Pre-Immersion

Quarter 1
Module 1
Orientation
For the Learner:

Welcome to the Pre-Immersion Self-Learning Module on Orientation!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities for guided
and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to process the contents of
the learning material while being an active learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills that you will learn after
completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts and skills that you
already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the entire module.
 EXPECTATIONS

This is your self-learning module in Pre-Immersion. All the activities

provided in this lesson will help you learn, understand, and experience at home
the orientation process before you immerse yourself with the nature of the
strand or course you have chosen.

After going through this self-learning module, you are expected to:

1. define work immersion and its nature;

2. determine the reasons for conducting a Work Immersion;
3. get familiarized with the terms used for Work Immersion; and
4. offer possible solutions to the probable obstacles a learner may encounter during
Work Immersion.

PRETEST

Before you proceed in using this module, answer the following questions to assess
your prior knowledge on pre-immersion concepts.

Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer on the space provided.

1. In which classification of subjects in Senior High School is Work

Immersion included?

A. Applied B. Core C. Elective D. Specialized

2. Who is the school personnel designated to supervise the learners

during the Work Immersion?

A. Subject Group Head C. Work Immersion Teacher

B. Work Immersion Focal Person D. Work Immersion Supervisor
 3. What legal binding document is signed by the two parties
entering into partnership before implementing a project or program?

A. Affidavit of Undertaking B. MOA C. MOU D. MOOE

4. Work Immersion involves hands-on experience or work simulation

that can be conducted in .

A. Work Immersion Site C. Work Immersion Place

B. Work Immersion Institution D. Work Immersion Venue

5. What DepEd issuance will you read for the Work Immersion
implementation of all senior high schools during crisis situation?

A. Memorandum DM-CI-2020-00085
B. Dep Ed Order No.39, series 2018
C. Dep Ed Order No. 8, s. 2015
D. Dep Ed Order No. 30, s. 2017

RECAP

You are now in G-12 and therefore you are expected to be equipped with all the skills
you gained from your different subjects. Let’s recall the 3 classifications of subjects in Senior
High School. Yes, they are: Core subjects; Applied subjects; and Specialized subjects. Work
Immersion is one (1) of the nine (9) specialized subjects and it is also allotted 80 hours just
like other subjects.
 LESSON

Are you excited for your Work Immersion? Today you will read and learn the content
of some sections of DepEd Order No. 30, s. 2017, DepEd No. 39, s. 2018 and the latest
Guidelines for Work Immersion Implementation during crisis situation found in Memorandum
DM-CI-2020-00085 from the Office of the Undersecretary for Curriculum and Instruction.

What does Work Immersion mean?

According to DepEd Order No. 40, series of 2015, Work Immersion refers to the part
of the Senior High School (SHS) Curriculum consisting of 80 hours of hands- on experience or
work simulation which the Grades 11 and 12 students will undergo to expose them to the actual
workplace setting and to enrich the competencies provided by the school under the supervision
of the School Head and the designated personnel of the Partner.”

The Department of Education issued DepEd Order no. 30 s. 2017 entitled Guidelines
for Work Immersion which is the basis for the implementation of Work Immersion in all Senior
High Schools (SHSs). So, let us get oriented with the selected sections of DepEd Order no. 30
s. 2017. Read it thoroughly.

Section 1: Rationale
One of the goals of the K to 12 Education Program is to develop in learners the
competencies, work ethics, and values relevant to pursuing further education and/or joining
the world of work. To achieve greater congruence with the basic education and the nation’s
development targets, Work Immersion, a required subject, has been integrated in the
curriculum. This subject will provide learners with the following opportunities:
1. to become familiar with the work place
2. for employment simulation
3. to apply their competencies in areas of specialization/applied subject’s in authentic
work environments

To achieve those objectives, Work Immersion is therefore a requirement for

graduation from secondary education. Learners are immersed on actual work environments
such as workshops, offices and laboratories in which their prior training is relevant. But this is
given clarification on.
DepEd Order No. 39, s. 2018.

Though the intention of Work Immersion is to provide SHS learners with

opportunities to become familiar with the workplace, simulate employment, and to apply
their competencies in areas of specialization/applied subjects in actual work environments,
DepEd recognizes other options that may equally prepare learners for all curriculum exits.

• For all tracks, schools may opt to devise unique delivery model with a minimum of 80
and a maximum of 320 hours following the Curriculum Guide.
• All TVL learners shall have completed the required learning competencies of a
particular specialization before Work Immersion.

• The nominal duration of specialization for TVL shall be considered in crafting the
delivery model of the school.

For other tracks:

• Accounting, Business and Management (ABM) learners may have Business

Enterprise Simulation
• Humanities and Social Science Strand (HUMSS) learners may take Culminating Activity
• Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) learners may take
Research/Capstone Project
• General Academic Strand (GAS) learners may take Research/Capstone Project or
Culminating Activity
• For Sports Track, learners may take Apprenticeship (off – campus)
• For Arts and Design Track, learners may take Performing Arts for Production or
Exhibit for Arts Production
Guided Activity:
Being a learner of Work Immersion, you must be familiarized with the different terms
and their definitions. (Section 3 of DO No. 30, s 2017)
Match the definitions below with the terms inside the box provided below:
A. Partnership
B. Work Immersion
C. Partner Institution
D. Work Immersion Teacher
E. Memorandum of Agreement
F. Workplace Immersion Venue
G. School Partnership Focal Person
H. Work Immersion Partner Institution Supervisor

1. Public or private institutions or organizations that are able and willing to lend their
expertise and resources.
2. Refers to the subject of the Senior High School Curriculum, which involves hands-on
experience or work simulation in which learners can apply their competencies and
acquired knowledge relevant to their track.
3. The person authorized to seek partnerships between DepEd and institutions (DepEd
Order 40, s. 2015).
4. The school personnel who is assigned to supervise the learners at the Work Immersion
Venue in coordination with the Work Immersion Partner Institution Supervisor
5. A legally binding document, which spells out the specific terms and conditions between
and among parties entering into partnership to implement a program, project or any
other similar undertakings.
6. The place where work immersion is conducted. It shall conform to the law and the rules
and regulations on safety, appropriateness for learning, and availability of facilities and
equipment which are issued by the DepEd (DO 40, s 2015.)
7. The counterpart of the Work Immersion Teacher and may also be the representative of
the partner institution in forging partnership with DepEd schools.
8. The relationship between the partner institution and the school, or any office of DepEd
(Central, Regional or Division) that responds to the needs of K to 12 program in general,
and Senior High School in particular, which is formalized through a Memorandum of
Agreement. Kindly check your answers.
 ACTIVITY

Activity 1: Leverage

Actions to be
Taken

Work
Immersion
Obstacles

1. List down 3-5 potential obstacles you may encounter on Work Immersion?
2. What actions can you do to overcome the obstacles? You may use an appropriate graphic
organizer to show your listed obstacles with the corresponding actions to overcome them.
3. If you would be given the chance to experience an actual work in a work immersion venue
in your barangay suited for your track and strand, what could it be and why do you think
you should be deployed there? Briefly explain your answer in one (1) paragraph.

Activity 2: Get Ready!

Directions: With your parent or guardian. fill up the Immersion Parent’s Consent Form
attached here on this Self-Learning Module. Take a photo of it and send it to your Work
Immersion Teacher. For those who could hardly send it, request your parent/guardian to
personally hand-in it to your teacher in school or drop in the designated drop box in the school.

WRAP – UP

Accomplish this graphic organizer by writing what you have learned, your reflection,
and your action/s based on what you have learned and realized.
 VALUING

In this time of crisis, our regular physical attendance in our school most especially our
Work Immersion is affected. According to our DepEd secretary and undersecretaries,
schooling should not be stopped. So, they plan and implement different delivery modes of
learning.

As learners, what should you demonstrate to help yourself and our educators
make the education successful during the time of crisis?

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REFERENCES

Dep-Ed Order No. 30, s. 2017, Guidelines for Work Immersion, June 5, 2017.

Dep Ed Order No. 039, s. 2018, Clarification and Additional Information to Dep Ed Order No.
30, s. 2017 (Guidelines for Work Immersion)

Dep Ed Order No. 40, series of 2015, Guidelines on K-12 Partnerships

Memorandum DM-CI-2020-00085, Guidelines on Work Immersion during Crisis Situation,

CSSDD-O-1956-OUCI-SHS Work, June 2, 2020