Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
NATIONAL EDUCATORS ACADEMY OF THE PHILIPPINES
SCHOOL HEADS’ DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: FOUNDATION COURSE
APPLICATION PROJECT
CONCEPT PAPER

Welcome to the School Heads Development Program (SHDP) – Foundation Course! The
SHDP is a systematic competency-based educational leadership and management
development program that aims to enable school heads to lead and manage K-12 schools in
the 21st century.

Participants of the Foundation Course are new school heads, school heads that need
training to be promoted to principal, and other candidates who are being considered for the
position who do not have prior experience as school head. It is a three-module course that
covers the principal’s role in delivering curriculum and core programs, managing school
processes, strategic human resource management and development, fiscal management,
partnership, and leadership.

The requirements for a Certificate of Completion include complete attendance in the course
and the implementation of an Application Project as proof of learning. The project requires
the participant to identify a specific area of school operations that require improvement
and that will deliver the best impact on school measures in three (3) to six (6) months. In
this project, the principal is expected to apply learned competencies in improving the
school. The participant will be required to present significant milestones achieved at the
end of each month.

An entry requirement to the Course is the submission of a duly accomplished Concept Note
that identifies three (3) specific areas of school operations that need significant
improvement in the school. The area for consideration include:
1. Curriculum, Core, and Support Programs
2. Instructional Leadership
3. School Leadership: SBM, SIP, CI, Partnership
4. Strategic Human Resource Development
5. Fiscal Management

By the end of this three-module course, the participant will be asked to select one of
these areas as a project.

Please adhere to the word limit requirement.

Email or fax the fully accomplished form with your signature on or before 03 February
2015 to:

 Email:
 Fax:
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Department of Education
NATIONAL EDUCATORS ACADEMY OF THE PHILIPPINES
SCHOOL HEADS’ DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: FOUNDATION COURSE
APPLICATION PROJECT
CONCEPT PAPER

SHDP Foundation Course Concept Paper

Name of Janice S. Manalese Current Position Head Teacher I
Participant
Name of School Northville High District North
School
Division City of San Fernando Region III
Introduction What is your understanding of DepEd’s vision and mission?
What is the role of your school in delivering DepEd’s vision and mission?

John Dewey once quoted, “Education is not preparation for life,

education is life itself.” Education play a vital role in shaping a person. It
becomes the fire that lights up the darkest roads making a person overcome
all struggles that he encounters and making him the guiding light for others.
A true educated man is someone who is able to overcome his own difficulties
and become an inspiration for others to succeed in life. Accordingly, our
government, through the Department of Education constantly acquire varied
ways to improve education for Filipinos and making every learner fully
equipped in life.
Having a deep understanding of the vision and mission of DepEd
generate a sense of commitment, responsibility and patriotism for
continuous learning. As an educational institution, the school and all its
members commit itself to adhere to the mandate of DepEd to provide
quality, equitable and complete education for all Filipino learners. It
becomes the child friendly second home to which the learner acquires
lifelong skills and values that will make him a productive Filipino citizen in
the future. That is why, all members of the academe and all stakeholders of
the school must work hand in hand to realize these dreams and goals of the
department. The parents/guardians, community members and other
stakeholders play meaningful roles in molding every Filipino learner to
realizing his full potentials, developing his capacities and inculcating values
to help him conquer his own weaknesses and struggles. Collaboratively, the
school and the stakeholders capacitate the Filipino learner of 21 st century
skills that may help him achieve his goals in life and dreams for his country.
The role of the school is to share its governance with the stakeholders
in formulating, implementing and coordinating the plans, programs and
projects of the school. The school makes sure that all their decisions and
actions are centered towards every learner so that he may develop and live
his life with the DepEd’s core values of Makadiyos, Makatao, Makakalikasan
and Makabansa.
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SCHOOL HEADS’ DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: FOUNDATION COURSE
SHDP Foundation Course Concept Paper
Problem Nominate three issues and/or concerns in your school that you would like to work
Description on in this course. Your will be helped in clarifying and selecting the final problem
for your Application Project. (See attached sheet for the course coverage. This will
help guide you in your problem selection).
For each problem, answer the following questions. Give quantifiable or
observable indicators.
(1) What is the problem? (maximum of 20 words)
(2) When does the problem happen? (maximum of 20 words)
(3) Where does the problem happen? (maximum of 20 words)
(4) Who are affected by the problem? (maximum of 20 words)
Problem 1 An average of 259 out of 410 Grade 7 parents or
63.17%, have attended the Parent-Teacher’s
Conference during the First and Second Grading Period
this school year 2017 – 2018. This is due to lack of
parent/guardian support for the education of their
child.
Problem 2 44 out of 410 Grade 7 students or 10.73%, are
conditionally promoted or students who are at risk of
failing in Mathematics during the Second Grading
Period this school year 2017 – 2018. This is due to
habitual absences and lack of parent/guardian support
for the education of their child.
Problem 3 108 out of 410 Grade 7 students or 26.34%, are have
already acquired 25 and above absences or identified
as SARDOS (Students At Risk of Dropping Out) from
June to October for this school year 2017 – 2018. This
is due to lack of students’ interests in their studies and
lack of parent/guardian support for the education of
their child.
Statement of What result do you want to see after solving the problem? Give quantifiable or
Project Objective observable indicators (maximum of 50 words)
Problem 1 An average of 328 or 80 % of Grade 7 parents will be
attending Parent-Teacher’s Conference as a proof of
their support for the education of their child for the
Third and Fourth Quarter of this school year 2017 –
2018
Problem 2 349 or 85.12% of Grade 7 students shall have at least a
grade of 76 and above or have satisfactorily performed
in Mathematics at the end of the school year 2017 –
2018.
Problem 3 410 or 100% of Grade 7 students will all be saved or will
not drop out of school at the end of the school year
2017 – 2018.
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SHDP Foundation Course Concept Paper
Benefits of (1) Who benefits form solving this problem? Be specific. If possible, give exact
solving the numbers. (maximum of 50 words)
problem (2) What is the exact benefit to them? (maximum of 50 words)
(3) How will solving this problem contribute to achieving DepEd’s vision and
mission? (maximum 75 words)
Problem 1 1. The 410 Grade 7 students will be the ones who will
benefit from the scheduled intensive home visitation
and raffle for parents during Parent-Teacher’s
Conferences which will be held during the Third and
Fourth Grading. The SHDP Application Project will be
an avenue to creating stronger partnership between
the parents/guardians of the children and the
teachers and other school personnel.
2. Parents are most of the time involving themselves in
Meetings and school activities when they are more
familiar with the teachers particularly the class
advisers of their children. Regular Home Visitation
may serve as a bridge between the parents and the
school, thus, parents will become involved with their
children’s education.
3. Some parents may be shy and hesitant when asked
to attend on set meetings in school. But when the
teacher visits his/her students’ house, parents will
be more open to give their suggestions and voice out
their concerns about their children’s education.
Problem 2 1. The 410 Grade 7 students will be benefitted from the
scheduled intensive home visitation which the
teachers will be conducting to further persuade
students to perform satisfactorily in their Math
subject.
2. Most of the time, parents don’t come to school to
when contacted by the teacher to talk about issue
on low grades or poor classroom behavior.
Scheduled intensive home visitation will open
opportunities for parents and teachers to meet to
collaborate for the benefit of the child.
3. The teacher upon visiting the child gets to better
understand the child’s environment and family life
or condition. He/She may be able to assess the how
and why the child is struggling with his studies.
Problem 3 1. The 410 Grade 7 students will all be saved or will not
drop-out through the scheduled intensive home
visitation which the teachers will be conducting to
further persuade students to attend their classes
and pass their subjects for the school year.
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SHDP Foundation Course Concept Paper
2. Learners have a sense of relief and feel happy if they
know that their teachers and their parents are
getting along well. Students are more at ease and
are more likely attend their daily classes if they know
that their teacher understands their situation at
home. They will better realize that the school is an
extension of their home and that their teachers are
their second parents.
3. Regular meetings of parents and teachers breaks the
“blaming mentality”. With regular absenteeism of
some students, parents and teachers tend to put the
blame on each other for the learner’s non-
attendance to his/her classes in school. Intensified
home visitation can turn finger pointing into
teamwork and collaboration for the child’s
education.
Your signature Date submitted November 21, 2017
over printed JANICE S. MANALESE
name Head Teacher I
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SCHOOL HEADS’ DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: FOUNDATION COURSE

A. Project Context

School Heads Development Program – Foundation Course

NEAP PROGRAM
Name of School Head JANICE S. MANALESE

Region, Division, District III – CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, NORTH

Name of School NORTHVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

Key changes in my school as a

result of this project The SHDP Foundation Course opened doors to a
deeper realization on the vital roles of the external
What key changes do you want to stakeholders, particularly the parents or guardians of the
see in your school as a result of your learners in their holistic development and acquisition of
having attended the SHDP
lifelong 21st century skills.
Foundation Course? What are your
specific, verifiable indicators of
these changes? A traditional African proverb stated, “It takes a
village to educate a child”. This is true and real. The
school or the school personnel are not the only ones
responsible for molding the child. The community, most
especially the parents or guardians, are considered to be part
of the development of the learners. The committed teachers
and staff of the school plus supportive parents or guardians
of the child equals an effective and productive Filipino
citizen in the future. Nowadays, the school share its
governance in running and managing the school through the
SBM (School Based Management). Collaboration of all the
stakeholders of the school is important in attaining the
ultimate goal of the Department of Education in producing
Filipinos who are Maka-diyos, Makatao, Makakalikasan
and Makabansa.

Furthermore, Project I-COPE (Intensified

Collaboration Of Parents and Educators) was
conceptualized.

This project’s main objective is to strengthen the

partnership between the school personnel and the parents or
guardians of the learners. It also aims to open opportunities
to better understand the learner’s environment and family
condition. Scheduled home visitation and raffle will be
done to achieve the ultimate goal of this project which is to
create and effective collaboration between internal and
external stakeholders of the school.

From an average of 259 out of 410 Grade 7 parents or

63.17%, who have attended the Parent-Teacher’s
Conference during the First and Second Grading Period of
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this school year 2017 – 2018, this project targets to increase
it into an average of 328 out of 410 or 80% of Grade 7
parents who will be attending the Third and Fourth Grading
Period Parent-Teacher’s Conference. That is why
Northville High School has to do its best in bridging the
identified gap which later on will be a way to solve the
other challenges of the school.

To be able to put this concept into reality, the

administrators, staff and teachers of Northville High School
shall be working all together in creating activities and
strategies in building and intensifying teamwork with
parents or guardians for the education of the learners.

Target Competency
Improvement
 Strengthening Parental Involvement and Partnership
What school head competency/ies with Stakeholders
will you apply through your project.  Implementing Activities focused on the needs of the
Identify maximum of three that are
learners
directly related to your project.
 Communicating Vision, Mission, Goals and
Objectives of DepEd

Describe current situation

(problem or opportunity) in your Learning tends to become routinary for students in
school that you need to address school especially when their parent or guardians at home do
through your project. not show interests on their school works or activities. The
students themselves become uninterested and lose
Give specific, quantifiable, inspiration for their education when they see that their
observable details. For example,
parents or guardians are not getting along well with their
number of non-readers in Grade 2.
Or, number of teachers that need teachers. Students are more likely to miss their daily
training by a certain period. Or, classes and perform poor in school because they feel that
timely utilization of MOOE. their teacher do not understand their situation at home.
Home visitation will be an avenue for teachers to better
understand their students at the same time create positive
rapport and team work to the parents or guardians of their
learners.

An average of 259 out of 410 Grade 7 parents or

63.17%, have attended the Parent-Teacher’s Conference
during the First and Second Grading Period this school year
2017 – 2018. This is due to lack of parent/guardian support
for the education of their child.

Only the PTA officers, teachers, administrators and

staff of the educational institution are the ones actively
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involving themselves in activities and projects of the school.

Parents or guardians of the learners opt to be passive

when it comes to the education of their children.

To be able to address these concerns, Project I-COPE

(Intensified Collaboration Of Parents and Educators) was
conceptualized.

Title of the Application Project Project I-COPE (Intensified Collaboration Of Parents and
Educators)

PROJECT OBJECTIVES: Increase the average rate from 63.17% to 80% of Grade 7
SMART – Specific, measureable, Parents who will participate during the Third and Fourth
attainable, result-oriented and Grading Period Parent-Teacher’s Conference this School
with time frame Year 2017 – 2018.

Start date December 4, 2017

Length of project

The project should be completed 4 months

within 3 to 6 months

Expected Outputs 100% of Grade 7 teachers shall have stronger linkage with
Grade 7 parents through the conduct of scheduled home
visitation to Grade 7 students.

An average of 328 out of 410 or 80% of Grade 7 parents

will be attending the Third and Fourth Grading Period
Parent-Teacher’s Conference.

100% of Grade 7 students shall be promoted to the next

level, Grade 8.

Beneficiary/ies 410 Grade 7 students

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Identify Success Indicators or This project will be a success when the following indicators have
measures of success been achieved and verified through unbiased means (maximum of
3):

1. 100% of Grade 7 teachers shall have stronger

linkage with Grade 7 parents through the conduct of
scheduled home visitation to Grade 7 students.

2. An average of 328 out of 410 or 80% of Grade 7

parents will be attending the Third and Fourth
Grading Period Parent-Teacher’s Conference.

3. 100% of Grade 7 students shall be promoted to the

next level, Grade 8
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B. Action Steps –
Identify significant Milestone targets that could be achieved by the end of 30 days and every 30
days thereafter. Milestones are (a) significant changes achieved; and/or, (b) major steps taken
towards achieving the desired improvement in your school.

Target Milestone Actions Responsible Support Target Date

Person Needed When will this
Who will do from: step be
this step? accomplished
?

Action Step 1 School December 1,

Principal 2017
Hold an orientation with Head Teacher
the teachers regarding the (Project Mother PTA
SHDP Foundation Chairman) Officers
Milestone 1 Course Application
Project entitled Project Master
Convening and I-COPE Teachers
Organization of (Intensified
Project I-COPE Collaboration Of Parents Grade Level
and Educators) Leaders

Creation of schedule for Grade Level

home visitation to all Leader
Grade 7 parents.
Grade 7
Discussion of important teachers
matters to be discussed
during home visitation
Master
Teachers

Action Step 2 School December 4,

Principal 2017 to
Implementation of the Head Teacher March 2018
SHDP Application (Project Grade 7
Project Chairman) teachers

Guidance
Teacher

LGU
(Barangay
Officials)
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Conducting a weekly Grade 7 December 4,

meeting with the Grade 7 teachers 2017 to
teacher to track the March 2018
progress and concerns of Mother PTA
the teachers who are Officers
home visiting Grade 7
parents.

Milestone 2 Action Step 1 School December

Principal 15, 2017
Establishing Planning for the team Head Teacher
Stronger Rapport building/year end party (Project Grade 7
with Grade 7 for Grade 7 parents Chairman) teachers
Parents
LGU
Submission of project (Barangay December
proposal in the Division Officials) 18, 2017
Office
Mother PTA
Officers
Conducting the team December
building/year end party 22, 2017
for Grade 7 parents

Action Step 2 School December

Principal 2017 to
Seeking of support and Head Teacher March 2018
assistance from (Project All teachers
stakeholders for the Chairman)
funding of the activities Mother PTA
for Grade 7 parents Officers

LGU
(Barangay
Officials)

Civic-
spirited
individuals
Alumni
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Milestone 3 Action Step 1 School January 24,

Principal 2018
Improving Parents’ Planning for the coming Head Teacher
Involvement during Third Grading Parent- (Project All teachers
the Parent- Teacher’s Conference Chairman)
Teacher’s LGU
Conference and (Barangay
Officials)
other Activities for
Parents
Mother PTA
Officers

Conducting the Third School January 26,

Grading Parent- Principal 2018
Teacher’s Conference
All teachers

LGU
(Barangay
Officials)

Mother PTA
Officers

Making of Narrative School January 26,

Report of Third Grading Principal 2018
Parent-Teacher’s
Conference Grade 7
teachers

Conducting a meeting School January 31,

with the Grade 7 teacher Principal 2018
to
Evaluate the result of Grade 7
Third Grading Parent- teachers
Teacher’s Conference
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Milestone 3 Action Step 2 School March 28,

Principal 2018
Improving Parents’ Planning for the coming Head Teacher
Involvement during Fourth Grading Parent- (Project All teachers
the Parent- Teacher’s Conference Chairman)
Teacher’s LGU
Conference and (Barangay
Officials)
other Activities for
Parents
Mother PTA
Officers

Conducting the Fourth School March 30,

Grading Parent- Principal 2018
Teacher’s Conference
All teachers

LGU
(Barangay
Officials)

Mother PTA
Officers

Making of Narrative School March 30,

Report of Fourth Grading Principal 2018
Parent-Teacher’s
Conference Grade 7
teachers

Conducting a meeting School April 2, 2018

with the Grade 7 teacher Principal
to
Evaluate the result of Grade 7
Fourth Grading Parent- teachers
Teacher’s Conference
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Milestone 3 Action Step 3

School April 2018
Improving Parents’ Determining the average Head Teacher Principal
Involvement during rate of increase in the (Project
the Parent- participation of parents Chairman) Grade 7
Teacher’s during the Parent- teachers
Conference and Teacher’s Conference
and other Activities for
other Activities for
Parents
Parents

Making of School April 2018

Accomplishment Report Principal

Grade 7
teachers

Identifying the strengths School April 2018

and weaknesses of the Principal
SHDP Application
Project thereby Grade 7
improving parents’ teachers
involvement and support
on school activities

Disseminating the result School April 2018

of the Project I-COPE for Principal
emulation by other grade
levels Grade 7
teachers

C. Required Resources

Provide Specific Details of the physical and human resources required to successfully
implement your Application Project.

Milestone Resources Needed Budget Approval Needed

Convening and Laptop Php 1,700.00 School Principal
Organization of LCD Projector Division Office of
Project I-COPE White Board CSFP
Home Visit Forms
Establishing Stronger Laptop Php 5,000.00 School Principal
Rapport with Grade 7 LCD Projector Division of SCFP
Parents Prizes for Games
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Improving Parents’ Laptop Php 10,000.00 School Principal

Involvement during LCD Projector
the Parent-Teacher’s Prizes for the raffle
Conference and other Attendance Sheets for
Activities for Parents Third and Fourth
Grading Parent-
Teacher’s Conference

D. Risk Management Plan

All projects are exposed to risk. Risks are unpredictable events that might or might not
happen, and endanger the achievement of your project objective. You should therefore know what
risks to prioritize and what to do when the risk happens.

If Risk Happens,
Impact on Project Specific Action to
Milestone Likely Risk Specific Action to
if Risk Happens Prevent Risk
Soften Impact of
Risk

Convening  Overlapping of  Orientation  Proper time  Rescheduling

and Activities will not be management of the
Organization  Cancellation of conducted Orientation or
of Project I- Classes due to  Home Home
COPE holiday, visitation visitation
inclement schedule may
weather and not be
others followed
faithfully

Establishing  Insufficient fund  No prizes will  Seek external  Find

Stronger to conduct the be given partners to strategies on
Rapport team building / during the shoulder how conduct
with Grade 7 year end party of team additional the team
Parents Grade 7 parents building / year funds for the building / year
 Overlapping of end party of team building end party
Activities Grade 7 pupils  Proper time even without
 Team management prizes
Building / year  Rescheduling
end party of of the
Grade 7 Orientation or
parents will Home
not be visitation
conducted
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Improving  There are still  The target  Involve LGU  Seek the help
Parents’ few parents who average rate of (Barangay of LGU
Involvement attended and participants Officials) in (Barangay
during the involved will not be the proper Officials) to
Parent- themselves in the fully achieved dissemination conduct
Teacher’s Parent-Teacher’s of scheduled public
Conference Conference and events for the announcement
and other other Activities project of scheduled
Activities for for Parents events for the
Parents project

E. APPROVALS

Printed Name Signature Date

Prepared by
JANICE S. MANALESE November 28, 2018
Head Teacher I

Approved by