Republic of the Philippines

Eastern Visayas State University- MC

Course: EDUC 534: Educational Planning
Topics: Mechanics in the Development of an Educational Plan
Reporter: Kate Renee P. Moquia/ MAED- AS

A. School Improvement Plan (SIP)

It is a process by which members of the school and community conducts a thorough
evaluation of their school’s educational programming in the previous school years and the
development of a written school plan. It is also known as a road map that establishes that changes
that the school needs to improve student achievement and shows how and when these changes
will be made. A development plan that embodies the vision and mission of the school containing
the profile of the school and the community, problems needs, goals, objectives, standards and
targets, implementation plan, monitoring and evaluation plan, communication and advocacy plan,
documentation and reporting to stakeholders and signatories. There are six (6) members involve
in a school improvement plan: the school governing council, they establish priorities, setting
goals, and strategies for school improvement; the school head that provides leadership and
guidance in the development of the plan; the teachers who provide the needed information
relative to teaching and learning process and formulates implementation strategies for the plan;
the parents who shares insights about their aspirations for the school and their children; the
students that gives information on their difficulties in school; and the barangay and LGU
Representative, they share valuable information on the interest of the community in school
improvement. In formulating the school improvement plan there are 7 steps to follow: collecting,
organizing, and analyzing school data; identifying the core values and formulating the vision and
mission statements; determining school goals and objectives; formulating the work and financial
plan and annual implementation plan; developing the school’s monitoring and evaluation plan
and structure; organizing for implementation; and writing the school improvement plan. It is
important to focus and the cooperation of the people involve because these school improvement
plans serve as the major bases of the Division Education Development plan (DEDP).

B. Division Education Plan (DEDP)

In its effort to make education more relevant to the needs of the local community the
Department of Education has instituted a local planning process on the division level to produce
what is called Division Education Plan. DepEd describes it as “the main vehicle through which
the division can effectively and efficiently manage education services in the province or city.”
The School Improvement Plan (SIP) will serve as the basis in providing access, relevant,
inclusive, culture sensitive, and quality education to its learners in this plan. It is a process of
gathering and organizing information from the schools in order to develop a DEDP that can
address the improvement priorities of the schools as well as the pertinent information experienced
by the division in its areas of operations. There are four (4) processes in this plan: the educational
planning is setting out in advance strategies, policies, procedures, program, and standards through
which an educational objective can be achieved; monitoring and evaluation assessing and
checking the progress of the plan; the technical assistance is an active process with steps to
follow; makes use of tools, via process consultation, requires specific skills and focuses on
achieving set goals; and the learning resource development that provides the mechanism to
support coordinated and integrated access to quality resources by DepEd regions, divisions, and
school levels.