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Bacoor Campus Las Piñas Campus
16 Frequently Asked
Questions
FAQ # 1 Why should children continue learning at
this time of pandemic ?
“Coronavirus school closures could cause epic slide in Math and Literacy skills” • That was an article published by a prestigious international
organization, the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD).
• The major key point is “ Due to coronavirus school closures, students could be losing 30% of their reading gains and 50% of Math skills” as reported by an equally prestigious educational organization, Northwest Evaluation Association”.
FAQ # 2 Is it safe for my child?
The safety, health, and socio-emotional well being of our learners should be our utmost concern, before we plan any instruction.
NO FACE-TO-FACE LESSONS IN a BRICK and MORTAR CLASSROOM
Education must be inclusive
• No learner is left behind. • The school caters to all types of learners.
What is DLA’S LEARNING
CONTINUITY PLAN?
Our Learning Continuity Plan
Learning must continue anywhere, anytime.
The DLA FLEXIBLE LEARNING SYSTEM
What is flexible learning ?
Flexible Learning
• is the design and delivery of programs, courses, and interventions that address learners’ unique needs in terms of pace, place, process and product of learning”. Fermin (2020)
FAQ # 5 Which group will my child belong ?
SYNERGY GROUP Students with own gadget (laptop, tablet, desktop) and good internet at home
Integrity Group Students who share gadgets with a brother or a sister and with internet.
Integrity Group
Students who have gadgets but no or unstable internet connection
Autonomous Group
Students with no gadgets or internet.
FAQ # 6 Can my child move from one
group to another ?
Yes, students, with the permission of their parents may change groups during the school year, provided they inform the Homeroom Adviser via email or messenger at least one week before moving to another group. No student may switch groups without prior notice from parents.
How will my child
learn from this set-up?
Synergy Group
Online face-to-face lesson with teacher for at least 15-45 min. at the start of the period, followed by students working on their own using e-resources, physical textbooks.
Integrity Group
NO real-time teacher’s presence, but all learning activities are identical with online learning; learning packages sent through student’s /parent’s email or Genyo Account.
Autonomous Group all competencies are identical with the online/offline learning; weekly printed modules with textbooks and worksheets to be picked up or sent to parents’ email or iphone.
Where will they get their lessons?
Teachers curate and create learning materials for their students’ Learning Packages.
And deposit them to our Learning Management System to be sent to students via online or offline.
FAQ # 9 How do I pick and drop my child’s/children’s learning
packages (printed modules)?
Every weekend, parents/guardians of the Autonomous Group may pick up their children’s Learning Packages ( printed modules) from assigned gates of the school. They should also leave the previous week’s modules done by the students for the teachers’ evaluation.
FAQ # 10
Does the school endorse gadgets
offered any publishing house
or agent?
No !
DLA does not require nor endorse any gadget offered by any company or agent.
FAQ # 11 What does
each
Learning
Package
contain?
Learning Package • Why ?
Why do I have to learn this lesson? ( to answer a problem or create project or product)
• How ?
How do I learn this lesson? (learning activities prepared by the teacher using e-resources or textbooks and worksheets)
• What ?
What have I learned? What can I do with what I learned? ( for myself, for my family, for others)
FAQ # 12 What other
resources do you use in teaching?
For Lectures
•
For Sharing Students’ Work
For Face-to-Face Real Time Teaching
Student to Content Interaction
For Formative Assessments
For Online Group Discussions
For the Autonomous Group
• Printed books
For Formative Assessments (Autonomous)
• Worksheets
How would teachers know that my child is
learning (assessment) ?
Summative Assessments • Authentic Real Life Situations and Issues • Evidence-based • based on the Most Essential Learning Competencies • focused on the 3R’s (Reasoning, Reliance, Responsibility) • interdisciplinary
Parents’ Role in Assessments
• Parents are urged not to do their children’s exercises, quizzes, and performance tasks, and summative tests.
• In this way, the teachers will be able to identify the difficulties of the learners and provide necessary interventions (remedial teaching ).
• The learners’ difficulties or deficiencies can be addressed during parent-teacher conferences.
• Honesty and integrity should be practiced at all times.
FAQ # 14 -
What’s the class schedule?
Sample Weekly Schedule (GS-JHS)
Time Mon Tue Wed Th Fri
AM SESSIONS
8:00-8:30 HR HR HR HR HR
8:30- 10:00 Science
and
Health
Science and
Health
Filipino Math Math
PM SESSIONS
1:00-2:30 English
English AP
Filipino AP
2:30-3:30 HELE Music CLVE/Values Computer PE / Art
Sample Weekly Schedule (SHS)
Time Mon Tue Wed Th Fri
AM SESSIONS
8:00-8:30 HOMEROOM
8:30- 11:30 S1 S3 S1 S3 Assessment
PM SESSIONS
1:30- 3:30 S2 S4 S2 S4 Assessment
3:30-4:30 PE Assessment
How do I communicate
with teachers?
Teacher’s Consultation/Conference Hours with Parents and Students
• scheduled • academic performance • study habits • general behavior
FAQ # 16 With the financial crisis families are
experiencing due to the Covid 19 pandemic, is there a possibility of
moving the start of the school year at a later date?
Please refer to FAQ # 1
• DLA recognizes the financial difficulties of parents in this VUCA time ( Volatility, Uncertainty, Confusion, Ambiguity), thus the school offers several friendly payment schemes to help parents ease their financial concerns.
You can’t teach children all the things they need to know. The best we can do is position them where they Can find what they need to know, when they need to know it. (Seymour Papert, Mathematician, IT, Educator )
