Guidelines on the Preparation of Daily Lessons DO 70, s.2012

Beginning School Year (SY) 2012-2013, teachers of all public elementary and secondary schools will have more time for the preparation of necessary support instructional materials and student-centered activities as the Department of Education (DepEd) adopts flexibility in the preparation of daily lessons.

Teachers’ Guides (TGs) have been prepared for teachers of Grades 1 and 7 in the K to 12 Curriculum and the same will be done for succeeding grades. Likewise, there are available Teachers’ Manuals (TMs), textbooks and supplementary materials for use by teachers in the different year levels.

To enable the teachers to do other meaningful teaching-related tasks, which include, but not limited to preparing instructional aids, assessing learners’ portfolios and conducting learning interventions, the following Guidelines on the Preparation of Daily Lessons (DLs) are issued:

a)  Teachers who have been in the service for more than two (2) years, private school experience included, shall not be required to prepare detailed lesson plans (DLPs). They may adopt the Daily Lesson Logs (DLLs) which contain the following entries:

• Lesson as cited in the TG/TM reference materials with the page/s number;
• Learners’ Material used such as Activity Sheets, Modules, other materials with the page number reference;
• Remarks indicating number of learners within mastery level; number of learners needing enrichment/refinement lessons; and
• Other activities include the interventions given to the pupils/ students who did not master the lesson(s) in the previous day.

b) Teachers with less than two (2) years teaching experience shall be required to prepare DLPs which shall include the following:

• Objectives;
• Subject Matter;
• Procedure;
• Assessment; and
• Assignment.

c) Teachers may make modification of/or deviation from the TGs/TMs whenever necessary to suit the learners’ ability provided that the learning standards and competencies are met. They are encouraged to enhance the TGs to provide activities that will develop higher thinking skills.

d) DLPs/DLLs shall be written in the language of the TGs/TMs. Grade 1 teachers need not translate them to the Mother Tongue (MT). However, the use of MT as medium of instruction must be strictly followed.

A sample DLLs Form is provided in the enclosure.

Immediate dissemination of and strict compliance with this Order is directed.

DepEd Order No. 9 s2015 School Calendar for SY 2015-2016

DepEd Order no.9, s. 2015 - School Calendar for School Year (SY) 2015-2016
April 1, 2015

School Calendar for School Year (SY) 2015-2016
To: Undersecretaries
Assistant Secretaries
Bureau Directors
Directors of Services, Centers and Heads of Units
Regional Directors
Schools Division Superintendents
Heads, Public and Private Elementary and Secondary Schools
All Others Concerned

The School Calendar for School Year (SY) 2015-2016 shows the school events and activities for the said SY. The core events and activities for this SY, which represent the actual teaching-learning days, shall be strictly observed in all schools.
The SY 2015-2016 shall begin on Monday, June 1, 2015 and shall end on Friday, April 1, 2016. The SY will consist of 201 school days, inclusive of the five-day In-Service Training (INSET) break. The different school events and activities, including the number of school days per quarter, are contained in Enclosure No. 1.
Private schools may deviate from this School Calendar. However, they may not start classes earlier than the first Monday of June and not later than the last day of August, as provided in Republic Act (RA) No. 7797 entitled An Act to Lengthen the School Calendar from Two Hundred (200) Days to Not More Than Two Hundred Twenty (220) Class Days. They should notify the appropriate DepEd officials in advance regarding any deviation.
Specific guidelines are provided in Enclosure No. 2 to enable the schools to effectively and efficiently conduct/undertake/implement the school events and activities and to allow the regional offices (ROs) and schools division offices (SDOs) to provide support to the schools, especially in the areas of instruction and progress monitoring and evaluation.
Schools may observe national and local celebrations, holidays and advocacy activities other than those indicated in Enclosure No. 3, provided that the total number of school days shall not be compromised. Make-up classes can therefore be conducted to compensate for the school days spent for activities deemed beneficial to the learning-teaching process. Likewise, make-up classes are recommended in lieu of no-school days due to occurrence of a natural and man-made calamities. A mechanism for having make-up classes must be agreed upon by school administrators and parents. In this regard, the RO may issue a regional school calendar to reflect their respective concerns.
Immediate dissemination of and strict compliance with this Order is directed.


(Sgd.) BR. ARMIN A. LUISTRO FSC
Secretary


Encls.: As stated
Reference: DepEd Order: No. 18, s. 2014
To be indicated in the Perpetual Index under the following subjects:

CALENDAR, SCHOOL
CELEBRATIONS AND FESTIVALS
CLASSES
POLICY
SCHOOLS

 

Graduation Rites. What do you think of the 2015 Graduation Theme?

This years graduation theme is "Saktong Buhay: Sa De-Kalidad na Edukasyon Pinanday" focusing the importance of quality education in forging a decent future for the Filipino Youth. 

Graduation rites should be scheduled either on March 26 or March 27, 2015.

What do you think of this years theme? Comment your opinion below: