LDM2

Learning Delivery Modalities Course 2

Reflection A
Reflection Paper for LAC Leaders
(Master Teachers and Head Teachers)

Instructions

1. Reflection A should be answered by LAC Leaders who are

MTs/HTs/Senior Teachers only. If you are a School Head, request for
Reflection B from your Instructional Coach.
2. This document will serve as your main output for the LDM2 Course.
However, it is optional, but highly recommended that you also submit
your own work from the LDM2 Course to give context to your
reflections.
3. Articulate your thoughts and feelings, make notes to specific details
pertaining to your experiences. You may add as many pages as necessary.
4. Coordinate with your Instructional Coach regarding the schedule of
submission.
 Module Output (Optional, but Highly Recommended)
2 - Planning for the Individual/LAC Group Presentation on Unpacking of a
Implementation of LDM2 Sample MELC (optional but highly recommended)
for Teachers

Reflection Questions:
 After answering and going through the outputs of your co-teachers, what do
you think are the adjustments that the teachers need to make in lesson
planning?
 What are the steps that you and your department/subject area teachers can do to
assist/guide them through these changes? What are the changes you need to
make as a Master Teacher/Head Teacher as you lead your group through these
changes?
 If there is a curriculum initiative by your region or division, such as developing
the Budget of Work per subject area that is based on the MELCS, how will you
guide teachers in bridging the connection of MELCS and this sample initiative?

Reflection

QUESTION #1 ANSWER:

As I go through the different outputs of my teachers, I found out that they need
technical assistance to adopt in this new normal. Some need to adjust in
unpacking and combining MELC’S. My teachers must be updated with the skills in
preparing lesson plans and concern about new normal education flat form.

They must well-understood and embraced the reality of LDM platforms to

ensure quality learning outcomes and make necessary adjustment. My teachers
need to support each other to continuously improve their content and pedagogical
knowledge, practice, skills, and attitudes.

They must be informed and equip with knowledge on how to prepare lessons based on
learning delivery modalities. Teachers needs to adjust and seek technical assistance on how
to implement weekly home learning plan and to address the needs of the learners through
the use of individual monitoring plan. In this case every master teachers should conduct lac
session to address the needs or challenges that may arise from time to time.
The teachers must revisit the DepEd Order No. 35 s. 2016 titled “The Learning
Action Cell as the K to 12 Basic Education Program School- Based Continuing
Professional Development Strategy for the Improvement of Teaching and
Learning.” This must be internalize to improve-teaching and learning process and
to foster a professional collaborative spirit among School Heads, teachers, and the
community because in this new normal the cooperation of parents and
stakeholders are very important to supplement the learning particular the home-
based learners or the modular learning delivery.

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 QUESTION #2 ANSWER:

This pandemic really changes the way the normal education does. These
challenges pose a challenge to master teachers and head teachers in giving
technical assistance to teachers. The assistance on teachers in using technology
is very important particular on virtual meetings and work from home activities
wherein the use of technology is important. As a master teachers I need long
patience for those in need of technical assistance on technology, some teachers
resist change . the acceptance of reality is really painful to accept for those who
are not flexible in this real world.

As a master teacher I need to embrace the reality first so that I can face the
challenges as technical assistance coach. I need to adopt to current situation and
equip myself with knowledge and skills through webinars, research and asking
assistance to my instructional leaders. I need to make sure that I’m capable
enough to help other teachers by giving technical assistance with regards to
pedagogical methods and other concerns in line with my field of specialization.

Another changes I need to adjust is the adoption of technology in my daily task

because, the use of technology is very important as a tool to assist teachers like
giving updates like template for new task and conducting virtual meeting in google
meet. As of now, every move needs technology, high tech cellphone is basic tool
in order to adjust in this new normal.

The first step we need to make is to let the reality be accepted by all teachers
through virtual meetings, lac session and peer discussions. Next step is to
encourage my teachers to attend supplementing webinars like pedagogical
methods, mental health, and parental support because in this pandemic the
psychological aspect of every teacher must be strengthened so that their mental
health will stay stable and capable to perform their duties and functions as a
teacher.

The next step is to encourage teachers to adopt the new normal by encouraging
them to keep on teaching and serving the youth even the middle of this crisis. It is
not easy to do this , it take a lot of time and effort because everybody is adjusting
to the current situation. We need to be patience in assisting, and giving technical
assistance. From time to time, I need to update and receive feedbacks so I can
adjust to the needs of my teachers. Working together and listening to fellow
teachers, building rapport is important to identify the needs of our teachers. Some
need are not spoken but can be notice through actions.
 QUESTION #=3 ANSWER:

Teachers must have their learning competency in their area of specialization. In

building the connection with regards to budget of work, I need to take initiatives
like conducting LAC sessions on Mapping of the essential and desirable learning
competencies within the curriculum; Identification of prerequisite knowledge and
skills needed to prepare students for essential learning competencies and;
Analysis of the interconnectedness of prerequisite knowledge and skills among the
learning competencies for each subject area.

MELC’s serves as a teacher guides in preparing his/her lesson and

instructional materials. Despite that we are facing his global pandemic. Most
Essential Curriculum were badly in need. MELC’s remains with learners long after
a test or unit of study is completed od if it is useful beyond a single test or unit of
study.

In unpacking and combining MELC we must take into consideration the

alignment on the Content and Performance Standards-in unpacking MELC’s, we
must consider this feature in order for us to achieve a quality teaching output.
Prerequisite knowledge and Skills-curriculum objective must be hierarchy.
Mastering Fundamental knowledge is a must before going to the other level of
learning. Logical sequence of learning objectives must be emphasized. We can’t
give a better idea to our students if our objective is not logically sequenced.
Planning what are the most important objective is the key frame in achieving better
understanding of our learners.

All MELC’s should be unpacked in order to systematized learning activities so

that delivering ideas to our student would not be congested. The teacher will
guided through their learning from LAC session of LDM2. We need to unpacked
MELC’s in order to systematize learning activities and effectively address the
varying needs of learners and the challenges of instructional deliveries. I realized
that we should unpacked and combined MELC’s to make our lesson more specific
and easy to understand by our learners which is primary concern. As a teacher we
should level our standard to our learners so that we could easily address and vital
needs which is mastery of learning. My teacher should realize that they don’t need
a broader and difficult topics to ensure them to be equip with learning.

Rating: _______
 Module Output (Optional, but Highly Recommended)
3A - Lesson Design and List of targeted learning interventions + Learning tasks for DL
Assessment in the Modalities + Assessment methods in DL (optional but highly
recommended)

Reflection Questions:

 How can these lists of interventions help the teachers teach better in the new learning
delivery modality? Why is it important for every teacher in your team to have them?
 What are the challenges in developing learning tasks in a Distance Learning environment?
What key competencies would you need to assist teachers in?
 What is the difference in assessing students in between traditional and Distance Learning
modalities? How can you guide teachers in bridging these gaps?

Reflection

How can these lists of interventions help the teachers teach better in the new learning
delivery modality? Why is it important for every teacher in your team to have them?

Answer:
This list provide the different kind of learners that needs education despite of different
situation in life. These identified list of intervention for learners is very important for the
teachers to identify the needs and how to cater it. The identified intervention will not be
materialized without the help of parents, stakeholder and community. Internal and external
factors of the community should go hand and hand to ensure the success of this endeavor.

It is very important for every teacher in my team to have the list of intervention so that
they will be guided in providing quality education with technical assistance. The
intervention must be specific, measurable and attainable. My teachers are aware of what to
do when the need arises. Identifying the needs with corresponding intervention assures that
the quality of learning will be attained.

As a master teacher, I need to get involve to bridge the gap if the needs arises.

What are the challenges in developing learning tasks in a Distance Learning environment?
What key competencies would you need to assist teachers in?
Answer:
Our situation in Buenavista National High School is a distance learning through
the use of printed materials particularly the modular learning. This is very
challenging because of lack internet connection capability of the learner to
supplement the learning. So our school made a localized module to be used but it
is not enough because some students don’t answer the module honestly. Some do
not understand and need interventions. We need to give activity sheets to fill the
gap.
The key competencies that I need to provide for assisting teachers is on
development of quality modules, activities based on MELC’S, and assessment tool
rubrics . I also need to give assistance in developing activity sheets for students
that are lag behind. Communication skills of teachers for parents must be
enhanced to support and monitor learning outcomes.
 What is the difference in assessing students in between traditional and Distance Learning
modalities? How can you guide teachers in bridging these gaps?

Answer:

Traditional learning takes place in schools where students are provided with
learning opportunities in a face to face manner.
where the teacher and learner/s are physically in one venue There are
opportunities for active engagement, immediate feedback and socioemotional
development of learners. It may be conducted in any available physical learning
space while the

Distance learning refers to a learning delivery modality where a learner is given

materials or access to resources and he/she undertakes self-directed study at
home or in another venue. Learners engage in independent learning at home or in
any physical learning space applicable, by using learning materials that are
accessible either online, stored on CD/DVD/USB Flash drive, or in printed form, or
by viewing TV lessons or listening to radio-based instruction while being
geographically distant from the teacher The teacher supervises and monitors the
learner's progress and provides remediation and enhancement when needed and
possible. Assistance may be provided by a learning facilitator who may be a parent
or any member of the family, or a community stakeholder.

As we can see, there’s a big difference when it comes to giving quality

education to our learners in this new normal. It will create challenges and gaps that
needs to be addressed by the instructional coaches and leaders.

As a master teacher, I have to give my technical assistance to my teachers

particular in modular learning modality. I have to guide them in creating modules
based on MELC’S and I will give assistance with regards to the content of the
modules. I will monitor learning every week after checking of the module to identify
some issue and help to solve them.

I need also to extend technical assistance for building communication to parents

or guardian because it will supplement the learning and monitor the learners
progress.

Rating: _______

Module Output (Optional, but Highly Recommended)

 3A - Lesson Design and Weekly Home Learning Plan
Assessment in the Modalities

Reflection Questions:

 What makes the Weekly Home Learning Plan essential to the process of Teaching and
Learning in the new modality? What are the essential elements of the weekly Home
Learning Plan will you need to look for?

Reflection

Answers:

Weekly home learning plan plays an important part in this new normal. This plan
will serves as the regular lesson plan for the teachers. It highlights the most
essential learning competencies, topic, and activities and mode of delivery. This
plan is very simple yet the targeted MELC’S is there. It ensures that the exact and
right competency is expected to learned and master by the students.

The essential part of this weekly home learning plan is the topic, its MELC’S,
and activities. I have to check if the competency is exact and correct. I have to
make sure that there is congruency of all parts from objectives to evaluation , and
make sure that the learning objective is mastered every week.

I also need to check the Individual monitoring tool that has prepared by the
teacher right after checking the module, if there is an intervention for those
students who are lagging behind as well as the monitoring of progress of the
learner. Weekly home learning plan is very important because the learning of
students is dependent on how well this learning plan accomplished to meet its
goals. This plan will serves as the regular lesson plan for the teachers.

Rating: _______
Module Output (Optional, but Highly Recommended)
3A - Lesson Design and Individual Learning Monitoring Plan
 Assessment in the
Modalities

Reflection Questions:

 As a Master Teacher/ Head Teacher, how can you help the teachers in assisting the students
who are lagging behind? If all measures have been exhausted by the teachers and still a
certain set of students are still not performing well with the new learning modality, what
are the steps you shall take to guide teachers in addressing this matter?

Reflection

Answers:

I will provide technical assistance on teacher needs on how to deal with the
problems he/she encountered with students who are lag behind. The right
intervention material must be assessed if it is in line with the MELC’S and the
progress will be monitored by concern teacher.

If all measures have done and still the students lag behind, I will guide teachers
to make activities, remedial worksheets, and assessments or homework in line
with the capacity of students. We have to consider student individual differences
and slow learners will be given special attention to catch-up. LAC session will be
conducted to supplement teachers to address the problem.

Communication with parents or guardian will be encouraged to monitor child

progress. It will be done by the concern adviser. The master teacher will monitor
the progress every week.

Rating: _______

Module Output (Optional, but Highly Recommended)

 3B – Learning Resources Two (2) accomplished LR Rapid Assessment Tools
with reflections

Reflection Questions:

 Given the abrupt changes that happened to the learning situation in our country due to the
pandemic, what can you do to help build the learning resources for both teachers and
students in your school?

Reflection

Answers:

First step that I have to do as a master teacher do is to encourage teachers to create

learning/ instructional materials. Encourage the use of localized and indigenous materials
is very effective in teaching and learning because it is cheap and very accessible.

Second step is to collaborate with teachers in conducting action research that will result
in producing learning material outputs that can be used as module or reference material.

Lastly, is to encourage teachers and students to use learning portals as valid source of
educational materials rather than choosing non-DepEd portals.
DepEd prescribed LR’s are reliable and aligned in the basic requirement needed
for choosing LR’s while non-DepEd LR’s sometimes deviate from the requirements
of standard LR’s. DepEd materials before posting to the DepEd portal were being
examined by the DepEd personnel, this portal have standard assessment tools
that will ensure the highest quality of education.

Rating: ______

Module Output (Optional, but Highly Recommended)

4 – PD and LAC Planning Finalized LDM Individual Development Plan (produced after
 discussion during LAC)

Reflection Questions:

 How can I help further assist/guide the development of competencies of the teachers in my
department?

Reflection

Answer:

As Instructional coach, I can guide and assist my teachers if I make myself updated,
improved through professional continuation program like attending training, seminars,
webinars, and other professional programs or studies.

I need also to monitor the teachers developmental plans so I can make plans to help
them improve their key result areas.

I have to be consistent to monitor my teachers’ competencies, and do more listening

than talking. I have to check their development plans and to make necessary adjustment
to help them improve and meet their developmental needs.

Extending help in giving technical assistance to develop the competencies of my

teachers are very important to address the issue. The support of the principal and
stakeholders contribute to develop the competencies of our teachers.

I need encourage them to use learning portals to reinforce learning to help

their students. Through the use of LRMDS and DepEd commons, they can apply
assessment tools in choosing learning resources for the modules.
The skill to unpacked and combined MELC’s in making lesson plans are the
area that should be mastered by my teachers, It is very important nowadays
because we could not establish Face to Face learning, we could not take to see
that our parent’s will suffer to teach their child. So, with the help of this accessible
and available materials, I think it will lessen the burden for parents to teach at
home.

Rating:_______

Conclusion (State the overall impact or lesson learned)

 In conclusion, the teachers are the key factors in making this delivery modalities
successful. Enhancing pedagogical skills, and continuing professional development
through the help of instructional coaches and LAC leaders are important to ensure the
quality education we want to provide and deliver for our learners. We have to be strong,
safe, healthy and help each other to make this dream come true!

Prepared by:

VICKY H. VILLASANTA
MASTER TEACHER I

Evaluated by:

ISIDRO P. DELOS REYES

PSDS – BUENAVISTA 1