FVPHSTI Leadership Seminar-Workshop (Day 3)

Day 3 (April 25)

On the third and final day of this seminar-workshop, we learned a lot about the Appraisal of the Performance of Teachers and Legal Issues and Cases for Public School Teachers.

During the morning session, our very own Assistant Schools Division Superintendent, Dr. Jenilyn Rose Corpuz reviewed us on the appraisal of the performance of teachers. The topic is very timely since the division is currently conducting the open ranking for all teachers for Master Teacher I and II, and Head Teacher positions. Dr. Corpuz clarified that National Competency-Based Teacher Standards – Teachers Strengths and Needs Assessment (NCBTS –TSNA) is only a self-assessment tool and it is not used as bases for performance assessment. It was the Performance Appraisal System for Teachers (PAST) that was approved to be used to assess the teachers’ performance quantitatively.

Dr. Corpuz on her talk about the domains, strands and indicators of
NCBTS-TSNA tool

Meliton Zurbano, Principal of Polo National High School, discussed about the evaluation of pertinent documents used in ranking for promotions. He told us about the DepEd’s orders and memoranda that must be used as bases for giving points and evaluating the credentials of the candidates. He also talked on how a document is being validated, like face and content validation.

Sir Meliton Zurbano while explaining how pertinent documents
for ranking are being validated

The second part of our training in the afternoon enlightened us on different legal matters and cases about being a public school teacher. Our last but definitely not the least speaker was Atty. Myra Nimfa Solidum Mendieta. She is a Prosecution Officer in the Office of the Ombudsman. She vigorously explained to us the Code of Ethics and even shared some sample cases. She generously shared her expertise through answering some issues of my fellow officers during the open forum.

Atty. Solidum-Mendieta discussing The Code of Ethics for
Government Employees and Officials

Of course, this event will never become successful without the support of the local government who allowed us to use the Convention Center of Valenzuela as our venue and sponsored the food and refreshment for the participants.

Hon. Rexlon Gatchalian, Valenzuela City Mayor,
while giving his inspirational message

Hon. Wesley Gatchalian of Alay-Buhay Party List
during his closing remarks

I personally learned a lot from this seminar-workshop. I hope next year, they will again hold this kind of empowering and transforming learning experience for all faculty club officers.