LEAP-HELP (Learning Enhancement Activity Program

through Hands-on Exposure with the help of Learning

Partners): A School-Community Partnership to Support
Grade 10 Learners’ Competency skills in Technical
Vocational Education
Program in the Context of
the New Normal
ABSTRACT
• A 15 days partnership of the school and the
community
• to improve and develop the competency skills of the
learners. (community partners specifically tailoring
shop owners and experts)
• It implies a significant increase to the level of the 10
identified learners competency skills as a result in
their post assessment.
CONTEXT AND RATIONALE

In Banate National High School, one of the challenges

met by the Technical Vocational Education (TVE)
teachers is equipping the learners with the “basic
competency skills” appropriate in the curriculum that
needs to be attained in the learning process in this time
of pandemic.
CONCEPTUAL FRAMWORK
Intervention, Strategy and Innovation
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N A. Research Problem
a) Academic Performance of Grade 10 students in Dressmaking Level of Competency Skills before and
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N R b) Learning experiences from the school-community partnership among students, community partners and
teachers
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E B. Sources of Data
U N a) Students’ pre- and post- assessment on competency skills in dressmaking
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O d) 10 TVE teachers
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A. Data Gathering Tools
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a) Students’ pre- and post- assessment on competency skills in dressmaking
C A b) Guide questions for the open-ended questionnaire
B. Data Analysis and Interpretation
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a) Thematic Analysis
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Selected Pictures during the implementation of the project HELP
 What is LEAP-HELP?
Learning Enhancement Activity Program through Hands-on Exposure with
the help of Learning Partners.

An intervention of the identified problem

To increase the written and competency skills of the students in TVE
through School-Community partnership.

 It is an integration of a hands-on activity for the students guided by

community partners in their community to develop their competency skills.

The result of this LEAP-HELP will be introduced and adapted to all majors
offered in TVE.
ACTION RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1) What is the level of competency skills of selected Grade 10 students specializing in
dressmaking before and after the implementation of LEAP-HELP?
2) What are the challenges of students and teachers in teaching-learning Technical
Vocation Program in the context of the new normal?
3) Is there a significant difference between the level of competency skills of selected
Grade 10 students specializing in dressmaking before and after the implementation of
LEAP-HELP?
4) What are the learning experiences in the implementation of LEAP-HELP among the
following:
i. students;
ii.community partners (experts/sewers); and
iii.teachers?
5) What motivate the community partners to get involve in the implementation of LEAP-
HELP?
6) Based on the results, what school-community partnership for Technical Vocational
Education program can be developed in the context of the new normal?
ACTION RESEARCH METHODS
A. Participants and/or Sources of Data and Information
• TRIANGULATION
• quantitative-qualitative
• 10 selected students specializing in dressmaking
• 2 community partners,
• 10 teachers using the purposive sampling
• Descriptive-comparative
• open-ended questionnaire
• thematic analysis
ACTION RESEARCH METHODS
B. Data Gathering Methods
Proper Observance of the Research Protocol

Conduct of the Study

A Development of the Output/Product

Plans for Dissemination

DISCUSSION OF RESULTS
AND REFLECTION

Table 1a . Level of
competency skills of selected
Grade 10 students
specializing in dressmaking
before the implementation of
LEAP-HELP
Discussion of Results
and Reflection

Table 1b . Level of
competency skills of
selected Grade 10
students specializing in
dressmaking after the
implementation of LEAP-
HELP
DISCUSSION OF RESULTS AND REFLECTION

*Table 2. Challenges of
students and teachers in
teaching-learning
Technical Vocation
Program in the context of
the new normal

 
DISCUSSION OF RESULTS AND REFLECTION

* Performance and Project HELP - Written

    Paired Differences
   
95% Confidence
Interval of the
Std. Difference
    Std. Error Sig. (2-
Mean Deviation Mean Lower Upper t df tailed)
Pair 1 Pre-Test on the
Least Learned
Competency -
Post-Test on
the Least
Learned -19.700 1.829 .578 -21.008 -18.392 -34.065 9 .000
Competency

Table 2a. Paired Samples Test to test the

significant difference between the written works
of selected Grade 8 students specializing in
garments before and after the implementation of
LEAP-HELP
Discussion of Results and Reflection

* Performance and Project HELP - Performance

    Paired Differences
   
95% Confidence
Interval of the
Std. Std. Difference
    Deviatio Error Sig. (2-
Mean n Mean Lower Upper t df tailed)
Pair 1 Pre-Assessment
Result on
Competency
Skills - Post
Assessment
Result on -2.63529 .20899 .05069 2.74275- -2.52784 -51.991 16 .000
Comptency Skills

Table 2b. Paired Sample test to test the significant difference between the Performance
skills of selected Grade 8 students specializing in garments before and after the
implementation of Project LEAP-HELP
Discussion of Results and
Reflection

*Table 4. Learning experiences

in the implementation of
Project LEAP-HELP among the
students, community partners,
and teachers.

Discussion of
Results and
Reflection
Table 5. Emerging themes on
motivation of community partners
to get involved in the LEAP-HELP
Theme Core Idea
  Although it is tired in my
Happy and Fulfilled part but I am happy that I
extended help to the
students, especially when
they appreciate my effort
Good experience for the
learners
Developed self- I am proud that I
confidence experience teaching
students
I felt being important in
the eyes of the students.
Conclusion and Recommendation

• The level of competency skills of selected Grade 10 students specializing in

dressmaking after the implementation of LEAP-HELP is in advance level.
• There is a significant difference between the level of competency skills of
selected Grade 10 students specializing in dressmaking before and after the
implementation of LEAP HELP therefore, LEAP-HELP is an effective program to
increase the level of competency skills.
• LEAP-HELP is an effective program that is going to be used to bridge the gap in
the learning of the students in TVE especially when it comes to the
competency skills.

Program should continually be done especially

that covid-19 pandemic has not yet been declared
Conclusion and Recommendation

• We recommend LEAP-HELP will be adapted by other TVE majors to bridge the gap in learning the
competency skills of the students, especially that covid-19 pandemic has not yet been declared as
endemic
 ACTION PLAN

Project LEAP-HELP
SCHOOL-COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIP FOR TECHNICAL
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
PROGRAM
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Gbollie C. and Harriett P. K. 2017.Foundation for Research, Education and

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Wendy, Olsen 2004. Forthcoming as a chapter in Developments in Sociology, 2004,
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Adolescent education and skills retrieved from
https://www.unicef.org/education/skills-development
mb.ca/k12/cur/teched/sytep/docs/tve_overview.pdf