Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION III
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF PAMPANGA

CHILD PROTECTION COMMITTEE FUNCTIONALITY TOOL MATRIX

School: Public Private

Cluster / District: Elementary Secondary

INDICATORS

Work Areas and Indicators 1 2 3 4 5 SCORE

In early stages of
Not in place/Absent Planning Stage Partially functional Fully functional
development
1. Organization &
Coordination
a) Establishment or · CPC has a strategic
Reorganization of the · Has scheduled goal or VMG and plan (3
Child Protection · None or has not meetings with · Has organized and · CPC has a clear years; and an annual
Committee (CPC) convened the CPC possible CPC convened the CPC; organizational chart plan with tasking based
members; on a CP situation
analysis)
· Has scheduled · CPC members have
· CPC members are · 90-100% of planned
· Has a list of CPC orientations for reviewed its functions;
identified and their names meetings of the CPC are
members identified CPC analyzed the CP
posted in school conducted;
members situation in school
· Turnover of reports and · CPC holds monthly · 80-100% of annual
other CPC documents to meetings to discuss objectives and plans
the new CPC was done appropriate accomplished
interventions and/or
responses to school
problems on bullying
and child abuse cases
and other related
concerns

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· CPC has written

· CPC has explicit
orientation
· New CPC members mechanisms for
material/guidebook
oriented on the functions ensuring protection of
for CPC members;
and work of CPC Children with
each member has a
disabilities
copy.
· CPC has integrated the
responsibilities of CPC
from DO 55 2013 (anti-
· Members have identified
bullying) and DO 18,
and divided the tasks
2015 restorative justice
among themselves
panel (RJP re CICL) and
other child protection
[policies of DepEd
· Has plans for
strengthening the child
protection system in
school
· Has MOA or formal
· Has mapped out · Has informal or initial coordination
available resources coordination mechanism with the
· No coordination in their community arrangements for referral local health office,
b) Coordination · Has implemented
mechanism on child for possible linkages system with WCPD, WCPD, LSWD, private
mechanisms collaborative work
protection or networking for LSWD, LHO, other practice counselling
cases needing agencies or non- (Psychiatrist,
referral etc. government organizations Psychologist) for the
referral services.
· Has identified · Actively coordinates with · Actively coordinates · Coordination
specific areas of the District/Division Office with the mechanism for
work for District/Division planning,
coordination or Office. implementation,
collaboration with monitoring and
other agencies or assessments have been
service providers formalized and

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functioning of this
mechanism is reviewed
and disseminated.
2. Policies and guidelines
· School has a
handbook/manual on
its school-based child
· Has identified the · School has a written
protection and anti-
a) Child Protection Policy · No school-based policy and program · Has drafted the school- school-based child
bullying policy with a
and organizational child protection policy gaps and challenges based child protection protection and anti-
code of conduct and a
guidelines drafted. that need to be policy (based on DO 40) bullying policy with a
plan to ensure child
addressed. code of conduct
protection and safety,
which is reviewed every
3 years
· Has initiated · Includes code of conduct
meetings to review for learners, school · School has a clear
and craft the school- administrators, non- · School has a conflict policy on the use of
based child teaching personnel, resolution mechanism positive and non-violent
protection policy and teachers, visitors, and off discipline for children
code of conduct campus activities.
· There are written
procedures to guide in
· Code of conduct may conducting · School has specific
have specific provisions to disciplinary guidelines that ensure
address potential risks to proceedings in cases child protection for
students of offenses committed children with disabilities
by pupils, students or
learners
· Integrates other Child
· Conflict resolution may protection policy related
be in practice. orders in the school-
based policy.
3. Capacities and
resources

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· CPC has received

training based on their
capacity needs which
may include: Child’s
Rights; DepEd child
· At least one CPC member
protection training
participated in training for
a) Orientation and · CPC has no annual module/s; First · Capacity building plan
· CPC has identified CPC conducted by the
capacity building capacity building responder training; is fully implemented and
capacity needs for its School District/Division
activities for the members activities for its Training on 4Rs of participated in by all
members Office/ Central Office for
of the CPC members. VAC (Recognizing, CPC members
roll out to other CPC
Recording, Reporting
members
& Referring VAC
cases); Positive
Discipline; Monitoring
& Evaluation of policy
and plan
· Initiated plans for
capacity building
needs which
includes: Child’s
Rights; DepEd child
protection training
module/s; First
responder training; · Capacity building · Trainor’s training
Training on 4Rs of plan is partially conducted for CPC
VAC (Recognizing, implemented. members
Recording, Reporting
& Referring VAC
cases); Positive
Discipline;
Monitoring &
Evaluation of policy
and plan
· Initiated plans and · CPC members capable

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request for technical

of rolling out the
assistance or
training modules among
capacity building
teachers, administrators
activities from
and non-teaching
DepEd, LGU, or
personnel
CSOs
· CPC has secured
· There is no budget budget allocation for its
b) Budget allocation for allocation for the CPC · Has identified · There is minimal Strategic and annual
· Budgets allocated
CPC operations and its from the school or budgetary allocation from the school plans in implementing
and utilized for:
financial sustainability department for its requirements MOOE child protection policy
operations based on its investment
programming
· Guidance counsellors
are hired and trained · CPC plan and budget
· LGU and/or LSB
· Has initiated plans for CPC work or in lieu included in the School
allocates some amount for
or requests for of guidance improvement plan and
the planned activities of
budget from LGU counsellors, teacher- the Annual work and
the CPC
guidance (graduates of financial plan
psychology)
· The School, PTA, LGU,
· Establishment of
and LSB are
Room or
coordinating to ensure
Infrastructure for the
budget allocation for the
CPC and a private
strategic and annual
interview/counselling
investment program of
room
the CPC
· School is able to
· Partial allocation for: generate funds from
external sources.
· Capability building
activities
· Information
Dissemination

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· Operations for service

delivery
4. Service delivery
· There is no · CPC able to roll out
· Has conducted
information · CPC conducts and implement the
meetings to flesh out · CPC conducts orientation
dissemination on orientation sessions capability building
the details and of learners on the school’s
programs or some on the school’s child program on child
a) Preventive programs schedules of child protection and anti-
information on Child protection policy for protection for learners,
orientation on CPP bullying policy once
protection or CP policy learners, teachers, teachers,
and awareness during the school-year
posted on the bulletin non-teaching staff administrators, non-
raising activities
board in school teaching staff
· CPC conducts
· CPC has IEC materials
training among
(Handbook, Guidebook)
· CPC organizes activity/s teachers and non-
· Information on the child protection
on child protection during teaching staff on First
dissemination on policy and disseminated
children’s month Responder system and
programs these to the learners,
celebration referral system for
teachers, parents, non-
VAC incidents within
teaching staff
the school
· Organize activities for · CPC monitors and
the protection of children evaluates the impact of
from abuse, exploitation, the trainings and
violence, discrimination awareness raising
and bullying or peer abuse activities
· Quick response system
· In practice, witnesses call · There is a written is implemented.
· Meetings are
b) Existence of quick on the school principal or quick response system Teachers,
· No quick response conducted to develop
response system for child guidance counsellor for which is a administrators and non-
system the quick response
protection immediate response to an substantially teaching staff, are able
system
ongoing case implemented to act as first
responders.
· All school personnel are · All learners are
oriented on the quick oriented on the quick
response system response system

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· The CPC is drafting · CPC has developed · 100% of

c) Referral system, case a school-based and is implementing a incidents/cases of
management and · There is no referral referral and · Informal referral in school-based referral bullying and child abuse
monitoring and system established monitoring system to practice and monitoring system were managed according
documentation of cases address child abuse to address child abuse to quick response and
and bullying cases and bullying cases referral system
· Meetings with other
agencies or service · System is · 100% of bullying and
· No case conference
providers are conducted to substantially VAC cases are
conducted
discuss the referral system implemented documented
and case management
· At least 50% of
· 100% of
incidents/cases of
cases/complaints can be
bullying and child
tracked and immediate
abuse were managed
feedbacking on status
according to quick
provided to concerned
response and referral
parties
system
· At least 50% of · Documents are well
bullying and VAC kept and 0% violation of
cases are documented confidentiality
· At least 50% of · Assistance provided to
cases/complaints can parents or guardians,
be tracked and whenever necessary in
immediate feedbacking securing expert
on status of case guidance counselling
provided to concerned from the appropriate
parties offices or institutions
· There is no system · The CPC is drafting · Teachers, · 90-100% of unreported
for identifying a system for · Teachers, administrators, administrators, cases of child abuse
d) Proactive identification
students who may be identifying students guidance counsellors and guidance counsellors among learners are
and reporting of VAC
suffering from who may be suffering non-teaching staff are and non-teaching staff being identified and
cases (Early detection)
significant harm based from significant trained are able to recognize addressed or referred to
on physical, harm based on and identify signs of appropriate offices

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emotional, or physical, emotional,

abuse
behavioral signs or behavioral signs
· Identified cases are · All identified cases are
referred for provided with
appropriate action appropriate intervention

5. Accountability &
Performance
· CPC is able to
document VAC cases
and responses, and
presents a situational
· Substantial analysis of VAC in
· CPC finalizes intake
· There is no Data or · CPC fills up intake documentation and school-based on
a) Availability and sheets, other
Statistical reports on sheets, and other implementation of statistical report on VAC
accessibility of statistical monitoring and
VAC cases handled by monitoring and reporting statistical reporting on cases handled by the
report on cases handled reporting forms on
the CPC/School forms on VAC VAC cases handled; CPC. Situation on VAC
VAC
always updated is discussed among
teachers, guidance,
administrators and non-
teaching staff and
parents of learners
· Regularly submits · Situational analysis
· CPC sets schedules · Submits consolidated
updated consolidated with statistical report is
for the submission reports on bullying and
reports on bullying regularly submitted and
and consolidation child abuse cases to the
and child abuse cases discussed with the
reports Division Office
to the Division Office Division Office
· Data may be incomplete;
· Situational analysis is
Partial implementation of
also made available and
statistical reporting on
accessible to the public
VAC cases
b) Child participation in · There is no student · Orientation on child · Plans on how children · CPC provides regular · Learners actively
CPC planning, participation in CPC participation is can meaningfully venue for learners and participate in the
implementation and activities conducted for all participate in the student bodies in the planning, including

Address: High School Blvd., Brgy. Lourdes, City of San Fernando (P)
Telephone No.: (045) 435-2728; (045) 435-7404
Email Address: [email protected]
Website: www.depedpampanga.ph
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SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF PAMPANGA

investment
programming,
planning, implementation, CPC planning,
evaluation- Solicits implementation,
CPC members and evaluation of CPC implementation, and
feedback from learners monitoring, and
activities are finalized evaluation
evaluation of the CPC
plan
· There are initial
plans on how
· CPC provides information
children can
to all learners about how · CPC conducts survey · CPC collects feedback
meaningfully
they can participate in the among learners on from learners through
participate in
planning, implementation, child protection in the child-friendly CPC
planning,
and evaluation of CPC school booklet
implementation, and
activities
evaluation of CPC
activities
· CPC creates safe spaces · Learners start using · CPC gives due weight
for child participation the CPC booklet to the learners’ feedback
· CPC encourages feedback
from learners on the CPC
activities informally
· CPC orients all learners
about the child-friendly
CPC functionality booklet
· CPC does not
· 100% of learners
monitor and evaluate · CPC is drafting the · All CPC members are
affected by bullying and
c) CPC Monitoring and the implementation of monitoring and oriented on the tools and · CPC is using the
VAC are reporting and
evaluation the child protection evaluation design their tasks relative to tools
availing of the programs
and/or anti-bullying and tools it will use monitoring and evaluation
and services of the CPC
policies
· 70-100% of objective of
· CPC conducts
Child protection
assessment exercises
strategic plan met
Overall Score

Address: High School Blvd., Brgy. Lourdes, City of San Fernando (P)
Telephone No.: (045) 435-2728; (045) 435-7404
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Department of Education
REGION III
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF PAMPANGA

Address: High School Blvd., Brgy. Lourdes, City of San Fernando (P)
Telephone No.: (045) 435-2728; (045) 435-7404
Email Address: [email protected]
Website: www.depedpampanga.ph