PPSSH Strand 5.5.

Community Engagement

Training Module Title:

Strengthening the Village that will
Raise the Child

Written by:
Dr. Jennie V. Jocson
Mr. Eduardo T. Salamera
PNU Academic Year 2021 - 2022
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INTRODUCTION
This module underscores Strand 5.5. Community Engagement from Domain 5: Building
Connections, which focuses on the importance of Home-School-Community Partnership in the
school system.
This module applies the theories on home-school-community partnerships that centers on
honing school head’s competence in engaging stakeholders and taking initiatives to help improve
school communities and gain support for learner development by building a network of
stakeholders (learners, parents, teachers, alumni, authorities, and other stakeholders). Moreover,
this module simulates processes, tools, and skills in dealing and forging relationships with
stakeholders.
The participants will perform differentiated activities according to their career stage in this
strand:
Career Stage 1 Involve the community, such as parents, alumni, authorities, industries and other stakeholders, in
school programs, projects and activities to gain support for learner development, as well as school and community
improvement.

Career Stage 2 Initiate partnerships with the community, such as parents, alumni, authorities, industries and other
stakeholders, to strengthen support for learner development, as well as school and community improvement.

Career Stage 3 Empower the community, such as parents, alumni, authorities, industries and other stakeholders, to
participate in addressing concerns on learner development, as well as school and community improvement.

Career Stage 4 Lead the community, including parents, alumni, authorities, industries and other stakeholders, in
creating collaborative actions in solving complex issues on learner development, as well as school and community
improvement.

TRAINING OUTCOMES

1. Demonstrate a deeper and reflective understanding of the concepts of school leadership, resources
management, and instructional supervision founded on school systems, policies, guidelines, and mechanism;

2. Reflect on the gaps in the existing programs and practices that affect the delivery of high-impact
leadership and management of stakeholders, resources, and instruction.

3. Develop an effective management plan that addresses the gaps and empowers a network of
stakeholders in developing high quality instruction, strong school culture, and job-embedded professional
development for school personnel.

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PRIORITY STRAND
Domain PPSSH Domain 5. Building connections

Priority Strand Strand 5.5. Community Engagement

MODULE OBJECTIVES
At the end of the 10-hour training engagement, teachers/ school heads/ supervisors will be able to:
1. Manifest reflective understanding of the various theories and concepts about community engagement
and partnership to support the school system.
2. Determine approaches and strategies in establishing community engagement, partnerships and
networks.
3. Prepare a management plan that reflects a community partnership framework.

JOB-EMBEDDED LEARNING OUTPUT

Career Stage 1: STANDARD 5.5.1 Involve the community, such as parents, alumni, authorities,
industries and other stakeholders, in school programs, projects and activities to gain
support for learner development, as well as school and community improvement.

List of school projects and activities addressing learner development, as well as

community improvement, and identify which and how sectors of the
community can get involved.

Career Stage 2: STANDARD 5.5.2 Initiate partnerships with the community, such as parents, alumni,
authorities, industries and other stakeholders, to strengthen support for learner
development, as well as school and community improvement

A program of school projects and activities involving specific sectors of the

school community to support learner development, as well as community
improvement.

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Career Stage 3: STANDARD 5.5.3 Empower the community, such as parents, alumni, authorities,
industries and other stakeholders, to participate in addressing concerns on learner
development, as well as school and community improvement.

An action plan with the concerned sector/s of the community to

address identified school or community issues using a specific learning
approach (e.g. Project-based Learning Approach).

Career Stage 4: 5.5.4 Lead the community, including parents, alumni, authorities, industries and
other stakeholders, in creating collaborative actions in solving complex issues on
learner development, as well as school and community improvement.

A draft of policies and procedures to support the empowerment of the

community to address concerns on learner development, as well as school
and community improvement to include, but not limit to, the following:

• Assessment of the school's and the community’s strengths and

weaknesses
• Identification of stakeholders and their roles
• Empowerment of the staff for effective school and community
partnerships through trainings
• Recruitment and training of volunteers
• Building of school and community collaborations for added resources

LEARNING EXPERIENCES
Foundational Knowledge

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REA How can home-school-community partnerships help improve school communities and gain
D support for learner development?

The school head must examine the community in which the school lies to create good
relationships with its members. Communities maybe composed of different ethnic, religious,
and socio-economic groups that may have either mutual or divergent interests. Recognizing
the diversity within the community and understanding its characteristics, power-balance
components, as well as its traditions, must be a primordial step for the school principal before
beginning to build the relationship. (UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning)

This same community can provide learners with opportunities to develop their civic
responsibility and apply classroom learning through meaningful service to the community
(Service-Learning Methodology).

SOURCE: https://policytoolbox.iiep.unesco.org/policy-option/school-community-relationship/

As you view the following resources, think about the community where your school lies and
reflect how you can effectively build a network with and engage stakeholders and take
initiatives to help improve your school community and gain support for learner development.

https://organizingengagement.org/models/framework-of-six-types-of-
involvement/?fbclid=IwAR2BAPT_l2zYXgzGX6s-VYqFXQ_5yPEpDe1gfYJBOYpCEsJqkazQ40q3td4

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/what-heck-service-learning-heather-wolpert-gawron

https://youth.gov/youth-topics/civic-engagement-and-volunteering/service-learning

Contextualized Topic
How do Philippine schools capitalize on school and community partnership to support student
learning in various contexts?

School Experience in Community Partnership

https://www.ijires.org/administrator/components/com_jresearch/files/publications/IJIRES_1523
_FINAL.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1mEFJzzsBLCbC1xZZjzqzrTcIkbac-6Y6ZTkkjVlfBU48ca5UOK5HfIdc

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/10/01/2046472/public-schools-coping-pandemic-
through-community-collaboration-administrators-
say?fbclid=IwAR3xxXZmi7qCWi3Us5h8JijqNzbeRHjEUZDGpTlPZ9m2IjnnIrphXjtvuwM

Brigada Eskwela: Renewed Bayanihan Spirit

https://varlyproject.blog/brigada-eskwela-a-model-of-community-participation-in-the-
philippines/?fbclid=IwAR2wN5x5OeSAhtzlsB5wJ_wt8OilgkK4quuDinGdlNYjQvj-U7QxGahEYmE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEbAuP0wL6w

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Partnership In the Midst of Crises

https://reliefweb.int/report/philippines/save-children-philippines-welcomes-partnership-smart-
communication-children-
s?fbclid=IwAR1J3ESHxWlKkFLFOoBeNM9AZuq9ukbiWCSsafmDgN0ErkpW-eU_QaK5mGU

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/10/01/2046472/public-schools-coping-pandemic-
through-community-collaboration-administrators-say?fbclid=IwAR3FgbFIpwtQ-
S7dmBXvv80gmsti1cp2kYKUOrAOOPruNY09JGSP3KOv2fM

Strategies
How can schools involve the community to support learner development?

https://policytoolbox.iiep.unesco.org/policy-option/school-community-relationship/

SHAR Program Plenary Session

E Draw
Discussion Question 1: Where is your school situated?

Discussion Question 2: How do you describe the neighborhood where your school is situated?

Discussion Question 3: How do you classify your neighborhood using all or any of the following
words?

urban poor indigenous subdivision

suburban rich depressed area exclusive subdivision

rural industrial remote government facility (e.g. military)

Interpret
Discussion Question 4: What information about the school neighborhood do you know of?

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Social Attributes Political Attributes

School
Neighborhood

Economic Attributes Cultural Attributes

Discussion Question 5: How do you describe your learners?

Learner Attributes

Discussion Question 6: How do you describe parents’ response to the school’s various
partnership programs/activities?

Epstein’s Framework of Six Types of Involvement

for Comprehensive Programs of Partnership

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Type School Actions Description of Actual Parent

Response towards School
Partnership Efforts
Parenting Help all families establish
home environments to
support children as students

Specific Program/Activity:
e.g. Family support programs
to assist families with health,
nutrition, and other services
Communicating Design effective forms of
school-to-home and home to
school communications about
school programs and their
children’s progress

Specific Program/Activity:
e.g. Conferences with every
parent at least once a year,
with follow-ups as needed
Volunteering Recruit and organize parent
help and support

Specific Program/Activity:
e.g. Homeroom Parent
Organizations
Learning at Home Provide information and ideas
to families about how to help
students at home with
homework and other
curriculum-related activities,
decisions, and planning

Specific Program/Activity:
e.g. Information for families on
skills required for students in
all subjects at each grade
Decision Making Include parents in school
decisions, developing parent
leaders and representatives

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Collaborating with the
Community
Specific Program/Activity:
e.g. Active PTA for parent
leadership and participation
Identify and integrate
resources and services from
the community to strengthen
school programs, family
practices, and student
learning and development

Specific Program/Activity:
e.g. Information for students
and families on community
health, cultural, recreational,
social support, and other
programs and services

Resolve

Discussion Question 7: Based on the discussions in the Contextualized Readings, what can be
done to further improve or strengthen the status of your school’s partnership with the
community?

Explain
How can schools involve the community to support learner development?

Presentation of SGD Results in the Main Room

1. Rapporteurs from Breakout Rooms will present their SGD highlights.
2. Facilitator will synthesize the key points shared by the groups.
3. Selected participants will share Takeaways based on Discussion Question 7: What can be done to
further improve or strengthen the status of your school’s partnership with the community?

Career Stage Differentiation Discussion

Consider
As Philippine education traverse to education in the new normal, how can the school and the
community mutually benefit through effective partnership?

https://organizingengagement.org/models/framework-of-six-types-of-
involvement/?fbclid=IwAR1PrWCaLlLyZZOD8eH_Jy_rAmFUdnzCP2XPb-zhdIHtduCM97mzQJEqwHs

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/ERIC-ED467082/pdf/ERIC-ED467082.pdf
specifically pages 31 to 51

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Transform
Go back to the challenges identified in the Discussion Table. Look into how can the suggested
measures in the articles address the identified context-specific challenges.
VALU How can schools involve the community to support learner development?
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Career Stage 1: Sharing of experiences on school projects and activities addressing learner
development, as well as community improvement, and how sectors of the community were
involved.

Career Stage 2: Sharing of ideas on how to program school projects and activities involving specific
sectors of the school community to support learner development, as well as community
improvement.

Career Stage 3: Sharing of possible strategies to involve sectors of the community to

address school or community issues.

Career Stage 4: Discussion of essential components to create policies and procedures to support
the empowerment of the community to address concerns on learner development, as well as
school and community improvement.
PRO The insights and best practices you have gleaned from the readings and discussion in this module
DUCE will be put in the context of practice through your Job-Embedded Learning task specific to PPSH
Career Stages.
School Heads in Career Stage 1 are expected to prepare a list school projects and activities
addressing learner development, as well as community improvement, and identified sectors of
the community can get involved and how this involvement can be made possible.
School Heads in Career Stage 2 will create a program of school projects and activities involving
specific sectors of the school community to support learner development, as well as community
improvement.
School Heads in Career Stage 3 are tasked to complete an action plan with the concerned
sector/s of the community to address identified school or community issues using a specific
learning approach (e.g. Project-based Learning Approach).
School Heads in Career Stage 4 will draft policies and procedures to support the empowerment
of the community aimed to address concerns on learner development, as well as school and
community improvement.
Career Stage 1 Create a list of school projects and activities addressing learner
development, as well as community improvement, and identified sectors
of the community can get involved and how this involvement can be made
possible.

1. Based on your group sharing of experiences during VALUE, identify and

create a list of projects and activities applicable to your own school and
the community where it is located and provide other information needed.

2. Use this table to organize your answers.

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Project/Activity Partner Sector Type of Action Steps

Involved Involvement towards
(Epstein’s effective
Framework) partnership

Career Stage 2 Create a program of school projects and activities involving specific
sectors of the school community to support learner development, as well
as community improvement.

1. Recall your sharing in the discussion questions under SHARE.

2. Identify one priority need of your school related to learner
development or community development.
3. Identify a specific sector/s in the community which the school can tap
for partnership.
4. Follow the DepEd template for proposing a program or activity.
Career Stage 3 Accomplish an action plan with the concerned sector/s of the community
to address identified school or community issues using a specific learning
approach (e.g. Project-based Learning Approach).

1. Based on your group sharing of experiences during VALUE, accomplish

an action plan as described above.
2. Use the DepEd template for School Action Plan.
Career Stage 4 Prepare a draft of policies and procedures, with the intent of discussing
to the schools division, to support the empowerment of the community
to address concerns on learner development, as well as school and
community improvement to include, but not limit to, the following:

• Assessment of the school's and the community’s strengths and

weaknesses
• Identification of stakeholders and their roles
• Empowerment of the staff for effective school and community
partnerships through trainings
• Recruitment and training of volunteers
• Building of school and community collaborations for added
resources

1. Based on your group sharing of experiences during VALUE, identify

information that will help you perform the task stated above.

2. Draft a policy and a set of applicable procedures containing, but not

limited to, the following:

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a. Policy Title
b. Statement of Policy
c. Definition of Terms
d. Duties and Responsibilities of those involved
e. Specific Policy Statements, Rules, and Procedures
f. Scope and Effectivity

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