DIVISION MEMORANDUM

No. , s. 2022

CONDUCT OF SCHOOL LAC SESSIONS

To CID AND SGOD Chief Education Ssupervisors

: Education Program Supervisors
Public Schools District supervisors
Secondary and Elementary School Heads
Program In-Charge

1. The Division of Valencia City fully supports the implementation of the Learning Action
Cell (LAC) for continuing professional development of its teaching personnel to improve
teaching practices and learner achievement.

2. As such, LAC sessions shall be continuously held in conformity with DepEd Order 35, s.
2016 for topics, time allocation, scheduling, and establishing of culture and norms. The
said issuance strongly recommends 1-2 hours per week or once a month (4-8 hours).
However, in order to ensure maximum safety of the learners who will be sent home in
favor of the activities, as well as giving ample time for facilitators to prepare quality
activities, LAC sessions shall be held one (1) day bi-monthly, preferably on a Friday. It
can either be in-person or in virtual platform if the former is not possible. PSDS and EPS
concerned should be informed of the LAC sessions’ schedule for monitoring purposes.

3. Resources (human or material), should be prepared or set up before the implementation of

the sessions. The human resources could be individuals who are tapped as resource
persons of the LAC sessions. Material resources could be the supplies, worksheets,
videos, equipment, budget, food, venues and other things needed. The budget shall come
from the school’s respective MOOE and other external grants, provided that only
expenses allowed under the school MOOE may be included, subject to existing
accounting rules and regulations.

4. At the school level, the School Head should lead in organizing the LAC and in ensuring
that the practice of holding regular LAC sessions is established, maintained and sustained.
The School Head should also take the lead in designing, monitoring LAC activities and in
evaluating their impact on the total school improvement. This function will be included in
the performance evaluation of School Heads.
5. Active participation of teachers and involvement in the LAC activities should be
captured as an objective in the Individual Performance and Commitment Review Form
(IPCRF). The certificate of participation in LAC activities shall be prepared by schools
signed by the School Head and the Schools Division Superintendent, and shall only be
issued at the end of the school year. This means Documenters’ reports should be turned in
to the Division Office prior to request for certificates. Teachers can request for certificates
anytime of the year when required for the renewal of PRC ID.

6. At the Schools Division Level, the Schools Division Office (SDO), Curriculum
Implementation Division (CID) should support the schools in establishing, maintaining,
and sustaining their LAC practice. It should provide technical assistance (TA) as may be
required. The SDO shall lead in identifying practices which are potentially replicable, as
well as in highlighting accomplishments as basis for reward system.

7. Documentation and record keeping are important for monitoring progress. Individual and
team activities should be properly recorded and documented, with appropriate tools. The
appointment of documenter or recorder of minutes should be on rotation basis. Protocols
for confidentiality and ethics should be strictly adhered. The LAC Team (LAC leader,
facilitators and members) should decisively identify which can be shared in a plenary to
improve teaching-learning.

8. Official templates contained in the toolkit developed by BEST and DepEd Central Office
to be used for LAC purposes are herein provided. All the forms shall be adopted
effective immediately. Documentation of activities should be uploaded after each session
in the division LAC google drive (https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0AMBtm-
04VWU1Uk9PVA).

9. School Heads who desire to accredit LAC activities (School, District, Division LAC) for
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) units, shall follow PRC templates (see PRC
Resolution No. 1032, s. 2017) and submit proposals to the Office of the Schools Division
Superintendent who shall consolidate all the submitted LAC instructional design
proposals and submit the same to NEAP and the HROD of the Regional Office 60 days
prior to the schedule of the LAC activity for endorsement to the PRC for accreditation.

10. It is the responsibility of the LAC Leader (School Head) to ensure the safety of the
teachers from harm that may be caused by physical hazards, observance of ethical
protocols and from posting LAC sessions in any social media platform.

11. Previous issuances are hereby rescinded.

SAV-DDS-CID
Annex A. LAC Implementation Plan Template

Letterhead

LAC Implementation Plan SY___

Learning Goals
(Skills/Competencies)__________________________________________________

Topic Objectives Learning Key Materials/ Fund/Source Date and Date and Success Means of
Facilitator Activities Time Time Indicators Verification
Resources (Planned (Actual)
A. Pre-
Implementeation

B. Implementatiion

C. Monitoring and
Evaluation

Prepared by: LAC Team Reviewed: Recommending Approval: Approved:

_____________________________ ________________________ ______________________ ___________________________
Designation/Position Designation/Position PSDS Chief, CID
email add: email add:

_____________________________ ________________________ _________________________________

Designation/Position Designation/Position Schools Division Superintendent
email add: email add:

_____________________________
LAC Leader/School Head
email add:
Annex B. LAC Plan Appraisal Tool
(For PSDS assigned to fill-out and attach to the LAC plan for approval of the SDS)

Letterhead
LAC Plan Appraisal Tool SY 2022-2023_____

Date:_____________________________________________________________________________________Name of
School:____________________________________________________________________________
Plan Coverage:_____________________________________________________________________________
StartDate:__________________________________________________________________________________
End Date__________________________________________________________________________________

Direction: Rate how well the LAC Plan meets the following descriptions by putting a checkmark under
the corresponding number

Description 1 2 3 4 5 Remarks

Relevance. The LAC plan is relevant on the current and

future needs of the target group. The Plan complies to the
policy and theoretical framework

Timeliness. The LAC plan addresses key challenges in a

timely manner.

Evidence-based. The LAC plan is based on primary and

secondary data, both qualitative and quantitative form.
Main references of evidences are needs assessment, DepEd
generated data/reports

Budget. The LAC Plan budget is appropriate and

justifiable based on the approved/agreed upon activities and
the budget and expenditure guidelines

Strategic. Prioritization of activities or agenda in the LAC

plan is strategic

Collaborative. The LAC Plan is collaboratively created by

the core planning team.

Inclusiveness. The LAC Plan is inclusive and gender-

sensitive. It does not promote inappropriate attitude towards
members of other religion, race or gender.

Legend:
1-Very dissatisfied 3-Neutral 5-Very Satisfied
2- Dissatisfied 4- Satisfied

Recommendations:
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________

Evaluated by:

_____________________ ______________
PSDS Date
Annex C. LAC Session Evaluation Tool
(for LAC members and school head to accomplish after each LAC topic)

Letterhead
LAC Session Evaluation Tool

Name of Facilitator:______________________________ Sex:_________________________

Position:_______________________________________ Designation:___________________
Disability:______________________________________ Ethnic Group:__________________
Type of Modality:________________________________

Direction: Rate how well the LAC session matches the following description:
Description 1 2 3 4 5 Remarks

Introduction procedures are appropriate

Topic is clearly defined

Instructions are clear and appropriate

Presentation flow is chronological and systematic

Effective use of verbal and non-verbal communication

There is a mastery of content

There are evidences of ICT integration

Rapport is established resulting to a warm and friendly

atmosphere

Overall rating

Rated by:

___________________________
Participant/School Head

Note: This form should be accomplished by all LAC members and School Head to be consolidated by the LAC
documenter. All accomplished forms shall be kept on file along with the LAC Documenter’s Report
Annex D. LAC Documentation

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LAC Documentation for the Month of _____20___

Date:
Venue:
Start Time: End Time:
Name of LAC Facilitator:

Objectives: Topics:
1… 1…
2… 2…
3… 3…

Discussion Highlights:
(must include agreements from previous LAC session, results of monitoring and evaluation, and areas for plan
adjustment)

A. Monitoring and Evaluation Report

Good Practices shared
Challenges shared

B. Lessons learned, and insights or realizations

C. Major points
Major Points Accomplished Matters arising and agreements /What to do next
 D. Next Steps
Attendees Designation LAC Role

Documented by: Attested:

_______________________ _____________________________
LAC Documenter LAC Leader/School Head

Annex E. LAC Reflection Journal

Letterhead
LAC Reflection Journal

Date:
Name:
Position:
Designation:

Topic: (Content or description of the approach or strategy learned)

Insights or realizations: (Insights or realizations gained from the facilitator, mentor, or coach regarding new
concepts learned and known concepts that were more understood)
A. Totally new concept
B. A familiar concept but learned something new

Lessons learned (Personal experiences of how the strategy worked or not in his or her class)
A. Easy points (What was easy to learn or apply to learners and why)
B. Challenging points (what was difficult to learn or apply to learners and why)

Next course of action:

 (What to do next to address challenges encountered)

Annex F. Guided Observation Chart

(used by teacher-observer while observing demonstration teaching to document how a new approach or skill is
used)

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GUIDED OBSERVATION CHART

Approach or skill focused on__________________________________________________________

Name of Learning Facilitator__________________________________________________________
Name of Teacher observed __________________________________________________________
Date of Observation________________________________________________________________

Questions about the approach or skill

1. How is the approach or used or taught?

2. How did the students perform or behave when the approach or skill is used?

Other questions

Questions I have about the approach of skill

1.
 2.

3.

Annex G. Teaching Learning Scan

(This is a tool for documenters to capture the teaching-learning activities observed in a sequential order)

Letterhead
Teaching-Learning Scan

Approach or skill focused on __________________________________________________________

Name of Learning Facilitator /Teacher Observed __________________________________________
Date of observation_________________________________________________________________

Time Teaching-learning activities observed (activities the Remarks (comments, suggestions,

teacher did, the questions the teacher said, the recommendations)
answers the students shared related to the focus of
the observation. It can be abbreviated.)
 ● Note: Do not include sentences enclosed in parenthesis in the reproduction of this form

________________________
Name of Teacher-observer

Annex H. Needs Assessment Activity Sheet

(This tool is used before developing a Plan. It can also be used in determining topics for the next LAC session)

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Needs Assessment Activity Sheet

Needs Assessment Document/Data Source

Starting Point: Bring Document/Data Source

● What does the document highlight?

● What do teachers need to know and be

 able to do to address the gaps?

● What additional content knowledge do

teachers need?

● What support do teachers need in

improving pedagogy and teaching
practice?

● What other documents or sources can I

look at to verify these insights?

Goal-setting: Needs identified

● Based on these documents and your

personal experiences and conversations with
teachers, what are our school’s common
professional development needs?

● Identify 3-5 priority professional

development needs

Path of Professional learning support

● What are the most effective ways to meet

teacher’s needs?

● Who should teachers be working with, when

and toward what end?

● How will we know if we are meeting our

goals?

● How will we evaluate success?

Ideas for Composition of Learning Action Cells

(LACs)

● Write down ideas that come to mind and

share it with the teachers to get agreement
 Annex I. Criteria for Selecting Web-based resources

Sites to be catalogued must score 3 and above for all criteria

Description 1 2 3 4 5

Links to All the hyperlinks All the hyperlinks Some of the Many of the All of the hyperlinks
external lead to resources that lead to resources hyperlinks lead to hyperlinks lead lead to resources that
resources are relevant to the that are relevant to resources that have to resources are irrelevant to the
home site and are of the home site and limited relevance that have main purposes of the
high quality of satisfactory to the home site limited home site/and or of
quality relevance to the dubious quality
home site

Copyright and The site’s intellectual The site’s The site’s The sites’ The site’s intellectual
conditions of property rights and intellectual intellectual intellectual property rights and
user conditions of use are property rights property rights and property rights conditions of use are
clearly and conditions of cnditions of use are and conditions not stated
communicated on use are clearly clearly of use are not
each page and for all communicated on communicated on clearly
resource hyperlinks the main page of the home pages of communicated.
the site the site

Safety and The sight is The sight is The sight is The sight is There is no
security copyrighted to and copyrighted to and copyrighted to and copyrighted to information available
relation to maintained by ab maintained by ab maintained by ab and maintained as to the status of the
authenticity accepted and trusted accepted and accepted and by ab accepted intellectual property
and integrity of educational trusted trusted educational and trusted rights of the site or the
providers entity/or/organization educational entity/or/organizati educational Conditions of Use.
. entity/or/organizat on. entity/or/organi
ion. zation.
The site is copyright
free for non-
commercial and The site is
educational use. The site is copyrighted and The site is
copyright free for available only to copyrighted but
registered users subscribers for there is no
for non- non-commercial information
Creative Commons commercial and and educational about the
license terms are educationa use. use. Conditions of
displayed Use.

Site hyperlink There is a site map. There is NO site There is NO site There is NO There is NO site map.
browsing map. map. site map. Hyperlink browsing
results in retrieval of
totally unrelated
At least 5 levels of
and/or unethical
hyperlink browsing At least 5 levels of Hyperlink Hyperlink
content and
within the site does hyperlink browsing results in browsing
information.
not result in the browsing within retrieval on some results in
presentation of non- the site does not unrelated content retrieval of
relevant or unethical result in the and information. some unrelated
content or presentation of content and
information any non-relevant information
or unethical
content or
 information

Annex J. Activity Request

DIVISION ACTIVITY REQUEST FORM

Title of Activity :

Type of Modality: Facilitated Group Learning

Schedule :

Venue :

RATIONALE OF THE ACTIVITY:

OBJECTIVES: OUTPUTS/OUTCOMES

1..

2..

3..

METHODOLOGY
Time Allotment Activity Facilitator Resource Speaker

Session 1 (sample only)

30 minutes Sharing of Experiences/problems met

in the class last week with the skill
learned in the previous LAC.

(1 minute rule per LAC participant)

Finding benchmarks of good practice.

Energizer

20 minutes Presentation of New Topic

Topic: Instructional Materials for 3rd

quarter.

Going over unified lesson plans and

IMs needed for each episode

50 minutes Application activity

Making of Instructional Materials for

Third quarter

10 minutes Feedback and adjustment on the IMs

made

10 minutes What to do next

1.Planning on what to do with the IMs

2.Planning for mentoring/class

observation with the use of the IM
developed

Implementation in the classroom - -

Session 2

30 minutes Sharing of Experiences (What

possible competencies for the next
two weeks will be difficult for the
teachers to deliver)

5 minutes Prioritizing which difficulty should be

dealt with first
 20 minutes Brainstorming on what to do with the
difficult to teach competency/ies

10 minutes Identifying possible solutions to

competencies which can be handled
by the group

30 minutes Mentoring/coaching on difficulties

which can be solved within the group

5 minutes Identifying possible resource

speakers for difficult to teach
competencies within the group.

20 minutes Wrapping up/Sharing of

Reflections/Insights

SOURCE OF FUND: MOOE

BUDGETARY REQUIREMENTS:

Estimated Total
Item Description (sample only) Quantity
Unit Cost Estimated Cost

Snacks/meals

Materials for IMs making:

Total

Prepared by: Reviewed by:

____________________ ____________________________

School Head/LAC Leader Chief, SGOD/CID

Allotment Certified by: Availability of Funds Certified by:

ANALYN G. JAMIRO SHEANN A. SIEM, CPA

AO V/Budget Officer Accountant III

APPROVED:

ROWENA H. PARAON, CESO VI

Schools Division Superintendent