LEGAZPI CITY – More than 200 early grade teachers and education program officials from the Bicol Region are now undergoing orientation and training on the learning recovery curriculum for the school year 2022-2023, the Department of Education-Bicol (DepEd-5) on Wednesday said.
Mayflor Marie Jumamil, DepEd-5 spokesperson, said the agency is now fast-tracking the regional training of trainers (RTOT) to the 13 division training teams that will take the lead in cascading the curriculum to all early grade teachers.
Asked if it is part of the preparation for the face-to-face (F2F) classes, Jumamil said: "We can say yes because in the learning recovery plan (LRP), F2F modality of learning is also considered."
She also noted of the F2F transition phase before its full implementation in November.
In a statement, Joan Lagata, LRP regional coordinator, said after the RTOT, all schools division offices (SDOs) through the division training team will also conduct their division or cluster LRP orientation training for Grades 1 to 3 teachers.
"This will be held before the school opening this August 2022 to sufficiently prepare schools for the implementation of the eight-week Learning Recovery Program, including the reproduction of the program and curriculum guides, assessment tools, and learning materials," she said.
Lagata noted that the RTOT is designed to develop effective resource persons who will be responsible for training and assisting teachers in the various teaching strategies in Mother Tongue, English, Filipino, and Mathematics as part of the contextualized curriculum.
It also aims to equip trainers with the capacity to facilitate the efficient use of the learning materials and gain a deeper understanding of DepEd Bicol’s 8-Week Learning Recovery Curriculum as a significant part of the region’s learning recovery plan.
DepEd Bicol’s LRP, dubbed "Recovering for Academic Achievement by Improving Instruction through Sustainable Evidence-Based Learning Programs (RAISE)", is a three-year learning scheme conceptualized to help the learners catch up and accelerate their education after two years of learning disruption due to coronavirus disease (Covid-19) health crisis.
The agency said the main goal is not only to bring all learners back to school but to organize effective remedial learning, support their well-being, train teachers, fill digital divides and equip youth with the skills for work.
"The plan will give more attention to the literacy and numeracy skills of the learners who were highly impacted by lockdowns and self-learning approach employed during the pandemic," DepEd Bicol said.
The training is done in two batches that started early this week for the first batch, while the second batch will be on July 21-23.
DepEd-5 is currently mapping learners who will undergo the 8-Week Learning Recovery Curriculum based on the results of the end-of-the-school-year comprehensive rapid literacy assessment and EOSY numeracy assessment.
Early grade learners will undergo a series of activities during the school opening this August that include assessments in Mother Tongue, English, Filipino, and Mathematics to determine specific macro-skills difficulties (pre-test) in Week 1.
The implementation of the 8-week Learning Recovery Curriculum in Weeks 2 to 9, and assessments in the four main subjects to determine progress in literacy and numeracy skills (post-test) in Week 10. (PNA)
