CLASS 1

ORIENTATION
SECOND WAVE
September 27, 2020

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PRAYER

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KUMUSTAHAN

ATTENDANCE

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AGENDA DISCUSSION OF DEPED NCR MEMO 238 SERIES 5

OF 2020
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GOOGLE CLASSROOM, GOOGLE MEET AND
ONLINE CLASS

MODULES

EXPECTATIONS ON OCTOBER 5, 2020

OFFICIAL SCHEDULE OF CHATTING AND

CONSULTATION

OTHER MATTERS
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 REGIONAL
SAFEGUARDING
STANDARDS DURING
ONLINE INTERACTION
WITH LEARNERS
REGIONAL MEMORANDUM
NCR-No. 238 s. 2020

Prepared by John Francis L. Octaviano/ Maria Victoria P. Ronan

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• The Department of Education issued DepEd
Order no. 12 S. 2020 entitled “ADOPTION
OF THE BASIC EDUCATION LEARNING
CONTINUITY PLAN FOR SCHOOL YEAR
2020 – 2021 in the Light of the COVID-19
Public Health Emergency” which
emphasizes provisions of learning
opportunities for learners through distance
learning modalities
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• DepEd Crafted the Safeguarding standards to provide guidance in 8

– Safeguarding learner’s rights to a safe learning environment against

potential abuse, and to observe a CODE OF CONDUCT during online
interaction with co-learners and teachers.
– Advocating and ensure the desired demeanor and actions of teachers
whenever they are dealing with or communicating with learners during the
conduct of online school activities and with parents/ guardians when
discussing school related matters.
– Enjoining parents/ guardians to abide by identified applicable norms and
behavioral standards as they play an important role in safeguarding their
children’s access with social media platforms and in co-facilitating their
children’s distance learning and coordination with teachers.
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BASES OF THE FORMULATED STANDARDS 9

• Child and Youth Welfare Code

• Code of Conduct for Professional Teachers
• Deped Order no 40 S. 2012 or Child Protection Policy
• Deped Order no 55 s. 2013 or the Implementing Rules and
Regulations of Anti Bullying Act (RA 10627)
• RA 11313 (Safe Spaces Act)
• Deped Order no 18 S. 2015 (Guidelines on the Management of
Children at Risk (CAR) and Children in Conflict with Law (CICL)
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COVERAGE 10

•These standards applies to all forms of online communication

platforms, such as through the various social media platforms
and other non-online messaging technology, so far as the
principles set forth in this standards are applicable.
•The same shall be applicable to all public schools in the
National Capital Region. Private schools are likewise
encouraged to contextualize and adopt the same.

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DEFENITION OF TERMS 11

A.Online Interaction: refers to communication between

teachers, learners, parents and relevant stakeholder using
of any social media platform, as well as, any instant
messaging application, so far as applicable.
B.Social Media: is a web-based platform of communication,
with many applications, that enables online interaction and
facilitates users to generate and share specific contents.
There are various classifications of social media platforms
and one can be classified under the "social networking
sites" such as Facebook.

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A.Social Media Group: an online space for small group communication and 12
for people to share their common interests and express their opinion. Groups
allow people to come together around a common cause, issue or activity to
organize, express objectives, and discuss issues, post photos and share
related content.
B.Safeguarding Standards: is a specific set of desired behaviors that are placed
as a basic guide.
C.Parent/s: refers to the biological parent/s of a learner. They refer also to
guardian/s whom the biological parent have given written authorization.
They also refer to any member of the house hold who are of sufficient
maturity or of legal age and who is with the child during on-line interaction.
D.Teachers: Shall mean all school personnel that are required to interact with
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 INTEGRATION OF 13

THESE ONLINE CHILD

SAFEGUARDING
STANDARDS AND RULES
DURING LEARNERS AND
PARENT’S
ORIENTATION AND IN
THE LOCALIZED CHILD
PROTECTION POLICY
AND LEARNERS’ CODE
OF CONDUCT
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• School Heads, through the Guidance Counselor/Teacher and

School Child Protection Coordinator, must ensure that all
teachers in their respective schools are furnished with a digital
copy of these Standards and are informed on its contents
before conducting separate or joint orientation activities with
learners, parents and other stakeholders, to be done in their
desired manner.
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RESPONSIBILITIE
S OF PARENTS
DURING ONLINE
INTERACTION
RIGHTS OF PARENTS:
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a. Parents have the right
• The parents shall have the right
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to be informed of
relevant aspects to the company of their
concerning their
children’s scholastic children and, in relation to all
performance as well as other persons or institutions
behavior during learning
and any school related dealing with the child's
session.
B. As co-facilitators in development, the primary right
the learning of their and obligation to provide for
children:
their upbringing.
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a. Parents have the right
to be informed of
relevant aspects
concerning their
children’s scholastic
performance as well as
behavior during learning
and any school related
session.
B. As co-facilitators in
the learning of their
children:
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• Parents have the right to guide and 17
support their children in managing
difficult behavior using positive
discipline techniques as may be
necessary for the formation of his good
character to discipline the child as may
be necessary for the formation of his
good character, and may therefore
require from him obedience to just and
reasonable rules, suggestions and
admonitions
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to be informed of • Parents have the right to be

relevant aspects
concerning their
supported with sessions on
children’s scholastic understanding online
performance as well as
behavior during learning learning platform, the risks
and any school related
session. and benefit to the
B. As co-facilitators in
the learning of their development of his/her
children: child, whenever
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appropriate.
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 PARENTS ARE A. With Teachers and School 19

Community:
CALLED UPON a.To participate in school activities,
TO EXERCISE which particularly involve parents.
THE b.To keep abreast of DepEd’s thrusts and
FOLLOWING programs as well as basic school rules,
regulations and processes.
RESPONSIBILIT c.To communicate and receive feedbacks
IES from teachers, as scheduled.

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 PARENTS ARE d. To respect the teacher’s viewpoint and 20

to consider the latter’s

CALLED UPON recommendation for the best interest
TO EXERCISE of the child’s development.

THE e.To give common courtesy to the

teachers, school personnel/officials and
FOLLOWING every learner’s private spaces and
RESPONSIBILIT avoid unduly responses, through any
means.
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f. To utilize proper venue or medium of
communication to conduct dialogue
with teachers on concerns relative to
the learner.
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Parents as Before Online Interaction: 21

i. To encourage and motivate their children

co- understand the value of education and to
facilitators demonstrate positive support for their
children to continue learning despite
in the challenges.

learning of ii. Encouraged to set up their children’s online

learning spaces in their homes in a place
their where they could easily view and supervise
the activities of their children, while the
children latter are using their laptops, personal
computers, mobile devices and/or tablets.
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Parents as co- iii.Provide motivation and emotionally
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and mentally prepare their children for

facilitators in learning, (i.e. relaxed, inspired, having
the learning eaten their meal/snack, be on time and
has already answered the call of nature)
of their before any scheduled on-line
children interaction.
iv. Ensure that their children are
appropriately groomed and dressed
during on-line interaction.
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Parents as co- v. Observe any behavioral challenges 23

demonstrated by their children as basis

facilitators in for post session-reflection for
improvement and for avoiding emotional
the learning harm that may affect the learning
interest of the child.
of their vi. If parent/s cannot co-facilitate in the
children learning due to personal circumstances,
they shall delegate or assign an alternate
as facilitating parent. In this case, parent
shall brief or instruct the facilitating
parent on appropriate demeanor during
online interaction. .
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Parents as co-
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During Online Interaction

facilitators in i.Devote a time to observe their
the learning child’s demeanor and
behavior.
of their ii.Support their children adjust,
children when necessary.
iii.Continuously provide
needed assistance to their
children.
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Parents as co-
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c. After Online Interaction:
facilitators in i. Support and guide their children
complete any school related
the learning activities, when necessary.
of their ii. Reinforce their children on the
children conduct of behavior of the latter
and discuss and advice thereof.

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As guardians • Manage the screen time of their children. As
much as possible, ensure that there is a good
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and balance between academic and leisure screen

protectors of time based on children’s developmental age.

• Setting parental control and adult content
their children proofing set-up in the settings of the computer,

online tablet or mobile device to ban access to

inappropriate materials and sites and ensure
that their children are only accessing age
appropriate contents.

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As guardians • Encouraged to discuss with their 27

children as to control of accounts and

and supervision of what are being accessed
protectors of and viewed online.
their children • Encouraged to discuss with their
children, safeguarding the integrity of
online their online accounts by safekeeping
and not sharing their passwords and any
sensitive information to anyone.

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As guardians • Encouraged to discuss with their children any
online material that makes them
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and uncomfortable.

protectors of • Encouraged to regularly check the online

activities (i.e. history of sites visited) and
their children materials that were posted by their children

online online.
• Do not create social media accounts for their
children who are below the required age (i.e.
for Facebook, those below 13 years old).
Nonetheless, parents must give consent to the
creation of any social media account by their
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 RIGHTS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES OF
TEACHERS DURING
ONLINE INTERACTION
 RIGHTS OF • Teachers has the basic right to be
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TEACHERS: respected, acknowledged and

treated with dignity as a person
engaged in a noble profession of
molding the nation’s future.
WITH REGARDS • Teachers have the right to due
TO PARENTS process of law and to
confidentiality of information
relative to any investigation.
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RIGHTS OF • Teachers shall exercise secondary parental authority and 31

TEACHERS: shall have the right to determine the best manner to teach
in accordance with the prescribed curriculum standards.
• Teachers shall exercise necessary means to impose positive
discipline during online interaction. They shall use positive
verbal and non-verbal communication when dealing with
behavioral challenges with learners while ensuring that the
WITH rights of learners are not violated and decisions are in the
REGARDS best interest of the learner. Positive Discipline as
TO advocated by the DepEd Child Protection Policy
LEARNERS
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 TEACHERS ARE • 1. Teachers can only interact with 32

CALLED UPON TO learners online when consented by the

EXERCISE THE parent/guardian. Written consent of the
FOLLOWING parent/s, must be secured first, with
RESPONSIBILITIES: regard to the online interaction of the
learner with their teachers and to the
use or processing of any video or image
BEFORE ONLINE taken during interaction. The consent
INTERACTION may be submitted personally or through
email or any messaging technology or
medium to the school head or teacher-
adviser of the learner, which shall be
valid throughout the school year.
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CALLED UPON TO
EXERCISE THE requiring learners below the age of
FOLLOWING 13 to create their own social media
RESPONSIBILITIES: accounts as a means to join official
school based communications
and/or learning groups.
BEFORE ONLINE
INTERACTION 3. Teachers shall use their recent
profile picture and ensure that their
image therein is suitable to the
dignity of their profession.
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4. Teachers shall inform the
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CALLED UPON TO
EXERCISE THE parents on the schedule of the
FOLLOWING online classes/interaction.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
5. Teachers must be
appropriately groomed and wear
BEFORE ONLINE prescribed attire/presentable
INTERACTION
clothes.
6. Ensure that background view
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CALLED UPON TO their names. Terms of endearment

EXERCISE THE or pet names are highly
FOLLOWING
discouraged. Labeling and smart
RESPONSIBILITIE
S: shaming shall not be committed.
• Teachers shall use age appropriate
examples and humors. They shall
DURING ONLINE avoid profanity and using sexually
INTERACTION charged jokes or humors, and
sexual innuendos, even when not
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CALLED UPON TO their names. Terms of endearment

EXERCISE THE or pet names are highly
FOLLOWING
discouraged. Labeling and smart
RESPONSIBILITIE
S: shaming shall not be committed.
• Teachers shall use age appropriate
examples and humors. They shall
DURING ONLINE avoid profanity and using sexually
INTERACTION charged jokes or humors, and
sexual innuendos, even when not
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CALLED UPON TO academic-related tasks to learners.

EXERCISE THE
FOLLOWING • Teachers shall encourage the
RESPONSIBILITIE observance of quarantine and safety
S: measures. They shall refrain from
requiring learners to perform
activities or projects when it entails
DURING ONLINE violating the health protocols by
INTERACTION
the Department of Health (DOH) or
any government agency.
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 TEACHERS ARE Teachers shall respect the private
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CALLED UPON TO
spaces of learners. They shall not
EXERCISE THE
FOLLOWING join nor organize non-school related
RESPONSIBILITIE or purely private online group video
S: calls or chat areas with his/ her
learners. Teachers shall keep in
DURING ONLINE confidence learners’ sensitive and
INTERACTION personal/private information or
circumstances, known to them by
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 TEACHERS ARE Teachers shall maintain safe
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CALLED UPON TO communications with learners. They must

EXERCISE THE not participate in one (1) on one (1)
FOLLOWING private messaging with learners, without
RESPONSIBILITIE
parental consent and supervision, except
S:
in the following situations;
1. Providing information on existing
DURING ONLINE hotlines or numbers of law enforcement
INTERACTION agencies that the child may contact for
help.

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learner, provided that the teacher asks permission from the

student to have the guidance counselor join the chat.
• That the online disclosure be reported to the school head/ Child
Protection Committee/guidance counselor/guidance teacher
within 24 hours regardless of the consent of the learner to have
the disclosure reported to the CPC/Guidance counselor.

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Teachers shall motivate all learners and shall not privately
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promise to give a special gift/favor, to a specific learner.

Teachers are bound by CSC rules against receiving gifts and
favors. Hence, they shall not directly or indirectly ask or solicit
for gifts, presents, treats, or favors from their learners/ parents.
Teachers shall provide appropriate credit to learners. They shall
not make any threat of deduction of grades as a form of
punishment. They shall also refrain from unnecessarily
providing “special - plus grades/points”
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 TEACHERS ARE a. Teachers must, upon request or during 42

CALLED UPON TO scheduled sessions, update the parent/s

EXERCISE THE or guardians, through any available and
FOLLOWING agreed communication platforms, on
RESPONSIBILITIE the performance status of the latter’s
S: children.
b.Teachers must also respectfully inform
the parents of any behavioral issues or
AFTER ONLINE challenges that they may have
INTERACTION encountered and the recommendations
to address said issues, when necessary.
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RESPONSIBILIT respected irrespective of the child’s

IES OF or his or her parent's or legal
LEARNERS
guardian's race, color, sex,
DURING
ONLINE language, religion, political or
INTERACTION other opinion, national, ethnic or
social origin, property, disability,
birth or other status
RIGHTS OF
LEARNERS
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RESPONSIBILIT expression; this right shall include

IES OF freedom to seek, receive and impart
LEARNERS information and ideas of all kinds9. This
DURING includes the right to safe and engaging
ONLINE child-friendly discussion, allowed to ask
INTERACTION questions and clarifications in a
language he/she understands

RIGHTS OF
LEARNERS
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 RIGHTS AND • Learners have freedom of thought, 45

RESPONSIBILIT conscience and religion, of association

IES OF and to freedom of peaceful
LEARNERS • Learners has the right against subjected
DURING to arbitrary or unlawful interference
ONLINE with his or her privacy, family, home or
INTERACTION correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks
on his or her honor and reputation

RIGHTS OF
LEARNERS
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 RIGHTS AND • Learners has the right to access to
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RESPONSIBILIT information and material from a

IES OF diversity of national and
LEARNERS
international sources, especially
DURING
ONLINE those aimed at the promotion of his
INTERACTION or her social, spiritual and moral
well-being and physical and
mental health
RIGHTS OF
LEARNERS
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RESPONSIBILIT protected against all forms of

IES OF abuse, cruelty or exploitation from
LEARNERS
any sources, whether from
DURING
ONLINE members of the family and
INTERACTION members of the community,
strangers, and other leaners and
from school personnel
RIGHTS OF
LEARNERS
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RESPONSIBILIT
IES OF information regarding
LEARNERS hotlines and other channels
DURING
ONLINE where they may report any
INTERACTION violations of their rights

RIGHTS OF
LEARNERS
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LEARNERS, THEY
HAVE THE
FOLLOWING
CONCOMITANT
RESPONSIBILITIES
LEARNERS, A.Learners shall be on time during
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THEY HAVE online sessions.

THE B.Leaners shall be kind to and treat
FOLLOWING all teachers with respect.
CONCOMITANT Learners shall not engage in any
RESPONSIBILIT
acts that produce any harmful
IES
effects to school personnel
through social media and other
communication platforms.

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LEARNERS, A.Learners shall respect the personal 51

THEY HAVE spaces of co-learners and avoid

THE creating fake accounts and contents.
FOLLOWING B.They should understand and be
CONCOMITANT empathic to the situation of others.
RESPONSIBILIT They shall not engage in online/cyber
bullying and report any bullying
IES
incidences to his/her adviser, when they
become aware of it.

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 Cyber • Habitual posting of any message that 52

humiliates or cause embarrassment to a

Bullying co-learner online
Includes • Sending, posting, or sharing negative, harmful,
false, or mean content about a co-learner;
• Sharing personal of private information
about someone else causing
embarrassment.

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A.Report any behavior of any learner that makes them feel
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uncomfortable to their adviser or guidance counselor.

B.Follow the instructions and directions of teachers, as
long as this will not lead to personal harm.
C.Learners shall think first before clicking the “post” or
“share” buttons in social media. They should avoid
posting inappropriate materials/content that may lead co-
learners, teachers or other persons to feel bad.

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 Learners shall also • About an individual’s race, ethnic origin, 54

protect one’s privacy marital status, age, color, and religious,

and the privacy of philosophical or political affiliations;
others by not sharing • About an individual’s health, education,
or posting the genetic or sexual life of a person, or to any
following information proceeding for any offense committed or
of others, when alleged to have been committed by such
known individual, the disposal of such proceedings,
or the sentence of any court in such
proceedings

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 • Any learner who violates this
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provision shall be subjected to

intervention programs by the
CPC/Anti-Bullying Committee (ABC)
with parental support and other Child
Protection actors in the community, as
well as, other administrative
proceedings before the School Head,
pursuant to existing DepEd rules and
regulations, when warranted.
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GENERAL PROCEDURE 56

BEFORE, DURING AND

AFTER ONLINE
INTERACTION WITH
LEARNERS AND
TEACHERS

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A.Schools must include in their orientation with

parents, learners and other stakeholders and include
the following matters:
i. Basics of the DepEd Learning Continuity Plan and
school activities.
ii. Mechanics, schedules, rules, procedures and other
matters relative to the online learning scheme adopted.
iii. Schedule of providing updates and feedbacks on the
performance of learners

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i.The duties and responsibilities of teachers, parents

and learners as contained in this standards.
ii.Basic protocols in reporting Child Abuse and Bullying.
• Any hotlines, i.e. PNP Child Protection Desk, Guidance
Counselor’s official email address and other relevant contact
details, for reporting any violations of Child Protection
related laws, policies and rules

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a.Teachers, parents and learners shall comply with their

respective responsibilities during online interaction as
herein provided.
b.Teachers must, as much as possible, always inculcate
and remind learners of their responsibilities under this
standard

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TEACHERS
a. Teachers must inform parents, during scheduled sessions, regarding their child’s
performance and behavior.
b. Teachers, must as much as possible immediately, bring to the attention of the
parents any behavioral challenges that the latter’s children exhibits and any
recommended action on said behavior.
c. Teachers and Parents should always remember their respective rights and their
concomitant responsibilities as provided herein, whenever they are interacting
with each other online

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DATA AND PRIVACY

• Consent from parents is needed before school personnel can post
images/videos of learners on social media platforms.
• The consent shall be secured at the start of the school year, and shall be
in writing.
• The consent shall cover all images/videos taken for the school year and
shall be used only for school documentation purposes and other
legitimate purposes

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Once permission has been provided, the preceding standards shall 62

govern:

a.The image(s)/videos must neither mislead the viewer as to the

actual situation of the subject of the pictures nor distort reality.
b.Ensure that data/information on the full name, address, age, grade
level, grade, name of parents, contact details and any other
personal circumstances are not seen or be publicly accessible.
c.Ensure that only images of learners in appropriate dress,
environment and pose are taken

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d. Learners must not be depicted in an awkward,
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compromising, discriminating, or dangerous situation.

e. Learners must not be depicted in a sexual or sexualized
manner or context that can constitute images of abuse.
f. Images taken shall not depict violence, pornography, or
crime.

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a.Any person (teacher/parent/learner) may report any issue as 64

to the use of any learner’s data/information contained in

any posted material with the school head/guidance
counselor. • Provision of
b.The school head, through the guidance counselor, shall
validate whether there has been a violation of the Data Corrective
Safeguarding Standards.
Measure
c.Once, determined, the school head shall instruct the
responsible school personnel to take down the posted Process
material/content immediately

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• AGE AS A FACTOR TO CONSIDER • UNDER

– Applicable to JHS and SHS ages 13 and Above
PRIVATE
– If Below 13, shall not be part of social media group
SETTING
but instead shall received communication via other
means identified by both the teacher, the AND
parents/guardians PROPERLY
– For Grades 1 to 6, teachers shall employ either MODERATE
messenger group chats or Facebook groups with the
D
parents of the learners
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will be made available subsequently, which allows users below 13 to

use the service, the regional office shall come out with an advisory as
such, provided that the said platform for learners below 13 have the
appropriate safety features installed such as but not limited to parental
controls.
• Teachers are prohibited from requiring learners below the age of 13 to
create social media accounts to join official school-based
communications and/or learning groups

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A.The teacher/adviser shall inform the principal and the guidance

counselor of his/her intention of creating a class moderated social
media group for his/her class.
B.Once consent was given, the adviser shall, as much as possible, create
the group using his/her DepEd email account, when the social media
platform allows individuals to create multiple accounts. If not,
advisers may use their existing social media accounts and are highly
advised to maintain professional distance from learners and parents.

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ADMINISTRATORS/MODERATORS

A.All moderated school social media groups

shall always have the following as
moderators:
a.One (1) guidance counselor/teacher or
grade level chairperson or coordinator; and
b.One (1) learner class representative (High
School).

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administrator/s and moderators be removed from the class social

media group.
• The guidance counselor/guidance teacher/grade level coordinator’s
interaction shall be limited only to observation tasks to ensure that
potential cause of harm to anyone is prevented and not committed
within the group
• Guidance Counselors may immediately intervene on actionable
reports or posts seen in said group

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following
• Administrator/s or Moderator/s shall be aware of basic social media etiquette in
relation to the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards, when dealing with all
stakeholders during social networking;

• Administrator/s may officially respond to queries and other matters posted in the
group, in a manner that may be directed by the adviser or school head. Moderator/s
cannot represent the school and provide any official statement. Nonetheless, both
administrator/s and Moderator/s can answer basic queries

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– Administrator/s or Moderator/s shall maintain the 71

confidentiality of the reporter and any private messages

that may have been sent in their respective private accounts
regarding reports of child abuse/bullying and forward the
same to the guidance counselor within 24 hours;
– Administrator/s or Moderator/s shall not be allowed to
delete any message posted in the group unless, directed by
the Head of Office or the latter’s authorized representative.
They may however immediately use “hide” functions for
posted messages which are offensive on its face
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• The School Head shall forward to the Regional Legal Unit’s
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email address: legalunitncr@ymail.com any message/s relating

to reports on child abuse committed by teaching personnel. On
the other hand, reports on child abuse committed by non-
teaching personnel shall be reported to the Division Legal Unit.
• For inappropriate posts, administrators or moderators may
report the content via the social media’s user available reporting
tools

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• One (1) representative of the Homeroom PTA may be invited as 3
member-observer of the group. As observer, the Homeroom PTA
representative shall sign a confidentiality agreement and he/she is not
allowed to interact with any learner in the group. He/ She may report
any observation to the guidance counselor/adviser.
• The moderated social media group shall not hinder learner’s access to
information and class announcements and as such, the class advisers
shall find ways to relay information to learners who would not have
access to such channels/ technologies.

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K.Posts in the Group shall be limited to:

a.Official news that may affect the class;
b.Information relative to the class/school activities; and
c.Official school announcements.
• All other relevant matters for learning

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• Posting/sharing of unverified information,

offensive materials, commercial advertisements
and any material that does not promote learning,
shall not be allowed in the group and
administrators/moderators must hide said posts
immediately, without prejudice to removal as may
be directed
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VIOLATION OF THE STANDARDS AND RELATED POLICIES

• DepEd Order No. 40, s. 2012 reportorial and referral protocols:

– Reported acts of child abuse committed by a school personnel must be reported
to the appropriate disciplinary authorities.
– The victim-child shall be subject for intervention and referred to the
appropriate government agencies by the Child Protection
Committee.

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A.DepEd Order No. 55, s. 2013 reportorial and referral protocols:
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•Reported acts of bullying committed by learners against colearners

shall be investigated according to the administrative procedures
under the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Anti-Bullying
Act.
•The victim-child and the bully shall be subjected for intervention
and referred to the appropriate government agencies by the Anti-
Bullying/Child Protection Committee, when necessary.

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A.DepEd Order No. 18, s. 2015 reportorial and
referral protocols:
– When a child has been identified as a Child-At-Risk
(CAR) or a Child in Conflict with the Law (CICL), the
school guidance office shall make the necessary referral
to the DSWD, and appropriate intervention programs
shall be made

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•Schools Division Offices, through the joint efforts of the

Division Legal Unit, Division Child Protection Coordinator,
and the School Governance and Operations Division, must
ensure compliance by School Heads as to the need to
advocate and orient learners, parents and teachers relative to
the following:

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a.Their respective rights and responsibilities
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under this standards;

b.The standards and limits in the creation of
Moderated Private Social Media/Learning Groups;
and
c.The basic protocols on the referral and reportorial
actions in case of violation of any established rules.

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Unit and the Division Child Protection Coordinator shall

continuously gather feedback in the implementation of these
standards and shall submit to the Regional Office, through
the Regional Legal Unit, a report as to recommended matters
to be developed within one (1) month from the opening of
classes for SY 2020-2021.
•A monitoring tool shall be issued thereafter.

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PROVISIONS:
A. The provisions of these standards may be further localized and adopted by
school in their Child Protection and Anti-Bullying Policy with Student Code of
Conduct.
B. These standards shall be effective immediately.

• These standards shall be regularly reviewed and updated.

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THANK YOU!!!

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