CHRISTINE JEAN B.

ENGALAN
MAED 203 EDUCATIONAL PLANNING AND POLICY MAKING

Lesson/ Topic: Nature and Scope of Educational Planning

Task: My Reflective Journey No. 1

1. Write your answers in every task and name it your task journey.
Activity (Janice R. Bacarro and Lormilyn Grace Bais)
Instructions: Draw a heart ( ) if it entails planning in the teaching-learning
process and a box ( ) if not.

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Analysis
Q1: How did you find the activity?
The activity made me want to evaluate the type of school that I am designated. I
tend to compare the questions and think if this was practiced in my school. The
introduction and activity questions were somehow recapped on who, what, when, how
educational planning is being done.
Q2: How are you feeling while answering the activity?
I feel proud that my school observes these activities. However, I also get to ask
these questions: what kind of assistance do we need to get to our plans? What kind of
reinforcement do we need to get our learners back in school?
Q3: Is this a topic that you’re interested in learning about? Why?
I’m interested in educational planning in the aspect of support of stakeholders.
I’m also interested in the possible means a small school get so much support from the
national government and NGOs.

Application
Task 1: Answer the following questions based on your own opinion:
1. In your own understanding what is the importance of educational planning?
Educational planning’s importance varies from goals to implementation and
evaluation. It is important since it reduces exigencies in the educational sector. Problems
are anticipated in time and dealt with appropriately.
2. As an educator how would you apply educational planning?
Educational planning at a classroom level is observed in the crafting of the lesson
plan. Anticipated distractions must be off plan for intervention. In providing the best
facility, planning should start with the school's Improvement plan.

Task 2 Cite your experience or point of you.

Is it important to plan your education ahead of time? Why?
Like the cliché line I heard from my former professor, “Going to school without
a pen is like going to war without a gun.” The same goes for educational planning; you
can’t achieve your long-term/short-term goals without it. With educational planning, we
set up goals and lay-out actions to achieve these goals.

Assessment
Instruction: Answer the following questions on the space provided.
Part 1: Explain the following
1. How you will define educational planning?
The process of determining educational objectives, educational institutions, or
educational programs, as well as the means (activities, procedures, resources, and so on)
to achieve them.
2. What is the concept of educational planning?
Educational planning entails a methodical and logical set of decisions for future
action with the purpose of achieving set educational goals and objectives while making
the most efficient use of limited resources. It provides a tool for coordinating and
managing the educational system's direction in order to achieve educational goals.
Part 2: Enumeration: provide what is being asked.
 1. List 5 Importance of educational planning
o It helps in identifying educational goals and objectives.
o It helps in even or effective distribution of scarce resources.
o It aids decision making in education.
o It is necessary for administrative decision making in education. It enables a
nation to make her choices clear in terms of educational needs.
o It enhances optional utilization of resources and so eliminates imbalance and
waste.
2. List the educational planning process.
a. Base Situation Analysis/identification of the national goals
b. Prepare the draft education plan/determine the best of the alternative
c. Approval and experimentation
d. Implementation/Decision making
e. Evaluation/ Feedback

2. My Learning
I’ve learned that educational planning isn’t just about identifying objectives but also evaluating
outcomes. It’s a continuous process that must be assessed in each phase. It is essential to note the
availability of resources and their source to achieve achievable outcomes.
Like the cliché line I heard from my former professor, “Going to school without a pen is like
going to war without a gun.” The same goes for educational planning; you can’t achieve your
long-term/short-term goals without it. With educational planning, we set up goals and lay-out actions to
achieve these goals.

3. Plan of Actions

My Learning My Action Plan

Well planned education enhances literacy and
reduces ignorance among citizens.
Efficient educational planning aids decision
making in education.
Planning gives direction and guidelines for a
country’s educational system.
Lay-out plans before doing the action. Do not
gamble on participating on the face-to-face
classes if the school, staff, learners, and
stakeholders do not agree.
Educational planning is a continuous process that
must be assessed in each phase. It is essential to
note the availability of resources and their source
to achieve achievable outcomes. This must be
observed in the crafting of the School’s
Improvement Plan. The needs assessment from
the current school year must be addressed to not
encounter the same problems in the following
school year.
To always refer to the VMGO & Core Values of
the Department of Education.