MODULE 4:

PLANNING FOR CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT AND LAC PLANNING ON
MODULE OBJECTIVE
By the end of this Module, you will be able to:
1. carry out your plan for your continuing PD
2. discuss the different PD initiatives/programs related to the LDMs that are
available to
you, either provided by DepEd or by non-DepEd learning service providers (LSPs)
3. develop a PD plan including the Learning Action Plan
4. commit to your professional growth and development

MODULE CONTENT
Lesson 1: Reflecting on Professional Life and Development
Lesson 2: Planning for the Continuing Professional Development and Participation
in the LAC
LAC Session 4

ESTIMATED TIME REQUIRED

2 hours
LESSON 1: REFLECTING ON PROFESSIONAL LIFE AND DEVELOPMENT 

By the end of this lesson, you should be able to reflect on and assess your current
capabilities and practice in relation to the use of the LDMs in your School.  

Key Topics/Concepts 
assessment; capabilities; professional practice; professional standards  

Resources Required 
🗑 Professional Self-Assessment Questionnaire 
🗑 LDM2 Course Overview 
🗑 Continuing Professional Development Guidelines 
🗑 DepEd Memo No. 50, s.2020 on DepEd Professional Development
Priorities Study Notebook 

ACTIVITY 1.
PROFESSIONAL SELF-ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE

Check the box that best represents your assessment of your skills and capabilities.

ITEMS STRONGLY AGREE DISAGREE STRONGLY

AGREE DISAGREE

I can use the modality with ease. /

I can confidently use the platforms in the /

modalities.

I can use pedagogies associated with the /

modalities and platforms.

I can very well manage my learners/class /

in the modality that my school has
adopted.

I can very well engage with parents and /

community partners in assisting learners.

ACTIVITY 2.
Revisit the Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers (PPST) found in the LDM2 Course Overview. Reflect on
your self-assessment from Activity 1. What particular professional standards in the PPST do you need to focus on
to effectively use the LDMs in relation to the content and pedagogy of the learning area/s you are teaching? Write
your answer and other insights in your Study Notebook.

During my revisiting of the PPST, I found that I need to develop and give more focus on the
Domain number one, the content knowledge and Pedagogy. As my self-assessment where I got only the
agree level so there's a room for my improvement. Also, I want to enhance the domain number six the
community linkages and professional engagement. I need to build strong relationship with the
guardians/parents of my students to deliver the quality supervisory among them as well as with my co
mentors in schools.

ACTIVITY 3.
Answer the following questions by constructing and filling out the table in your Study Notebook. How do you
envision your teaching practice in the next few months as you use the LDM adopted by your School? What is your
goal in terms of your teaching practices in the modalities? What motivates you to achieve this goal? What do you
think will help you attain this goal?

What is your goal toward

improving your teaching
practices in the modalities?
To produce learning materials
at par with DepEd standards
Provide the quality modules for
my students in the Modular
Distant learning this new
normal.
Getting abreast in the related
information and application of
the modality implemented by
the school.
What will push you to achieve
this goal?
My knowledge on how we lag
behind other countries in
literacy
Applying the assessment tool in
choosing learning resources for
the modules.
Quality instruction amidst the
pandemic. In the absence of
F2F, the need to guarantee
effective implementation of
LDM.
What will help you attain this
goal?
Apply everything I know from
the different webinars and
seminars on the production of
learning materials.
Creating account in the LRMDS
and DepEd common.
Participating in the webinars
and LAC sessions addressing this
issue.

LESSON 2: PLANNING FOR THE CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN THE LAC 
 In this session, you will come up with a realistic plan for your continuing PD that 
responds to your identified need in relation to the content and pedagogy of the 
learning area/s you are teaching using the LDM. 

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to: 

1. identify the PD programs available for you  
2. reinforce positive feelings about teaching as a career  

Key Topics/Concepts 
professional development; professional life 

Resources Required 
🗑 List of NEAP-recognized Programs 
🗑 Individual Development Plan Template 
🗑 PD Discussion Template for LAC 

Activity 1
1. Accomplish the Individual Development Plan Template by referring your output in Lesson 1
Activity 3 of this module.

INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Action Plan
(Recommended Developmental
Strengths Developmental Intervention) Timeline Resources Needed
Needs
Learning Intervention
Objectives of
the PD
Program

Focusing Produce quality Producing Attending seminars Whole year School funds
teaching and output, learners quality output about curriculum round
learning ready and fully and learners panning, lesson
equipped ready planning and
teaching strategies

Focusing Can make the best Making lesson Attend orientation Whole year School funds
teaching and lessons for the new plan align about MELCs, LAC round
learning normal class with the session discussing
MELCS by MELC based lesson
DepEd plans.

Support Provide the quality Applying the Attending seminar INSET, LAC School funds,
curriculum modules for my assessment about learning session personal
management students in the tool in resources, LRMDS
and Modular Distance choosing and DEpEd
implementati learning this new learning commons.
on normal resources for
 the modules

Activity 2

1. Refer to your PD objectives and decide on what topics you would like to talk about in your school LAC.
Use the PD Discussion Template in your discussion.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES RELATED TO

SPECIFIC TOPICS
THE MODALITIES

Making Lesson plan align with the MELCs by MELCs, unpacking and combining.
Deped.

Applying the assessment tool in choosing Learning Resources, using of LRMDS and DepEd
learning resources for the modules. commons