NEW NORMAL TO

BETTER NORMAL
Malcolm S. Garma
Assistant Secretary
Department of Education
Nangyayari na ba ang BLENDED
LEARNING?

F2F
 LEARNING DELIVERY

FLEXIBLE LEARNING OPTIONS

DISTANCE LEARNING MODALITIES

POST-COVID
The New Normal requires that we…
PRE-COVID COVID TIME

- Hybrid Distance - Hybrid Distance

THE NEW NORMAL

- deliver thru hybrid distance learning
Education Education
(combination of
modalities synchronous &
(combination of
synchronous &
- deliver the same learning outcomes or
asynchronous online
education
asynchronous online
education
competencies
School-based distance
-comply with strict Health Protocols
School-based distance
education education
- prepare a dynamic Strategic Plan and an
equally impressive Risk Management
Home-based
education
distance Plan Home-based distance
education
What are the shifts in thought & in practice?

It’s NOT how much CONTENT Placing premium on STUDENT

they know and understand…it’s ACCOUNTABILITY but this goes
what they DO with the content alongside TEACHER
that matters most. MINDFULNESS

When we find ourselves in new

Learning becomes a SHARED
and unique environments-
GOAL rather than a requirement
EVERY DECISION MUST BE
between teacher and student.
DATA-BASED.

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CRITICAL POINTS: …they would rather

How do we structure our campus? -stroll around the campus

How do we maximize our facilities?
-jam with friends
How do we satisfy certain needs of the learners in terms of
independent learning? -play basketball

Are we prepared for online-synchronous distance learning? -practice a dance number

Does our campus comply with the technology needed?
-watch a film
How can we make all areas operational, functional, and
supportive of curriculum goals? -make art

Will this campus design require more manpower? …than be listening to a

lecture

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 PROCESSES SUSTAINABLE
KEY RESULT AREAS
• Understanding the DEVELOPMENT GOAL 4 DepED Strategic Plans • Teacher
QUALITY EDUCATION Education
Education Divide
and Training
• Engaging Education • Curriculum
Stakeholders
SYSTEMS HAPPY SCHOOLS ADVOCACY Innovation
• Making SUFFICIENCY
THINKING “Doing Things Differently” • Learner Development
Communities Work THINKING
• School Leadership &
for Education
Governance
• Creating New “The "The Doing”
LEARNING • Resource Generation
Institutional Understanding” The Resilient
• Education Policies
Arrangements for OUTCOMES Mindset
and Standards
Education
Life-long and
21st Century
Learning
CHARACTER CREATIVITY CRITICAL THINKING COMPETENCE
 Love of God and Nature  Self – Expression  Problem Solving • Academics
 Love of Country and  Music, Arts, Culture  Socio-Political and • Sports
Community  Sports Environmental • Skills
 Love of Self and Family  Technical Skills Awareness • Leadership and
 Decision-Making Citizenship

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Platforms for Intervention: UNESCO INITIATIVES on Entrepreneurship, Artificial
Intelligence, and Neurological Science in Education
HSM Overall Goal: THE 4 S’ of Learner
Education and Development

SCHOOL SPORTS

SCOUTING SKILLS
 SAFETY (Disaster Preparedness
THE “HAPPY” and Resiliency)
SCHOOL SECURITY (Internal and External
ENVIRONMENT Threats, including Food Security)

SANITATION (Health and

Nutrition)
 CHARACTER

THE HSM DESIRED

LEARNING OUTCOME: COMPETENCE
4 C’s Our Learners
Should Have
(Going beyond scores)
CREATIVITY

CRITICAL-THINKING
 Love of God and Nature
Character Is
About Love of Country and
Courage… Community

Love of Self and Family

 Higher Education
Competency Is Employability
About Fulfilling
Dreams….. Adaptability

Resilience
 Learners as Thinkers and Tinkers

Creativity Is Schools as Repository of Creation

About
Confidence…..
Teachers as Agents and Catalysts of
Creativity

School Heads as Motivators and Providers

for Creation
Critical KNOWING UNDERSTANDING ANALYZING

Thinking Is
About
Compassion…

REFLECTING SHARING EXEMPLIFYING

The Need To
Work
Together for COMMUNICATION COOPERATION

the HSM…

COLLABORATION CONVERGENCE
 COMMUNICATION What To Do?

STRATEGIC PLANNING ORGANIZATIONAL STANDARDS AND BEST EXPECTATIONS

(VMOKRAPI SPATRES) STRUCTURES AND PRACTICES
POLICIES
 ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND
ACCOUNTABILITY
COOPERATION PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL (OPCRF,
IPCRF)
What Can We Do?
CAPACITY-BUILDING

PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL

DEVELOPMENT
 COACHING AND MENTORING
SLAC SESSIONS
COLLABORATION
DIALOGUING
What Can Be Done?

PLANNING AND CONSULTATION

CONSENSUS-BUILDING

COMMUNITY IMMERSION
 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

ADVOCACY-BUILDING
CONVERGENCE
What Can We Give? OWNERSHIP AND CO-OWNERSHIP OF
EDUCATION ISSUES

CREATION AND CO-CREATION

NEW INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS

RESOURCE-GENERATION
 BETTER TEACHERS
+
BETTER INSTRUCTIONS
x
BETTER SCHOOL HEADS
=
BETTER & HAPPY SCHOOLS
“You cannot make people learn. You
can only provide the right conditions
for learning to happen”.

-Vince Gowmon