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Module 1

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TLE – Grades 9
MODULE 1: PERSONAL ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETENCIES
First Edition, 2020

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Development Team of the Module

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Editor: Jael P. Olańo
Illustrator/Layout Artist: John Paulo C. Chavez
Management Team:
Gilbert T. Sadsad, Regional Director
Jessie L. Amin, Assistant Regional Director
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Loida N. Nidea, Schools Division Superintendent
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Lalaine V. Fabricante, Division TLE/TVL Coordinator (H.E)
Miguel P. Barcia, Division TLE/TVL Coordinator (AFA)

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 G-9

TLE
“Personal Entrepreneurial
Competencies”

Module-1 Week-1

LO-1 Recognize Personal

Entrepreneurial Competencies
ans Skills Needed in Food
Processing

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INTRODUCTION
This module is designed to equip you about
entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial competencies
related to Food (Fish) Processing. You will have first-hand
experience in educational activities leading to a personal
assessment of your entrepreneurial competencies and an
assessment of the entrepreneurial competencies of a
successful Food (Fish) Processor within your province.
You will have activities to align your competencies with
those of successful practitioners. Moreover, this module is
designed to introduce entrepreneurship, its role in the
business community in particular and to economic and
social development in general.

Objectives

At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

1. Identify the Personal Entrepreneurial Competences (PECs).
2. Assess one’s PECs by using the Checklist provided.
3. List down strength and weaknesses based on the result of
the PECs Checklist.
4. Prepare a plan of action that would improve PECs related to
Food/ Fish Processing.
5. Apply the Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies in daily living.

Vocabulary List

are people with skills and capabilities to see and evaluate

Entrepreneurs
business opportunities

It is a strategic process of innovation and new venture

Entrepreneurship
creation.
Refers to the important characteristics that an individual
Entrepreneurial
should possess in order to perform Entrepreneurial
competencies
functions effectively.

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 Pre-Test

Direction: Match the entrepreneurial competencies in column A with their

meaning in column B. Write the letter of the correct answer in your answer sheet.

Column A Column B

1. Hardworking a. Ability to set realistic targets

2. Self-confident b. Interest in money generation
3. Profit-Oriented c. Belief in oneself
4. Goal-Oriented d. Working diligently and industriously
5. Persistent e. Being able to listen to the advice of
6. Responds to feedback others
7. Willing to listen f. Obtaining useful feedback and
8. Committed advice from others
9. Reliable and has g. Being patient and strives to achieve
the goal
integrity
h. Ability to take measured or
10. Risk-taker calculated risks
i. Being honest, fair and trustworthy.
j. Giving this a priority in his life as an
entrepreneur

What’s New?
Discover

View Online Video: Learn by Viewing on the”

Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies

https://youtube.be/LVQOKu3kGdw
Then do Self-Check 1.1 to know your level of
understanding.

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 Read Lesson Information closely and find out how much
you can remember. Then do Self-Check 1.1, Activity and
Task Sheet 1.1 to know how much you have learned.

Lesson Information

Below are

Important Characteristics of a Good Entrepreneur

Hardworking: working habitually and diligently for a long hours. Hardworking

people keep on striving to improve their performance to produce
good product and provide good services.
Self-confident: confident in their abilities and trust their judgment.
Disciplined: Successful entrepreneurs always stick to the plan and fight the
temptation to do what is unimportant.
Committed: A good entrepreneur accepts full responsibility for everything in
his/her business. He/she is dedicated in making the business
successful.
Able to accept change: Nothing is permanent but change. Change occurs
frequently. An entrepreneur copes with and thrives on changes.
He/she capitalizes on positive changes to make the business grow.
Creative: An entrepreneur should be creative and innovative to stay in business
and in order to have an edge over the competition.
Takes Initiative: An entrepreneur takes the personal responsibility for the failure
or success of the business.
Profit-Oriented: An entrepreneur enters into business to generate profit
or additional income. Therefore, an entrepreneur must see to it that
the business is profitable.
Planning: Planning is a strategic thinking and setting of goals to achieve
objectives by carefully maximizing all the available resources. A good
entrepreneur develops and applies step-by-step plans to realize
goals.
People Skills: Possessing people skills refers to the entrepreneur‘s ability to
effectively and efficiently communicate and relate to people working
within and outside of the business.
Decision Making: Successful entrepreneurs have the ability to think quickly and
make wise decision towards pre-determined objectives. Sound
decisions should arise from verified facts/information towards the
pre-determined objectives.

What is it?
Self-Check 1.1
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PERSONAL ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPTENCIES ( PECs) CHECKLIST

Direction: Using the PECs Checklist, assess yourself by indicating

a check (√) mark in either strengths and/or development areas
column. Interpret the results by counting the total number of check
marks in each of the columns. After accomplishing the checklist, list
all the insights you have gained based on the results.

Table 1.1 PECs Checklist

Personal Entrepreneurial SCORE
competencies 5 4 3 2 1
Hardworking
- Works diligently.
Self Confidence
– Confidence in one’s ability.
Disciplined
- Focused on work at hand.
Committed
- Solid dedication.
Able to accept change
- Adaptable to change.
Creative
- Innovative to have edge over
competition.
Profit- oriented
- Always striving for income
Planner
- Strategic thinking and setting
of goals
People Skills
- Effective and efficient
communication and relation to
people.
Decision Maker
- makes wise decision towards the
set
objectives

TOTAL

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 Legend:
5 - I definitely possess this trait 100%
4 – I possess this trait more than most 75%
3 – I possess this trait about the same as most 50%
2 – I somewhat possess this trait 25%
1 – I definitely need to improve on this trait 10%
Critical thinking questions
1. What are your insights gained after getting the result of the activity?
2. How was your experience in discovering your strengths and the areas where you
need improvement?
________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

Whats more?
Enrichment Activity

DO A RESEARCH / INTERVIEW
To deepen your understanding of PECs, interview/ look for a successful Food
(Fish) Processor or entrepreneur in your province whose type of business is related
to Food (Fish) Processing. Focus your interview on PECs and other business-related
attributes that helped them become successful. Analyze the result of the interview and
reflect on the characteristics of an entrepreneur. Write your answers on a separate
sheet of paper.

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 Sample Interview Guide
Name of Proprietor/Practitioner:
_____________________________________
Age: _______________________ Number of Years in Business: __________
Business Name:
_____________________________________

Business Address:
_____________________________________
1. What preparations were necessary before you engaged in this type of
business/job?
2. What are your special skills/characteristics that are related to your
business/job?
3. How did you solve business-related problems during the early years of your
business operation?
4. Have you followed the advice from a successful businessman/practitioner
before you engaged in your business?
5. What are the best business practices that you can pass on to aspiring
entrepreneurial students?
6. What are the characteristics, attributes, lifestyle, skills and traits that made you
successful in your business?
7. What lifestyle changes did you make or not make that contributed to your
success in business?

Take note that in conducting the interview, you need to use the questionnaire given above.
Net browsing of the biography of a successful practitioner of which business is related to
Food/ Fish Processing is another option.

Instruction: Cull the needed information from the interview to supply answer/s to
Row 1 in the table below. Meanwhile, fill out the second row with your
PECs.
Table 1.1

Personal Entrepreneurial Characteristics

Competencies
Successful Entrepreneur
in the province

My PECs

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Using the information on the table above, analyze, and reflect on the similarities and
differences between your answers and those of the interviewee. Put your reflection
on the table below. Write your conclusion on the space provided below.

Table 1.2
Personal Entrepreneurial Similarities Differences
Competencies

Characteristics

Conclusion:
__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

What I have learned?

Remember

Task Sheet 1

Direction: The following are guide questions which encapsulate the entire module.
Write your answers on your assignment notebook, and then share your answer to the
class by using your class group chat.

1. What entrepreneurial activities do you know and are capable of doing which are related to
Food (Fish) Processing?

___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
2. Given the opportunity to own a business that relates to Food (Fish)
Processing, do you think you can manage it? Explain your answer.
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________

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3. What do you think are the most important competencies you must possess in order to be
successful in running your chosen business?

___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
4. Name successful entrepreneurs from your province whose business is related to Food
(Fish) Processing. Be able to share it to the class their PECs that made them successful.

___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Congratulations! You did a great job! Rest and relax a while then move on to
the next lesson. Good luck!

What I can do?

Performance Task 1.1

Direction: Accomplish the Scoring Rubrics honestly. Remember it is

You’re learning at stake!

OVERALL EVALUATION
Level
PERFORMANCE LEVELS
Achieved
Ask somebody in your 4- Can perform the skill satisfactorily
home to assess your without supervision and with initiative
performance in the and adaptability to problem situations.
following critical task
and performance criteria 3- Can perform the skill satisfactorily
below. without assistance or supervisions.
2- Can perform the skill satisfactorily
You will be rated based but requires some assistance and/or
on the evaluation supervision.
on the right side. 1- Can perform parts of the skill
satisfactorily, but requires considerable
assistance and/or supervision
Teacher will initial level achieved.

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 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
For acceptable achievement, all items should
1 2 3 4
be answered. Choose number 1, 2, 3 and 4
from the box.
1. Give the meaning of PECs.
2. State the 11 PECs.

3. Must be able to identify his/her strength and

weaknesses.

4. Able to make an action plan.

5. Name one successful entrepreneur in the

Bicol Region who/s venture is related to
Food/ Fish Processing.

What I can do?

Performance Task 1.2

PREPARATION OF ACTION PLAN

Direction: Using the table below and the information generated from Task 5
(Interview), prepare an action plan that indicates how you would align your PECs
to the PECs of the successful entrepreneur Food (Fish) Processing entrepreneur
in your province.

Objective Area Activities Strategies Time Frame Expected

Outcome
To align my Characteristics
PECs with the
PECs of the
successful
entrepreneur in
Food/ Fish
Processing.

Activities – what actions you will do to develop the characteristics you want
Strategies –what are the ways and techniques you will use in developing these
characteristics.
Time Frame – how long will you accomplish these activities?
Expected Output – identify the possible result/outcome.

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 What I can do?
Performance Task 1.3

Direction: Read and study the following questions below. Use a separate
sheet of paper or your notebook to write your answers.

1. Why is there a need to compare and align your PECs with the PECs of a
successful entrepreneur?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________

2. How does your action plan help sustain your strong PECs and/or address your
areas for development?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________

3. What plan of action would you implement to address your areas for development?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________

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 Post-Test

Directions: Write your answer on the space provided. Refer on the words
provided below.

1._____________ this means working habitually and diligently for a long hours.
2._____________ refers to being confident in their abilities and trust their judgment.
3._____________ a good entrepreneur accepts full responsibility for everything
in his/her business.
4._____________ Successful entrepreneurs always stick to the plan and fight the
temptation to do what is unimportant.
5._____________ He/she capitalizes on positive changes to make the business
grow.

Able to accept change

Committed Disciplined
Hard working
Self- Confident

What’s more to do?

Assignment/Additional Activities

MATCHING TYPE
Direction: Match the entrepreneurial competencies in column A with their
meaning in column B. Write the letter of the correct answer in a
sheet of paper.
A B
____1. Creative a. makes wise decisions towards the set objectives
____2. Profit – Oriented b. focus on work at hand
c. effective and efficient communication and
____3. Disciplined relation to people.
____4. Good Decision Maker d. always strives for income
____5.Possesses People Skills e. make innovative move to achieve competitiveness.

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 Answer Key

Pre-Test: Self-Check 1.1 Enrichment

1. e PECs Checklist Scoring Criteria
2. k Scoring Criteria 5- Accomplished all the parts correctly and
3. h 5 - I definitely possess this trait (100%) completely
4. a 4 – I possess this trait more than most 4- Accomplished only 3 out of 4 parts.
5. j (75%) 3- Accomplished only 2 out of 4 parts.
6. b 3 – I possess this trait about the same as 2- Accomplished 1 part only.
7. c most( 50%) 1- No output at all.
8. j 2 – I somewhat possess this trait (25%)
9. d 1 – I definitely need to improve this trait Legend:
10. f (10%) a. Guide Questions c. Table 1.2
b. Table 1.1 d. Conclusion
PERFORMANCE TASK 1.1 Post-Test
Self Scoring Rubrics 1.Hard Working
5- Can perform the skill satisfactorily without supervision and with initiative 2. Self- confident
and adaptability to problem situations 3. Committed
4- Can perform the skill satisfactorily without assistance or supervisions. 4. Disciplined
3- Can perform the skill satisfactorily but requires some assistance and/or 5.Adaptable to change
supervision.
2- Can perform parts of the skill satisfactorily, but requires considerable
assistance and/or supervision
1-cannot perform any task even with assistance
Assignment
PERFORMANCE TASK 1.2 1. e
Scoring Rubrics: 2. d
5- Completed the task 2- 1 task was completed 3. b
4- 3 of the tasks were completed 1- no output at all 4. a
3- Only 2 tasks was completed 5. c
.
PERFORMANCE TASK 1.3
Scoring Rubrics:
5- has all the criterion
4- 3 criteria was met 5 = 94 – 97 4=90– 93
3- 2 criteria was met
3= 87-89 2 = 85 – 8 7
2- only 1 criteria was met
1- did not perform the task 1= 80-84

Legend:
a. Precise
b. Completeness of the thought
c. informative
d. fact

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