs
Introduce the session by linking with the course
narrative, to the previous session and to the next
session

30 minutes Activity 4-5

 Form 5 teams.
Manila paper
 Each team will conduct a brainstorming
Pentel pen
session where each member will be freely
associating his understandings on SCHOOL
MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS and SERVICE
DELIVERY.
 Each team must select a leader, a meeting
moderator, and a recorder who will capture
the salient points taken in the session.
 The brainstorming session will be guided by
this question:

“What are the perceived problems on

SCHOOL MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS
and SERVICE DELIVERY in your respective
schools that you regard to be Priority
Newsprints/P
Improvement Areas (PIA’s)?”
entel Pens
 After a 20 minute brainstorming session the
team should be able to report in plenary the
outcome of the session by highlighting the
Identified common PIA’s along SCHOOL
MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS and SERVICE
DELIVERY.
 Present outputs in the form of an elevator
pitch.

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Department of Education
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SCHOOL HEADS’ DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:
FOUNDATIONAL COURSE FOR SCHOOL HEADS

15 minutes Processing

 What are you currently doing?

 What can we do differently?
 What will happen if we do not address
these issues?
 What will happen if the PIAs identified are
not addressed?

60 minutes 7
Lecture/Discussion:

(For reference on contents please turn to the SIP

Guidebook)

Step 2. Identify/Review Priority Improvement Areas

In identifying priority
improvement areas, we must 8-21
actively involve our stakeholders.

In identifying the PIA, we must

determine the root cause/s. 2.1: Present and discuss the information gathered Annex 3 Gap
during the preparatory activities Analysis
SHOW: GAP Analysis TEMPLATE Template

(For reference on contents please

turn to the SIP Guidebook)

The data you need for 2.1 will

come from the preparatory stage.
Thus, if we did not go through 23-33

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Department of Education
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SCHOOL HEADS’ DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:
FOUNDATIONAL COURSE FOR SCHOOL HEADS

the preparatory stage, we will not Annex 4

have any data to accomplish 2.1. 2.2: Identify/Review the Priority Improvement Identifyin
Areas g Priority
SHOW: Annex 4 (PIA Template) Improvem
ent Areas
The identification of a priority SHOW: Prioritization Rubric (Criteria-Description-
improvement area leads to a gap Prioritization
Scale)
analysis. Rubric
SHOW: Sample Rubrics
The most important document at
this point is the SCDT. SHOW: Annex 5 (Planning Worksheet) Annex 5
Planning
36 Workshee
t
15 minutes Activity 2

1. Rate your knowledge about the concepts using the

following Vocabulary Knowledge Scale

35-44
2. Ask participants to volunteer their responses.
45 minutes
Discussion

Step 3. Analyze the Priority Improvement Areas

3.1: Set General Objectives

Discuss examples.

Ask: Are these incremental targets? Why/why not?

Ask 2-3 participants to construct objective statements
based on the table.

Discuss: SMART Goal-Setting

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SCHOOL HEADS’ DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:
FOUNDATIONAL COURSE FOR SCHOOL HEADS

- What is a SMART goal?

- Formula for writing SMART goals

3.2. Organize the Project Teams

3.3: Listen to the voice of the learners and other 57-72

stakeholders

3.4. Analyze the School Processes

- Analyze School Processes
- Process Guidelines

SHOW: Sample Process Map

- Storm Clouds
- Simulate interview with learner
- Are there storm clouds? 73-79

SHOW: Sample process map (math) 80-99

3.5. Select Area of Focus

We can listen to the voice of the
learners by observing them and 3.6. Do Root Cause Analysis Sample
directly corresponding with them. - Discuss different approaches to RCA observation
- Fishbone report
- Why-Why
- Problem Tree 100-102
Emphasize: Triangulation is
important. Different sources of - Present tips in identifying the root cause
data allow you to validate your
analysis. 3.7. Present Root Cause to SPT

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Department of Education
NATIONAL EDUCATORS ACADEMY OF THE PHILIPPINES
SCHOOL HEADS’ DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:
FOUNDATIONAL COURSE FOR SCHOOL HEADS

30 minutes Application

Instructions: Planning
Worksheet
 Individual Work:
1. Take time to individually work on a
Planning Worksheet for ACCESS, QUALITY
and GOVERNANCE.
2. Think of your school in terms of the
DepEd Intermediate Outcomes indicated
in the worksheet.
3. State in it the PIA’s and the General
Objectives that you want to focus on.
4. One participant each for ACCESS,
QUALITY, and GOVERNANCE will present
their output in plenary.

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SCHOOL HEADS’ DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:
FOUNDATIONAL COURSE FOR SCHOOL HEADS

Planning Worksheet Template

PLANNING WORKSHEET FOR ACCESS AND QUALITY

Learning DepEd Intermediate Priority Improvement General Objectives Expected Outcomes

Stage Outcome Areas

IO1: Learners are in

school and learning
centers

IO2: Learners access

programs responsive to
their needs and
consistent with their
interests and aptitudes

IO3: Learners enjoy

learner-friendly
7-9 environment

IO4: Learners actively

participate in their
learning environment

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SCHOOL HEADS’ DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:
FOUNDATIONAL COURSE FOR SCHOOL HEADS

IO5: Learners attain

learning standards

IO6: Learners are well-

rounded, happy and
smart

IO1: Learners are in

school and learning
centers

IO2: Learners access

programs responsive to
their needs and
consistent with their
interests and aptitudes
IO3: Learners enjoy
learner-friendly
environment

10-12
IO4: Learners actively
participate in their
learning environment

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Department of Education
NATIONAL EDUCATORS ACADEMY OF THE PHILIPPINES
SCHOOL HEADS’ DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:
FOUNDATIONAL COURSE FOR SCHOOL HEADS

IO5: Learners attain learning

standards

IO6: Learners are well-

rounded, happy and smart

IO1: Learners are in school

and learning centers

IO2: Learners access

programs responsive to their
needs and consistent with
their interests and aptitudes

10-12 IO3: Learners enjoy learner-

friendly environment

IO4: Learners actively

participate in their learning
environment

IO5: Learners attain learning

standards

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SCHOOL HEADS’ DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:
FOUNDATIONAL COURSE FOR SCHOOL HEADS

IO6: Learners are well-

rounded, happy and smart

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Department of Education
NATIONAL EDUCATORS ACADEMY OF THE PHILIPPINES
SCHOOL HEADS’ DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:
FOUNDATIONAL COURSE FOR SCHOOL HEADS

PLANNING WORKSHEET FOR GOVERNANCE

Learning Stage DepEd Priority General Objectives Expected Outcomes

Intermediate Improvement
Outcome Areas

IO1: Education
leaders and
managers practice
participative and
inclusive
management
processes

IO2: Internal
systems and
processes needed
for continuous
improvement in
place

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SCHOOL HEADS’ DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:
FOUNDATIONAL COURSE FOR SCHOOL HEADS

IO3: Growing
number of
stakeholders
actively participate
and collaborate in
convergence
mechanisms at all
levels

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