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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO.685

EXPANDING THE PRESCHOOL COVERAGE

TO INCLUDE CHILDREN IN DAY CARECENTERS

Joint Implementing Guidelines

Presented by Dir. Ma. Elena S. Caraballo

DEPED Management Committee Meeting

November 21, 2008, Pasig City


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Coordination on the formulation of the

Guidelines

EO 685 signed by PGMA on January 10 , 2008 Put in the Council Board agenda during its January 22, 2008

meeting to clarify implementation concerns

Council Board tasked CWC Secretariat to convene an Ad HocCommittee for EO 685 composed of DepEd (Assec. TeresitaInciong as Chair), DSWD (Assec. Florita R. Villar), DOH (Dr.Yolanda Oliveros), NNC (Ex. Dir. Bernardita Flores), DILG(Dir. John Castaeda), and the CB ECCD experts (Ms.

Emerita Garon, Dr. Amado Parawan)


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Development and approval of the joint

guidelines

February 22, 2008 Initial meeting of Ad Hoc. Com.; brainstormed onimplications and clarified specific provisions of the EO and agreed to draftimplementing guidelines

March 26, 2008 smaller group (DepEd, DSWD, CWC) was convened andworked on the initial draft of the guidelines

April 15, 2008 draft guidelines presented to the Ad Hoc Com for review

1st week of May, 2008- draft guidelines cleared with inputs (to be issued asjoint DepEd-DSWD guidelines) from DepEds legal division

May 21, 2008- The guidelines entitled The Jo i n t Imp l emen t i ngGu ide l i n e s o f E xe cu t i ve O rde r N o . 685 Expand ing t he P r e -S choo lCove rage t o I n c l ude F i v e Yea r O l d Ch i l d r en En ro l l e d i n Day Ca re Cen t e r s signed by DepEd Sec.Jesli Lapus and DSWD Sec. Esperanza Cabral


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What the signed joint guidelines provides

Expansion coverage for preschool education of the DepEd shall includepreschool children enrolled in Day Care Centers (DCCs)

The expanded preschool program shall be implemented starting SY 2008-2009 initially focusing on the 50% lowest performing schools basedon the results of the SY 2006-2007 National Achievement Test

DCCs shall be activated as a facility for preschool education in barangaysonlywhere there are no public preschool classes managed by theDepEd

In areas where there are existing DCCs & public preschool classes, the five-

year old children shall be accommodated by the public preschool. In case thepublic preschool cannot accommodate all the 5 years old , day carecenters shall be activated.


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Contents of the joint guidelines

In areas where there are no existing facilities (i.e public, private, PTCAfunded, LGU initiated, preschool service contracting, NGO/church-based) for 5-year old children, DepEd shall organize preschoolclasses

Preschool classes for five-year old children in DCCs shall besegregated from sessions for children aged 3-4 years old. Sessions for

the younger age group shall be held in the morning shift; whileclasses for the 5 years old shall be in the afternoon

Sessions for the 5-year old children in DCCs shall be handled bybarangay day care workers (DCWs) duly accredited by DSWD andtrained by DepEd

DepEd shall provide a continuing professional developmentprogram for DCWs to ensure quality pre-school education


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Supervision of the educational programs, curriculum and

instruction for the 5-year old children in the DCCs shall beexercised by DepEd through the Regional and DivisionEducation Supervisors in charge of preschool education. LGUsshall continue to exercise the administrative function as providedfor under Sec. 7 of RA 8980 of the ECCD Act of 2000

The existing pre-school curriculum of DepEd for 5-year old childrenshall be used for the implementation of this EO and shall beenhanced or updated once the early learning developmentstandards (for 0-6) has been adopted by the CWC (also theNECCDCC)

The ECCD Checklistshall continue to be administered to all five-year-old children in day care centers and pre-schools to assesschilds development

ContContents of the joint guidelines


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Cont Contents of the joint guidelines

Full-scale implementation of E.O 685 shall be undertaken on an incrementalbasis starting in SY 2009-2010 until universal pre-school Education coverageis achieved by 2015

DepEd shall include in its annual general appropriations the necessaryfunding to sustain the implementation of this EO.

The DSWD, DOH & NNC shall continue to extend support to LGUs and to the

DepEd for additional resources and technical support as provided by theLaw.

LGUs and other agencies concerned and NGOs shall continue to support theimplementation of this EO.

The DepEd as member of the CWC/NECCDCC shall continue to provide the

appropriate data to the NECCDCC as required.


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Related updates

DepEd completed the training of day care workers in barangayswhere the 50% lowest performing schools are

More than 1,000 DCWs of the priority barangays were trained

Other local government units (even those not identified as priority

area for the initial implementation) rolled out expansion ofpreschool education in day care centers

CWC included training on the preschool education curriculum (forDCWs and new DepEd preschool teachers) as a corecompetency training funded under the ECCD Law implementation

Dissemination of the EO and Joint Guidelines


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Issues and Concerns gathered from the field

Weak info dissemination drive to make the EO and its Joint Guidelinesknown

Varied interpretations of DepEd at the field level

Some areas reported that this year, 5 year old children in their barangays were

neither in DCCs and DepEd preschools

DepEd announced they are getting the five-year old but declined enrolment due to

the issuance of the no collection policy from the Central Office

Lack of clear parameters on the provision DepEd supervision of

educational programs, curriculum and instruction for the 5-year old

children in the DCCs

EO funds appropriation coverage inclusive of learning and

instructional materials


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Cont Issues and Concerns gathered from the field

Roll-out plan of DepEd for training of day care workers

considering roll-out of EO implementation

There is a need to clearly define the provision on - DepEd to

provide a continuing professional development program for

DCWs

Training of day care workers (DCWs) to be accredited by CHED or CSC as

training for ladderalization

Position of DepEd on its service contracting scheme (specially the

October to March scheme) against full scale implementation of theEO


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REGION ISSUES AND CONCERNS RECOMMENDATIONS

III Child Readiness/Pull-out of children(service contracting)Children being served inside the DCCs arepulled out by DepEd Pre-Schools Teachersto meet their given quota of 30 children asbasis in receiving their honorarium/salaryfrom DepEd

Moratorium for this year 2008. Massiveinformation drive to be undertakenbefore enrollment next year in ordernot to disrupt the session

CARAGA,IVB

DepEd preschool classes also include 3 and4 years old because of nursery classes

Mechanics should be formulated to be usedas guide both by the DSWD and DepEd inthe implementation of this EO

In some barangays DepEd preschoolteachers get the enrolled preschoolers fromthe DCWs even on the months of August

which causes problems in the records andsessions of DCWs

Joint memo (DSWD and DepEd)should be issued to clear the

implementors on this matter


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III, NCR CurriculumConfusion on the preparation of curriculumplan. DSWD is based on interest, level of thechilds competencies. DepEd is morestructured

For CWC to study the method of curriculumplanning between DSWD and DepEd

IV-A DCWs will accommodate those below 5years old and those above 5 years old for

the DCS and DepEd curriculum respectively.Thus, there is a need for DCWs to preparetwo (2) curriculum plans. Also, they need toprepare two (2) kinds of document requiredfor each program. This is a burden on thepart of the DCWs

DCW should focus only on one

program either DCS or DepEdcurriculum. This is to enable the DCWto have focus on her daily programactivity as well as the preparation ofrecords and documents related to thechild

DCWs will prepare two curriculumplans and two kinds of document asrequired for each programs.


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III, IVB Enrollment vs. Non-enrollmentOnly children enrolled in DepEd pre-schoolare to be admitted in Grade 1

DepEd to reiterate and strictly enforcepolicy on admission in Grade 1

IVA Some 6 year old children still attend daycare. Most teachers in public school do notaccept these children unless they went to

day care program because some of thesechildren may not have no knowledge onbasic literacy. Thus, DepEd teachers denyenrollment of 6 year-old children

DCWs, through assistance of parents, shallidentify DepEd teachers who refused toaccept 6 year-olds in Grade 1 and be

reported to School Head so that they begiven advice or sanctions from authorities.DCWs shall also assess children and refer

them to DepEd if the child qualifies to enrollin DepEd curriculum

Accreditation Standards

The Revised Accreditation Tool for DayCare, Other ECCD Centers and ServiceProviders (0-5.11 year old children) under

AO 29 issued by DSWD is not applicable forchildren under the preschool program

Develop/Adopt a revised accreditation

tool


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IVA Monitoring and Supervision of DCSand Preschool ProgramDCWs would have two supervisors (3-4 and5 years old) with different standards andrequirements to comply with

The DCW/service provider to have oneprogram to focus on so thatsupervision and monitoring is underone supervisor only

III, CAR Training of DCWs on the Pre-School

Curriculum

Conduct of training needs assessment

for DCWs and DCW focal persons byDepEd

All day care workers regardless ofeducational attainment to be trained.

III Status of DCCs located inside

school compoundDCCs located in school premises convertedinto pre-elementary by DepEd henceejecting the DCW in-charge

DepEd to allocate fund for the

construction of pre-elementary schoolbuilding


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III Discriminatory remarks by DepEd Pre-School Teachers/Principal to DCWs

Observance of mutual respect to restoreharmony

CARAGA Weak Information DisseminationSome DCWs were informed by theirbarangay captain that their service endsDecember 2008 because the DepEd teacherwill handle preschoolers. This will mean

savings for the barangay since DCW is paidby barangays.

Massive information drive to all concernedP/MLGUs, MSWDOs, Barangay officials,DCWs and DepEd staff

Close coordination among DepEd and

P/C/MSWDOs

IVB, IVA Subsidy/Hiring of DCWsSubsidy for DCWs is very limitedconsidering that they may be handling twoprograms and two groups of children

DCWs must handle only one curriculum.There should be a DCW assigned to handleexclusively DepEd or DSWD curriculum. Incase she will handle both programs,additional honorarium or subsidy should be

given by DepEd.

Screening and hiring process of day careworkers to be reviewed in anticipationo ofthe full implementation of the EO


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A child cannot wait

Thank you and mabuhay!

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