PASSI CITY COLLEGE

City of Passi, Iloilo

SCHOOL OF SCHOOL OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM – CWTS 2

Module 1

MODULE OVERVIEW:
The school-community relations constitute a vital function area in the educational system.
The concerns of school administrators should not be limited only within the four concerns of the
school campus; it should be extended to the community. Close school-community relations must
be established and maintained in order to make the school more serviceable and responsive to the
needs of the community and to draw the community to the school. The school is the extension of
the community and vice-versa. Dynamics in the community should be taken into consideration
considering the fact that today’s society is beset with so many problems. They may be spiritual,
economic and political problems, all of which are but symptoms of a much deeper-a problem
anchored in the mind and in the hearts of the Filipino people.

MODULE OUTCOMES:

At the end of this modular unit, students must have:

1. understood the rights and duties of a citizen in a democratic society;
2. developed and maintained good health and physical fitness;
3. valued their obligations as members of society and citizens of the nations.

MODULE CONTENT:
A. ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNITY NEEDS
 Assessment of Community Needs Assessment;
 Reasons for Collecting Information about the Problem;
 Steps in Collecting Information;
 Criteria in Identifying Community Problems;
 Reasons why Community Problems have to be Analyzed
 How to Analyze Community Problem.

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Module Content:
Activity Description Time
1 Overview
Interacted Discussion 40 min.
2 through Google-Meet
Discussion Board 20 min.
Discussion and Sharing/
Brainstorming
60 min.
Total

Discussion:

ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNITY NEEDS

Assessment of community needs is a process of identifying the

strength and resources available to meet the needs in the community, more
on children, youth and families (childwelfar.gov. Ret. Sept. 4, 2014). It also
a systematic process for determining and addressing needs or “gaps’’
between current conditions and desired conditions or wants( wikepedia.org,
Ret. Sept. 4, 2014).

Further, community assessment is an inventory survey instrument

developed to collect information which will identify the needs of a particular
community. It serves as a means of establishing a baseline through a
systematic data-gathering process. Hence, needs assessment must be
developed, administered and analyzed to establish a positive and supportive
atmosphere among the people. It can be employed to accomplish a variety
of purposes such as finding out the needs, wants, concerns or goals of the
community. In assessing the needs of the community, the most important
thing that should be done is to find out the most pressing problem that
greatly affects the lives of the people.

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 Identifying and analyzing problems are essential procedures in which
problems that cannot be immediately addressed; their effects on the
community can be minimized. Through good analysis, the reasons why
problems are occurring can be known, hence, a sustainable long-run
solutions can be applied.

REASONS FOR COLLECTING INFORMATION ABOUT THE

PROBLEM

Gathering information is the most important phase in doing a

research. The following are important considerations research work.

1. Knowledge. The facts and statistics in determining the size of the gap
between your visions of a healthy community against the reality in the
place you are undertaking outreach program should be known.

2. Credibility Counts. A credible person is knowledgeable, serious and

well-organized. It can be noticed even in a casual conversation while
assessing the exact number of people affected by the issues at hand.

3. Awareness leads to change. You can raise the community’s

awareness of a number of things through the use of statistics, how
serious the problem is, how good/poor your community is doing in
relation to other communities.

STEPS IN COLLECTING INFORMATION

1. Awareness on the importance and purpose of the
information to be collected- This pertains to the reasons for
collecting the data.
2. Determine when you want to use the data.
There are two decisions to make when gathering the data:
a. When to get the information, now or on a schedule date.
b. When you want to make the information public-
announcement of the information in public.

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 3. Determine exactly what you want to know- Is it statistics; life
stories, issues incidence rate, etc.?

4. Determine who will find the information- Person assigned to

get the information-you, staff member, and volunteer?

5. Identify possible sources of information – a person, or place

where you can get the information.

6. Set limits to how mu8ch information you want to collect –

Just collect the needed data.

7. Collect data – gather information from reliable sources.

8. Identify gaps in your knowledge – after collecting the data,

determine which one you need.

9. Repeat the process to fill those gaps or collect your own

data- Since you have already identified what information you still
need to find, you have two choices, either do the process again or
collect your own data.

10. Compare the data of your community with another

community.

CRITERIA IN IDENTIFYING COMMUNITY PROBLEMS

There are some criteria you may consider when identifying

community problems rather than aim for a complete problem list.
These are:

1. The problem occurs (the frequency).

2. The duration of the problem (did it last for a while?).

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 3. The scope or range (how many people are affected).

4. The severity of the people (the intense of the effect).

5. The equity (how many are deprived of legal or moral rights?)

6. The perception (how problem is perceived?)

REASONS WHY COMMUNITY PROBLEMS HAVE TO BE

ANALYZED

The following are reasons why there is a need to analyze a

community problem:

1. To better identify the problem or issue.

For you to be able to identify the solution to the problem, you
have to know what the problem is all about.

2. To understand the main reason of a problem.

Be able to know the cause of a problem.

3. To determine the barriers and resources associated with

addressing the problem.
An NSTP student in a community outreach program shall
immediately be aware of the obstacles in addressing the problem
and be able to know the resources they need for the community.

4. To develop the best remedy for addressing the problem.

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 HOW TO ANALYZE A COMMUNITY PROBLEM

The primordial concern of analyzing the community problem is to

to understand the problem better and to handle it more effectively, so
the method you use could help you accomplish the goal.

1. Justify the choice of the problem- Consider the criteria when

identifying the problem. Ask yourself if you can address the
problem through help from your NSTP colleagues.

2. Frame the problem – Be objective in stating the problem without

implying a solution.

Activity 1

COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT

Dynamics in the community

Worksheet No. 1

Direction: Enumerate the following.

a. The things to be considered in making a research.

1.
2.
3.

b. Steps in collecting information:

4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

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 11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

c. Criteria when identifying community problems.

16.
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20.
21.

Worksheet No. 2

Direction: Explain the following: (5Pts)

1. Why community problems have to be analyzed?

2. How to analyze a community problem?

3. Why do we need criteria in identifying Community Problems?

4. What is the importance of collecting information about the Problem?

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The following shall serve as a rubric in the evaluation of the student output:

Reference/s: NSTP (National Development via National Service Training Program-CWTS 2)

Sonia Gasilla-Dela Cruz, Edeliza G. Dela Cruz, Paulino M. Mapue
Needs of Approaching Good (8-9 pts) Excellent 10 pts
Improvement (1-3 Standards ( 5-7
pts) pts)
Ideas and There is no You put What you are What you are
Content clear or thought into writing about is writing about is
specific this, but there clear. You clear and well-
explanation in is no real answered the expressed,
answer to the evidence of question. Some including
question. learning. More support may be specific
specific lacking, or your examples to
information is sentences may be demonstrate
needed or you a bit awkward. what you
need to follow Overall, a decent learned. Well
the directions job. done!
more closely.
Use of terms No terms from Only one term Your answer Your answer
the lesson are from the included several included all the
used. lesson is used terms from the terms from the
in the answer. lesson, lesson that
Try for a few demonstrating applied to the
more, next adequate question asked.
time. understanding of All terms are
the material. fully defined
and used in the
proper context.
Sentence Sentences are Some Sentences are Sentences are
Fluency incomplete or sentences are complete and able complete and
too long. It complete and to be understood. they connect to
makes reading easy to one another
them difficult. understand. easily when
Others require they are read
some work. out loud. Your
writing 'flows.'
Conventions Few end Mistakes using Use of
marks or end marks or punctuation No punctuation
capital letters. capitals as well marks and or structural
Answers as spelling capitals, as well mistakes. No
contain mistakes make as spelling, is spelling errors.
numerous the writing mostly correct. Your writing
spelling or hard to read. Few errors exist shows full
structural in your answer. awareness of
errors. the rules of
English use.

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