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Session No. & Title Session 6: Annotations

Duration 1 hour & 30 minutes

Target Participants Public Schools District Supervisors, School Heads, Master Teachers, Teachers

Link to the Previous Session/Topic Portfolio Preparation

Link to the Next Session/Topic Portfolio Assessment

Contribution of the Session to the A teacher’s path towards personal growth and professional development involves
Program Outcomes reflection and learning in order to improve practice. One way of doing this is to become
more actively engaged in the process of careful introspection and critical evaluation of your
teaching practice. An essential step towards becoming a more reflective practitioner is
through writing annotations in teacher’s professional development portfolios.

Learning Objectives: After the session, participants will be able to:

1. Understand Annotation and its importance

2. Prepare and write Annotations
3. Commit to write Annotations
Key Understanding:  Annotations establish a connection between the evidences and the Rater; thus,
facilitating the review of the portfolio.
 Annotations are important in instances when the evidences or artifacts presented in
teacher portfolios cannot capture the whole dynamics of the teaching and learning
process.
 Annotations help teachers describe their teaching experiences and explain
instructional decisions.
 Annotations are important because they highlight professional strengths in teaching;

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 help teachers reflect on their teaching practices that pave the way for professional
advancement; and describe their intentions, goals and purposes towards career
growth;
 Annotations present and explain credentials required by the Rater for ranking and
promotion; and make it easier for the Rater to rate teachers performance.
 When writing annotations, teachers need to present evidences of their best practices
in the various Key Result Areas.
References:
 Republic Act 9155 (The Governance Act of Basic Education)
 RA 10533 ( K-12 Reform)
 Result-Based Performance Management Manual
 DepEd Order No. 42, s. 2017 (PPST)

Stage & Methodology Key Points Tools/Materials/ Slide Time

Allotment
Resources

INTRODUCTION Greet & welcome the participants.

Introduce yourself as the facilitator. Personal conversation with 5 min.

the participants
Brief sharing of their feeling right now
( A way to build rapport)

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PRESENTATION OF Transition statement:
OBJECTIVES
Say:

I understand that all of us have already the Powerpoint Presentation Slide 2 3 mins
brilliant thoughts on Portfolio Preparations.

This time, let’s try to build an enriched know-

how pertaining to the crafting of the Professional
Annotations.

Say:

For this session which will last for 1 hour & 30

minutes, we are guided with the following objectives
to be achieved:

1. Understand Annotation and its importance

2. Prepare and write Annotations
3. Appreciate the importance of Annotations

ACTIVITY Say: Let’s start the session with this activity to Metacard, Powerpoint Slide 3 10 mins
be written in the metacard provided to you. Presentation, Scotch Tape

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 Think of a situation where you did something
noteworthy and felt that you were not appreciated.

In 3-5 sentences, write a justification why your

superior should give you more credit than he or she
should have.

Find a partner and share what you have written.

ANALYSIS Ask the participants

1. How did you feel about the activity? Personal conversation with Slide 4 10 mins
the participants
2. Was it easy or difficult to write/share your
experience/s of not being appreciated/given
the credit by your superior? Explain why.

Note: Facilitator solicits answers from the

participants. Allows reactions from the other group.

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ABSTRACTION Say: This time, let us understand what are Powerpoint Presentation Slide 4-13 50 mins
Professional Annotations and its importance to
Teachers.

Lecturette:

What are Annotations?

 Annotations are self-reflections, explanations

or presentational mark-ups attached to
documents, artifacts or Means of Verification
(MOV) that you submit for the RPMS.
 They are important in instances when the
evidences or artifacts presented in teacher
portfolios cannot capture the whole dynamics
of the teaching and learning process.
 They establish a connection between the
evidences and the Rater; thus, facilitating the
review of the portfolio. .
What are the importance of Annotations?
 Annotations allow you to exercise reflective

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 thinking.
 They help you describe your teaching
experiences and explain instructional
decisions.
 Make your evidences speak on your behalf;
 Highlight your professional strengths in
teaching;
 Help you reflect on your teaching practices
that pave the way for professional
advancement;
 Describe your intentions, goals and purposes
towards career growth;
 Present and explain credentials required by
the Rater for ranking and promotion; and
 Make it easier for the Rater to rate your
performance.
What do you Annotate?
When writing annotations, you need to
present evidences of your best practices in the
various Key Result Areas.

The following are possibilities for annotations:

• Documents/artifacts that show your creativity
and resourcefulness in teaching;
• Evidences that may fully satisfy the

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 requirements of the performance indicators
but do not clearly demonstrate their link to the
indicators themselves; and
• Classroom context that explains your
teaching practice and the realities you face in
the classroom/school/community context.
Guide in writing annotations for a particular MOV
in the Portfolio

Step 1. Describe the Means of Verification (MOV)

that you want to annotate.

The following questions may help you describe the

MOV that you want to annotate:

a. What is your MOV about?

b. How does your MOV meet the KRA’s objectives?

Step 2. Reflect on your MOV.

These questions may guide your reflection:

a. What documents showcase my creativity and

resourcefulness?

b. What evidences address the requirements of

the performance indicators?

c. What classroom contexts explain my practices?

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APPLICATION Group Activity Instructions: Annotation Template, Slide 14- 10 mins
Powerpoint Presentation, 15
1. In small groups, choose an MOV to be Manila Paper, Scotch Tape
annotated for KRA 1 Objective 1.
2. Write annotations for the MOV using the
Annotation Template.

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CLOSURE Say:

This time, may I invite everyone to read the 2 min.

lines and feel the message of its content.

“The quality of an education system cannot exceed

the quality of its teachers.”

(McKinsey, 2007)

That winds-up! Thank you for your unending

attention and superb participation during the entire
session.

Prepared: Approved:

MENERBA M. DAPAR, Ed.D. MARILOU B. DEDUMO, Ph.D.,CESO V

San Miguel II District Public Schools Division Superintendent

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