The Department of Education issued new education policies that officially mandated the implementation of the two sets of standards for school leaders which the Philippine Normal University-based Research Center for Teacher Quality (RCTQ) helped develop.
DepEd Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones issued DO 24, s. 2020 or the National Adoption and Implementation of the Philippine Professional Standards for School Heads (PPSSH), and DO 25, s. 2020 or the National Adoption and Implementation of the Philippine Professional Standards for Supervisors (PPSS). The two department orders were released this week for national implementation.
Since 2018, RCTQ has assisted the Bureau of Human Resource and Organizational Development (BHROD) and the National Educators Academy of the Philippines (NEAP) in the development and validation of the standards and their respective policies.
PNU President Dr. Bert J. Tuga said the new policies demonstrate PNU’s contributions in upgrading the quality of Philippine education.
“As the National Center for Teacher Education, our mandate is to assist DepEd in charting policies that improve teacher education and help school leaders deliver their respective work in leading and ensuring quality of education in public schools,” Dr. Tuga said.
“The issuance of these policies, which complement the previously-issued policy adopting the RCTQ-supported Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers (PPST), strengthened PNU’s reputation as leader in teacher education,” Dr. Tuga added. The PPST was officially adopted and implemented by DepEd in August 2017 through DO 42, s. 2017.
The PPSSH and the PPSS aim to i) set out clear expectations of school heads and supervisors along well-defined career stages of professional development from beginning to exemplary practice; ii) engage them to actively embrace a continuing effort to attain high levels of proficiency; and iii) provide support for professional learning and development, help identify development needs and facilitate the uniform assessment of performance.
“Workloads of school heads and supervisors have increased over the years and many of them end up engaging more in administrative functions,’ said BHROD OIC Director Jennifer Lopez. “These policies will help them focus also on their roles as school leaders that support teacher quality.”
RCTQ Director Dr. Gina Gonong said the professional standards “support our school leaders to be most effective as they focus on deepening their pedagogical expertise, capacity to lead teaching and learning that has a positive impact on student outcomes, strong interpersonal skills, and management and leadership skills, including business and strategic acumen.”
As of August 2020, DepEd employs 43,448 school heads and 5,550 supervisors who will put the policies into practice nationwide.
In 2019, some 5,000 school heads and supervisors from 16 regions converged in 17 various regional locations nationwide to participate in the series of national validation of the draft standards organized by DepEd and RCTQ. The validation helped verify the proposed domains, strands, and indicators across four career stages vis-à-vis the realities in their actual practice. They ensured that the final versions of the standards represent the voices of the education leaders who will eventually be in the forefront of their implementation.
The development and validation of the PPSSH and the PPSS were overseen by its Advisory Board chaired by BHROD Director Jennifer Lopez and co-chaired by NEAP Director John Arnold Siena. The Advisory Board’s members were regional directors Dr. Arturo B. Bayocot (R10), Wilfredo E. Cabral (4A, formerly of NCR), Dr. Juliet A. Jeruta (former RD of Region 7), Dr. Ramir B. Uytico (R8), Dir. Ma. Gemma M. Ledesma (R6), Dr. Gilbert T. Sadsad (R5), and Dr. Diosdado M. San Antonio (former regional director of Region 4A and current Undersecretary for Curriculum and Instruction). Outside of DepEd, the Board’s members were Dr. Evelyn C. Cruzada, former Assistant Secretary, Office of the Cabinet Secretary; Mr. Juan Miguel M. Luz of Asian Institute of Management; and Ms. Ma. Lourdes D. Pantoja, former Director IV, BHROD.
RCTQ is an Australia-supported partnership between the PNU and the University of New England Australia through the SiMERR National Research Centre.
Download the PPSSH from this link:
https://www.deped.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DO_s2020_024-.pdf
Download the PPSS from this link:
https://www.deped.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DO_s2020_025-.pdf