Yesterday, in the first lecture given to us by Sir Marvin Y.

Arce, we learn about the Different Types of

Innovations which is aligned in the Division Policy Guidelines in the Conduct of Innovative Programs/Projects
under School Governance and Operation.

It was fully explained that innovation is the introduction of new ideas, goods, services, and practices which are
intended to be useful. It could address gaps in access, quality and relevance and governance or management of
education service, such as: increase enrolment/participation rate and reduce drop-out, and failure rates; improve
academic performance, and enhance learning environment/improve physical facilities. It could be a product of
contextualization and indigenization.

Teachers, Master Teachers, Head Teachers, Principals, and Non-teaching personnel have crucial participation in
this innovation.

The project classification of any innovations should conform to 1) Access, 2) Quality and Relevance, and 3)
Governance with some guidelines to follow.

He also differentiated the 2 types of Innovation (Project and Program) in terms of elements in it like the
objectives, duration, relation to environment, resources and a lot more.

And as he ends his lecture, he shared to ask what Maslow once said: If your tool is a hammer, then every
problem looks like a nail. And he also reminded each one of us that: We are doing an innovation NOT ONLY
as a requirement for promotion BUT to IMPROVE our CRAFT.

The second lecture that we have yesterday discussed by Sir Michael Vincent P. Barba is the legal basis of the
first lecture.

In legal parlance, we connect with the Republic Act No. 9155 which is known as the Governance of Basic
Education Act of 2001.

This provides the strengthening of School-Based Management by further devolving the governance of
education to schools, empowering school heads and non-teaching personnel in expanding community
participation and involvement, and making the delivery of educational services to the learners more responsive,
efficient, and effective through an enhanced school planning and improvement that lays down specific
interventions through initiated projects in the school.

It is inclusive with a demonstration of creativity, initiative, and innovativeness through the development of new
superior work procedures, methods, inventions, and devices.

Innovative work plans include a modification or enrichment of an existing procedure adopted from DECS order
54, s. 1993. For non-teaching, it should focus on organizational efficiency, work procedures, leadership, and
educational support.

In consonance with Republic Act No. 9155 and DECS order 54, s. 1993, all division's non-teaching personnel
are encourage to create/innovate projects geared toward the improvement of school governance and school
operations.

And he also shared to us the point system in making innovations if we are going to use it in our promotion when
the time comes.
And with that very informative and transforming lectures we have yesterday, we are hoping that we could
employ the same to our school for the benefit of our pupils.

That’s all, thank you and God bless for another day of learning!