Building a Resilient Organization:

BPSU-ETSO Experience and Good

Practices on Adjusting its Operation
in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
Presenter: BERNADETH B. GABOR, Ph.D.
Director, BPSU-ETSO
OVERVIEW OF BPSU
EXTENSION AND TRAINING
SERVICES

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Vision and Mission
VISION
The BPSU-Extension and Training Services is a proactive player in the
transformation of lives of the clientele toward resilient, self-reliant,
productive and sustainable community by 2030.

MISSION
To actively lead in the delivery of programs, facilitate transfer of
appropriate technologies and disseminate relevant, innovative and
transformative knowledge gearing towards productivity enhancement,
self –reliance, quality of life, and people empowerment in attaining a
resilient and sustainable community development.
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Policy, Goals, Objectives and Strategies

GENDER RESPONSIVE EXTENSION PROGRAM

Extension programs must be gender-responsive by ensuring that it
promotes gender equality through gender equity. These programs must
be evaluated using gender-sensitive guidelines and tools.

GOAL
The Office of the Extension and Training Services is directed by a goal:
To help uplift the socio-economic conditions of rural and urban
communities.

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Policy, Goals, Objectives and Strategies
OBJECTIVES
To realize the stated goal for the Office of Extension and Training
Services, the Objectives are:
1. Adopt communities as pilot areas for development;
2. Share knowledge, skills and technology development for socio-
economic upliftment;
3. Build the capabilities of individual and groups of clienteles for self-
reliance and direction;
4. Establish linkages that will intensify the distribution of socioeconomic
progress; and
5. Inculcate and preserve values supportive to regional and national growth.
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IMPACT OF PANDEMIC TO
BPSU EXTENSION AND
TRAINING SERVICES

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Suspension of Programs

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Modification/ Recalibration of existing programs

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Adjustment of targets

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Challenges to protocols

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Fear and anxiety among faculty extensionists

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REDESIGNING EXTENSION
ACTIVITIES IN BPSU:
RESILIENCE AND COPING
STRATEGIES ADOPTED

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Series of
meetings and
consultations
were done with
university
administration,
extensionists,
and stakeholders
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Annual Program
of activities were
reviewed and
recalibrated

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Status of projects
prior to pandemic
and during the
pandemic were
reviewed to guide
leaders for
intervention
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Trainings were
provided to
extensionists and
ETSO personnel
on how to adjust
with the new
normal
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Purchase of
necessary
technology and
online platforms

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Shift to online
delivery mode of
extension
programs

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OTHER STRATEGIC
RESILIENCE OF THE BPSU-
ETSO DURING THE PANDEMIC

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FOR OPERATIONS
All transactions were done thru online platforms because there were restrictions
when it comes to face-to-face setting.

The following were conducted and monitored online:

● Extension Proposal Development and Processing
● Preparation of Purchase Request for all the materials to be used in the training
● Extension Project Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation

Protocols stated in the Manual of Operations of ETSO were still followed although
transactions and submissions were done fully online. Face to face processing
were also allowed for extraordinary circumstances.

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FOR DELIVERY OF TRAININGS
● WEBINARS WITH MODULES
- For extension activities that can be delivered online, webinars
were conducted by the university on some of its programs. Webinars
were complimented by modular approach to provide comprehensive
knowledge and skills dissemination training to targeted participants.

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FOR DELIVERY OF TRAININGS
● BPSU E-EXTENSION PORTAL
- The ETSO online portal serves as an online repository of
reports across the university. The portal also serves as an online
newsletter to keep the university and the stakeholders updated on
extension and training services. The portal is being maintained by a set
of assigned ETSO personnel to upload and update documents and
reports and photos and videos to the portal for public consumption.

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BPSU e-extension portal features
CONTACT US SECTION
The contact us section provides
the public an avenue to contact
ETSO and inquire or avail of its
services. This also serves as
feedback mechanism for ETSO

GALLERY
This section provides actual
photos of activities accomplished
by ETSO
FOR DELIVERY OF TRAININGS

● FACE-TO-FACE ACTIVITIES
- Wherever and whenever possible, some programs need to be
executed on a face-to-face basis. Programs that were executed on
face-to-face basis were well-coordinated to authorities following the
strictest health protocols as mandated by health and school authorities.

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BPSU-ETSO PROGRAMS
AND INITIATIVES DURING
THE PANDEMIC

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PROJECT ARUGA
● Webinars on hygiene and sanitation, safety
protocols
● Distribution of PPEs
● Preparation of Food packs for Front liners
● Distribution of grocery package to our less
fortunate brothers and sisters in different
adopted communities

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PROJECT ARUGA

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PROJECT ARUGA

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BPSU ANCOP BANI PROJECT
FEEDING PROGRAM FOR 35 MALNOURISHED CHILDREN

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BPSU ANCOP BANI PROJECT
SOLAR POWER IRRIGATION SYSTEM-COLLEGE
OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

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BPSU ANCOP BANI PROJECT
Industrial Sewing Machine Operation-College
of Technology-Garments

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 BPSU ANCOP BANI PROJECT
Mushroom Production in collaboration with Abucay Campus

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 Establishment of the Community Science and
Technology Based Farm on Rice-Fish Farming
(Palayisdaan sa Pamayanan) in the Province of Bataan-
Orani Campus

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Food Processing (Pickling and Fermentation)
College of Technology-HRS

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SPREADING HOPE BEHIND
BARS IN CENTRAL LUZON
ONLINE TRAINING

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SPREADING HOPE BEHIND
BARS IN CENTRAL LUZON
ONLINE TRAINING

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TRAIN THE TRAINERS PROGRAM

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HOW TO FOSTER RESILIENCE IN
ORGANIZATIONS?
Be ready to accept
changes.
Possible
disappointments
may occur.
ACCEPT,
RECALIBRATE,
LEARN from it,
then MOVE
FORWARD.
Stay committed.
Engage
extensionists
and
stakeholders.
Be patient and
[extra]
understanding.
While targets
are important,
our people are
most valuable.
The services and the love
we deliver to people will
find its way back to our
institutions and to us. Keep
on serving.
MABUHAY AT
MARAMING
SALAMAT PO!

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