MINUTES OF LEARNING ACTION CELL (LAC) SESSION 4

November 9, 2018

AGENDA:
1. Focus Group Discussion on 2nd Quarterly Assessment Results
PROCEEDINGS:
1. The focus group discussion started at 11:00AM.
2. Minutes of LAC Session 3 was read and approved.
3. The composition of the management staff was reiterated, to ensure smooth flow of every LAC
session.
4. Mr. Delio Escaño, Master Teacher, discussed the rationale of the focus group discussion. He
told the group that it is important to examine the results of every quarterly assessment (and
other forms of assessment, as deemed necessary) to come up with possible interventions to
address these results.
5. Mr. Escaño presented the consolidated results of the 2 nd Quarterly Assessment. He discussed
the MPS and least-mastered skills (LMS) per shift, then combined. The following were the
findings:
a. Grade 7: Top LMS is the Multiplication of Polynomials.
b. Grade 8: Top LMS is Solving problems involving Linear Equations.
c. Grade 9: Top LMS is Deriving the Laws of Radicals.
d. Grade 10: Top LMS is Getting the x-intercept of a line.
6. Mr. Escaño facilitated the brainstorming activity using the guide questions: (1) What are the
reasons why we have these results? (2) What can we do? (3) How about we try utilizing our
Math Honor Society awardees to tutor/mentor those students who underperform in class?
7. Teachers cited that the diversity of learners was one of the challenges in their mathematics
classrooms. They then presented possible interventions to address these quarterly assessment
results. One of which is the peer mentoring which will utilize Math Honor Society members
as mentors; provided that this will be a buddy system that will be used in/during the class
period; NOT during remedial classes outside class hours.
8. Mr. Escaño also enumerated some teaching strategies which may help address the diversity of
learners. He mentioned about differentiating the learners’ activities based on their gender,
needs, strengths, interests, and experiences. He also explained that either the content, process,
or product may be differentiated. He encouraged the teachers to employ different teaching
strategies so that they can help students increase their levels of achievement.
9. Administrative concerns were also discussed very briefly. Questions were entertained.
10. LAC Session ended at 1:00pm.

Prepared by:

ANGELO D. UY
Head Teacher III
11/09/2018

Approved:
(Teachers of Math Department)