guidelines on the regional search for outstanding teaching

Enclosure 1 to Region Memorandum No. 96, s.2017

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Guidelines on the Regional Search for Outstanding Teaching and Non-Teaching Employees

I. Rationale and Purpose

DepEd Region XII shall conduct the regional-wide Search for Outstanding Teaching

and Non-Teaching Employees in conformity with the Program on Awards and Incentives for

Service Excellence (PRAISE) of the Department of Education (DepEd Order No. 9, s.2002)

and the Search for Outstanding Public Officials and Employees that has been conducted by

the Civil Service Commission (CSC) annually (CSC Memorandum Circular No. 03, s.2016).

The initiative provides an inclusive opportunity to all potential employees to benefit from

the rewards and recognition system that the department has already established. It prepares

our human resources more competitively for nomination and participation to the national

level search and awards program.

The search activity aims to encourage, reward and give due recognition to the top

performing teaching and non-teaching employees who have demonstrated continuing

commitment and outstanding performance. Motivated human resources are essential to

organizational productivity and contribute to improving access, quality of delivery and

governance of basic education.

II. Category and Qualification Requirements

The search shall cover both the teaching and non-teaching employees and include

the following categories:

A.) Teaching Employees

Category Qualification Requirements

Outstanding Elementary School Teacher (Teacher I - III)

Has permanent item as teacher I, II, or III With at least 3 years teaching experience Either classroom advisers or subject teachers

provided with 5- 6 subject loads or 6 hours of teaching loads

Performance Rating of at least VS for the last three years

Outstanding Secondary School Teacher (Teacher I – III)


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Outstanding Elementary Master Teacher (Master Teacher I- II)

Has permanent item as Master Teacher I or II With at least 3 years teaching experience as Master

Teacher I or II Either classroom advisers or subject teachers

provided with 5- 6 subject loads or 6 hours of teaching loads

Has other designations like coordinator, mentor, grade/year level chairman


Outstanding Secondary Master Teacher (Master Teacher I- II)

Outstanding Kindergarten Teacher

Has permanent item as Teacher I/ Kindergarten teacher

With at least 3 years teaching experience in Kinder Has at least 2 teaching loads of Kinder sessions or 6

hours of teaching loads. Performance Rating of at least VS for the last three

years

Outstanding ALIVE Teacher

A Passer of the Qualifying Exam for Arabic Language and Islamic Studies (QEALIS)

With at least 3 years teaching experience handling ALIVE subjects

Has at least 5-6 teaching loads or 6 hours teaching loads


Outstanding IPEd Teacher

Has permanent item as Teacher I tagged to IPED Program

With at least 3 years teaching experience handling IP learners



Outstanding SPED Teacher

Has permanent item as regular Teacher or SPED teacher

With at least 3 years teaching experience handling SPED learners/classes




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Outstanding ALS Teacher (Mobile, DALCs & ABOT-ALAM Teacher)

Has permanent item as Regular Teacher or ALS/ ABOT-ALAM teacher

With at least 3 years teaching experience handling ALS/ABOT-ALAM classes



Outstanding Multi-Grade Teacher

Has permanent item as Regular Teacher with at least 3 years teaching experience handling multi-grade classes



Outstanding Elementary School Principal

(Principal I to IV) Outstanding Secondary School Principal (Principal I to IV)

Has Regular Permanent appointment as Principal I, II, III or IV

Has served for 3 years as Principal I, II, III or IV Has no pending administrative/criminal case Performance Rating of at least VS for the last 3 years. Has an unquestioned integrity

Should have the utilization of the allocated funds as per approved plan and liquidation of these MOOE/Govt/school funds for the months covering January 2016 – May 2017.

Has no outstanding unliquidated funds.

Outstanding Elementary School Head Teacher (HT) (IH)/TIC Outstanding Secondary Head Teacher School HT (IH)/TIC

Has Regular Permanent Appointment as HT (IH) or

Designation as TIC Has served for 3 years as HT (IH) or Designated as

TIC and managing a school Has no pending administrative/criminal case Performance Rating of at least VS for the last three

years. Has an unquestioned integrity

Should have the utilization of the allocated funds as per approved plan and liquidation of these MOOE/Govt/school funds for the months covering January 2016 – May 2017.

Has no outstanding unliquidated funds.


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Outstanding District Supervisor/ PSDS/PIC (Principal In-charged of the district/PIC)

Has Regular Permanent appointment as District Supervisor/PSDS or Designation as (PIC) Principal in-charge of the District

Has served for 3 years as District Supervisor/PSDS or PIC

Has no pending administrative/ criminal case

Performance Rating of at least VS for the last three years.

B.) Non-Teaching Employees

Category Qualification Requirements

Outstanding Nurse

Has permanent item in the current position

With at least 3 years of work experience

relevant to the current position

Has no pending administrative or criminal case

Performance Rating of at least VS for the last 3

years

Outstanding Bookkeeper

III. Search and Selection Timeline The following timeline shall be observed at all levels:

Level Timeline

School /Cluster of Schools/ District Level

September 2017

Division Level Search October 2017

Submission of SDO Nominations for Regional Level

3 November 2017

Regional Level Evaluation of SDO nominees’ documents

6-10 November 2017

Interview for SDO nominees 13-17 November 2017

Regional Level Awarding & Recognition Program

2nd week of December 2017


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IV. Required Documents for Submission

The search and selection committee at all levels shall require all nominees to submit

the required documents as basis for evaluation:

1. Nominee’s Portfolio of Accomplishments/Achievements

2. Signed copy of the Nominee’s IPCRF

3. Updated PDS

4. School Report (For Principal/HT only)

V. Selection Criteria

Category Selection Criteria and Rating

Outstanding Elementary School Teacher (Teacher I or III)

Instructional Competence (40)

o Teaching Competence (20) o Outstanding Accomplishments (10) o Creativity/Innovation (10)

Professional Competence (30)

o Education (10) o Resource Speaker/Facilitator (5) o Demo Teacher (5) o Trainings/Seminars (5) o Publication/Authorship (5)

Community Development/Services (10)

o Outreach Activity (5) o Networking/ Linkages (5)

Personal Characteristics (20)

Demonstrates positive traits both private and public life

Friendly, compassionate and tactful Team-player and has good working rapport with

colleagues Initiates, facilitates and builds inter-community

relations Maintains wholesome relations with community

stakeholders and local partners Demonstrates transparency, honesty, accountability

and personal integrity

Outstanding Secondary School Teacher (Teacher I or III)


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Outstanding Elementary Master Teacher (Master Teacher I or II)

Outstanding Secondary Master Teacher (Master Teacher I or II)

Instructional Competence (40)

o Teaching Competence (10) o Instructional Leadership (10) o Outstanding Accomplishments (10) o Creativity/Innovation (10)

Professional Growth (40%)

o Education (10) o Resource Speaker/Facilitator (10) o Demo Teacher (5) o Action Research (5) o Trainings/Seminars (5) o Publication/Authorship (5)

Community Development Services (10)









Outstanding Kindergarten Teacher

Instructional Competence (40%)

o Teaching Competence (20%) o Outstanding Accomplishments (10%) o Creativity/Innovation (10%)

Professional Competence (30)

o Education (10) o Resource Speaker/Facilitator (5) o Demo Teacher (5) o Trainings/Seminars (5) o Publication/Authorship (5)

Community Development Services (10)


Outstanding ALIVE Teacher Outstanding IPEd Teacher Outstanding SPED Teacher


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Outstanding ALS Mobile/ ABOT-ALAM Teacher

Personal Characteristics (20) Demonstrates positive traits both private and public

life Friendly, compassionate and tactful Team-player and has good working rapport with





Outstanding Multi-Grade Teacher

Outstanding Elementary School Principal

(Principal I or IV) Outstanding Secondary School Principal (Principal I or IV) Outstanding Elementary School HT (IH)/TIC Outstanding Secondary School HT (IH)/TIC

Managerial Competence (40) a. NAT MPS (15)

95-99 15 70-74 10 90-94 14 65-69 9 85-89 13 60-64 8 80-84 12 55-59 7 75-79 11 50-54 6

b. Level of SBM practice (10)

Level 1 5 Level 2 7 Level 3 10

c. Fiscal Leadership (MOEE/school funds Liquidation)(15) Professional Competence (25) a. Performance ratings (15)

9.6-9.9 15 8.1-8.3 5 9.3-9.5 10 7.8-8.0 4 9.0-9.2 8 7.5-7.7 3 8.7-8.9 7 7.2-7.7 2 8.4- 8.6 6 6.9-7.1 1

b. Research and creative outputs, re-entry projects after attendance to training, conferences, workshops or International (10)

International 10 National 7


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Regional 5 Division 3 District 2 School 1

Leadership Skills (5)

Manages the implementation, monitoring and review of SIP/ AIP

Oversees school operations , care and use of physical facilities

Submit and liquidate MOOE on time Manages school resources in accordance with

DepEd policies Awards or distinctions received (5)

National 5 Regional 4 Division 3 District 2 School 1

Research Conducted (5)

Educational Attainment (10)

Doctoral 10 Doctoral (CAR) 8 Master’s Degree 6 MA CAR 4

Community Partnership/Linkages (10)

1 M above 10 500,000-999,000 8 300,000-499,000 6 100,000-299,000 4 50,000-99,000 2

Personal Attributes/ Characteristics (5)



colleagues


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Initiates, facilitates and builds inter-community relations

Maintains wholesome relations with community stakeholders and local partners

Demonstrates transparency, honesty, accountability and personal integrity

Outstanding District Supervisor/ PSDS/PIC (Principal In-charged of the district/PIC)

Instructional Supervisory Leadership (40)

Functional supervisory development program (plan, execution of the plan, mechanism/ accomplishment, frequency of visits (20)

Performance in the Acad performance of District (NAT) - (20)

Accomplishments (30)

Awards received (5) Research (10) Trainings / TA conducted (10) Publication ( 5)

Professional Development (15) Education – 5

Doctoral 5 Doctoral (CAR) 3

Master’s Degree 2

Trainings Attended (5)

National 5 Region 4 Division 3

Speakership (5 ) (For the last 3 Years)

National 5 Region 4 Division 3 District 2 School 1


Demonstrate positive traits both private and public life

Friendly, compassionate and tactful


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Team-player and has good working rapport with colleagues

Initiates, facilitates and builds inter-community relations

Maintains wholesome relations with community stakeholders and local partners

Demonstrates transparency, honesty, accountability and personal integrity

NON-TEACHING EMPLOYEES

Outstanding Nurse

Occupational Competence (50) o Work experience (20) o Accomplishments (20) o Human Relations (10)

Outstanding Achievements (25)

o Awards (10) o Innovation / Creativity (5) o Publication / Authorship (5) o Speakership (5)

Professional Growth (15) Education (10)

Doctoral 10 Doctoral (CAR) 7

Master’s Degree 5

Trainings Attended (5)

National 5 Region 4 Division 3








Outstanding Bookkeeper


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VI. Search and Selection Process

School Level/Cluster of Schools/Districts

The School head/Principal or the search and awards committee of the school shall

review the performance of teachers in the school based on the results of the IPCRF

of individual teachers including their portfolio of accomplishments or innovations.

The search committee shall prepare shortlist of potential nominees for each of the

category based on the IPRCF and Portfolio of accomplishments of teachers

The search committee led by the principal shall conduct interview of shortlisted

teachers who are potential nominees for the Division Level search.

The school head shall nominate 1 Most Outstanding teacher for each of the category

as entries for the Division Level Search for Outstanding Teachers.

Division Level

The Division Office shall lead and facilitate the inclusive management of the Search

for Outstanding teachers and intensify the promotion or advocacy for this awards

and recognition program for teachers.

The Division Search and Awards Committee shall review the nomination documents

submitted by the school for each of the category, and if necessary shall conduct the

validation process at the school level.

The Division search committee shall include one representative from the RO as

process observer.

Division winners (1st Placers) in all categories shall also be recognized during the

education week apart from the regional winners.

The Division Search and Awards Committee shall prepare shortlist of top 10

potential nominees for each category who will undergo final interview by the

committee.

The SDS shall nominate/submit only one Most Outstanding teacher for each

category to the Regional Office for the Regional Level Search for Outstanding

Teaching and non-teaching employees.


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Division Level Search and Selection Process for Outstanding Principals, District

Supervisors and other Non-teaching Employees:

The Division Office shall lead and facilitate the inclusive management of the Search

for Outstanding Principals and District Supervisors/ PSDS. The SDO shall intensify

the promotion or advocacy for the awards and recognition program and open the

opportunity to all principals or PSDS who met the general entry qualifications for

nomination.

The nominations for the Outstanding Principal and District Supervisor shall be

submitted by the teachers’ organization/s, parents associations, PTCA, Local LGUs

or any organizational partners of the school where the nominee is currently

working/deployed.

The Division Search and Awards Committee shall review the nomination documents

submitted for the principal and district supervisor category, and if necessary shall

conduct the validation process at the school level.

The Division Search and Awards Committee shall prepare shortlist of top 10

potential nominees for each category who will undergo final interview by the

committee.

The SDS shall nominate or submit only one Most Outstanding Principal and Most

Outstanding District Supervisor to the Regional Office for the Regional Level Search.

The division shall conduct awarding and recognition for division level top awardees.

Regional Level Search and Selection Process for Most Outstanding Teacher,

Principal, District Supervisor and Non-Teaching Employees

The RO team composed of the Chiefs of the Functional Divisions and Secretariat

from HRDD shall review and re-assess the documents of the nominees submitted by

SDOs for the Regional Level Search for each category.

The RO shall conduct interview for nominees in each category using the Behavioral

Events Interviewing (BEI) Approach to further validate the accomplishments of

each nominee.


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The RO shall require all nominees to write (on the spot) a one-page essay (300

words) on the topic which shall be given before the interview as part of the regional

level search requirements.

Using the selection criteria and the results of the BEI including the essay, the RO

team will determine the Most Outstanding employee for each category.

The top 3 Regional winners for each category shall be awarded. The awarding and

recognition program shall be conducted in time with the celebration of the

International Education Week on December 7-12, 2017.

The RO team shall lead the public announcement or publicity of the awards and the

Regional Level awardees via radio broadcast and social media. The official results of

the search shall also be posted in the website of the DepEd Region XII.