A Dagitab newsletter for the 2nd Education Summit 2nd Edition 2019 City of Naga CITY OF NAGA– DepEd Naga holds its 2nd Education Summit on 29th of August 2019 at the Enan Chiong Activity Center (ECAC) with the theme Nurturing, Unity and Resilience through Unified Responsibility in Education for Excellence (NURTURE for EXCELLENCE), as part of the City’s 12th Charter Day Celebration. The celebration is attended by teachers from elementary and secondary levels both public and private schools, Brgy. Officials, PTA Officials, SSG officers and parents as well as LGU Officials. The activity was formally opened by the Assistant Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Lorenzo Dizon with his 212-degree philosophy. He shared this 212 degrees with more than two hundred participants encouraging them to go beyond their limits of thinking skills. To strive for themselves on learning and to remain on heat on their goals in which giving up is never a choice. He ended his speech with a statement, “Together, we can turn on the heat to get what we’ve never had, WE MUST DO WHAT WE’VE NEVER DONE.” This was supported by the keynote speaker, OIC-Regional Director, Dr. Salustiano Jimenez highlighting BUILD–Bridge, Unify, Innovate, Listen, and Devote. These principles were emphasized in his speech to motivate the guests in building themselves for excellence. According to him, building relationships is essential because we are all educational partners. When people grow together as partners we can achieve excellence in education. He also emphasized that above all, people need to build relationship to God, the society and loved ones. Excellent education in the nation creates great people. The State of the Education Address followed and conducted by the Acting City Mayor Kristine Vanessa Chiong. She provided numerous educational programs, initiatives and facilities of assistance aligned with the Education Development Agenda of the City Government. She ensured the education sector that education remains the top priority of Mayor Valdemar "Val" Chiong’s current administration. The office of the Department of Education in the City of Naga considers the need for re-engineering the educational curriculum to keep pace with the ever- changing technology and align it with the needs of today's learners. With these goals, Schools Division Supt. Gregorio Cyrus R. Elejorde highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of schools and tasked them to develop strategies to remain applicable to the future of children in his state of education address. Mary Joy A. Noquiao PRIORITY. Acng mayor Krisne Vanessa Chiong assured the City of Naga DepEd that educaon remains a top priority of her father ’s current administraon. Vol. 1 Issue 1 OIC-RD SALUSTIANO JIMENEZ AS KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR THE EDUCATIONAL SUMMIT SDS Gregorio Cyrus Elejorde marked the education summit with a challenge to the department to improve the National Achievement Test results in the next school year. SDS Elejorde presented the 2018 NAT performance of the City of Naga in terms of Access, Quality, Relevance and Governance together with the school’s divisions plans and achievements from the last and current school years. He noted how much the City of Naga Division needs to be at par with the other schools divisions and regions in terms of NAT . He further noted that achieving higher NAT mean percentage scores (MPS) requires the unified responsibility of the DepEd Naga school administrators, teachers, students, parents and stakeholders. A breakout session followed after the talkshow as hosted by Reeman Clyde Mañacap of the HR department. The session discussed the matters on how to improve the NAT MPS through the construction of action plans. The guide question of the activity was, “Within your control as _______, what contribution could your make to effect change in the pursuit of quality education?” Action plans from various groups were reported and each gave out their general and specific suggestions on how to improve the performance of Naga for the next NAT. The activity was sealed with a presentation of a same day edit video presentation and salutations. Ruben P. Altubar Jr.
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A Dagitab newsletter for the
2nd Education Summit
2nd Edition
2019
City of Naga
CITY OF NAGA– DepEd Naga holds its 2nd Education Summit on
29th of August 2019 at the Enan Chiong Activity Center (ECAC)
with the theme Nurturing, Unity and Resilience through Unified
Responsibility in Education for Excellence (NURTURE for
EXCELLENCE), as part of the City’s 12th Charter Day Celebration.
The celebration is attended by teachers from elementary and secondary
levels both public and private schools, Brgy. Officials, PTA Officials, SSG officers
and parents as well as LGU Officials.
The activity was formally opened by the Assistant Schools Division
Superintendent Dr. Lorenzo Dizon with his 212-degree philosophy. He shared this
212 degrees with more than two hundred participants encouraging them to go
beyond their limits of thinking skills. To strive for themselves on learning and to
remain on heat on their goals in which giving up is never a choice. He ended his
speech with a statement, “Together, we can turn on the heat to get what we’ve
never had, WE MUST DO WHAT WE’VE NEVER DONE.”
This was supported by the keynote speaker, OIC-Regional Director, Dr.
Salustiano Jimenez highlighting BUILD–Bridge, Unify, Innovate, Listen, and Devote.
These principles were emphasized in his speech to motivate the guests in building
themselves for excellence. According to him, building
relationships is essential because we are all
educational partners. When people grow together as
partners we can achieve excellence in education. He
also emphasized that above all, people need to
build relationship to God, the society and loved
ones. Excellent education in the nation creates
great people.
The State of the Education Address followed and conducted by the Acting
City Mayor Kristine Vanessa Chiong. She provided numerous educational
programs, initiatives and facilities of assistance aligned with the Education
Development Agenda of the City Government. She ensured the education sector
that education remains the top priority of Mayor Valdemar "Val" Chiong’s current
administration.
The office of the Department of Education in the City of Naga considers the
need for re-engineering the educational curriculum to keep pace with the ever-
changing technology and align it with the needs of today's learners. With these
goals, Schools Division Supt. Gregorio Cyrus R. Elejorde highlighted the strengths
and weaknesses of schools and tasked them to develop strategies to remain
applicable to the future of children in his state of education address.
Mary Joy A. Noquiao
PRIORITY. Acting mayor Kristine Vanessa Chiong assured the City of Naga DepEd that education remains a top priority of her father ’s current administration.
Vol. 1
Issue 1
OIC-RD SALUSTIANO JIMENEZ AS KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR THE EDUCATIONAL SUMMIT
SDS Gregorio Cyrus Elejorde marked
the education summit with a challenge
to the department to improve the
National Achievement Test results in
the next school year.
SDS Elejorde presented the
2018 NAT performance of the City of
Naga in terms of Access, Quality,
Relevance and Governance together
with the school’s divisions plans and
achievements from the last and current
school years.
He noted how much the City of
Naga Division needs to be at par with
the other schools divisions and regions
in terms of NAT . He further noted that
achieving higher NAT mean percentage
scores (MPS) requires the unified
responsibility of the DepEd Naga
school administrators, teachers,
students, parents and stakeholders.
A breakout session followed after
the talkshow as hosted by Reeman
Clyde Mañacap of the HR department.
The session discussed the
matters on how to improve the NAT
MPS through the construction of action
plans. The guide question of the activity
was, “Within your control as _______,
what contribution could your make to
effect change in the pursuit of quality
education?”
Action plans from various groups
were reported and each gave out their
general and specific suggestions on
how to improve the performance of
Naga for the next NAT.
The activity was sealed with a
presentation of a same day edit video
presentation and salutations.
Ruben P. Altubar Jr.
A Dagitab newsletter for the 2nd Education
Summit
2nd Edition
2019
EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE
“The main goal of education is to produce
responsible citizens.”, Dr. Laurence Garcia, Director of
Center for Research and Development in Cebu
Normal University.
Responsible citizenry requires not only the
knowledge and skillsets but also the values that
Filipinos should possess. The value of patriotism is
one of them. Filipinos need to understand that one of
the roots of social problems is the lack of patriotism.
We, as one nation, need to move with one goal. We
are seeking changes and developments yet we are
too divided. Diversity is not a problem because even if
every forest has varied creatures, their mere
existence roll as one, why couldn’t we?
If the country seeks to increase the human capital
from its citizens to its exponential extent, education
needs to be focused on developing the sense of being
responsible for the future of the country. The old
generation cannot always say that the future relies on
the youth because as long as they live, they could
always be the epitome of how the country should be,
as Filipinos deserve. The old generation could always
teach the youth that the old and new generation of
Filipinos could move as one in bringing the best for
this country.
The quality of education reflects how a country
gives importance to its citizens. The K to 12 is the
frontier of the Philippines. It is even a good news that
we are no longer the last three countries in the world
that does not adopt such curriculum. If the education
department could uphold the K to 12 goals, the
country would be grateful.
It is only a matter of commitment with which all
the members of the department and the stakeholders
could achieve the best for the country. It is every
citizen’s commitment, which is not to be loaded to the
youth who are meant to learn first from their elders.
MENTAL HEALTH
“If the cost of medications for heart ailments
cost a hefty amount, the cost of mental medicines is
way more expensive.” Dr. Pocholo Delos Santos,
program director of North General Hospital, Cebu.
Understanding mental health goes way beyond
the concept of insanity and nervous breakdowns. The
aforementioned have not even scratched the surface.
Mental health is not even just about depression
because its coverage also includes one’s sanity,
emotional resilience, and a plethora of concepts.
Too many people do not understand how
important it is to keep one’s self sane. For some,
depression is just a feeling which anyone could just
get over with. However, such is a great wrong notion.
Depression itself is incomprehensible to anyone who
experiences it, how much more of someone who
never had a fair background of it?
Moreover, with the passing of the Mental Health
bill, Dr. Delos Santos cited that, “Politics could
sometimes be a problem. Politicians tend to pass bills
without asking the right people.” For him, the bill is
not covering a wide coverage of the issues that are
truly existing in the Philippine society. However, he
also consoled that even so, the passing of the bill is
still a stepping stone in improving the psychological
welfare of the general public.
Stress in school for both teachers and students
has been always the topic in social media such as,
“Students are not robots,” and that, “Teachers have a
life too.” Yes, both of them may be right but as Dr.
Delos Santos said, “Do not do things that you cannot
all do at the same time.” Such statement explains the
reality of the phenomenon when students and
teachers do multitasking, believing that it would
fasten their tasks, but the truth is that it doesn’t
always happen. Multitasking could also slow down the
progress of one’s pace in working due to the fact that
humans could only focus on one thing at a time.
So how should someone relieve stress? The
doctor suggests only one thing: SIMPLIFY. Focusing on
one problem and resolving it before proceeding to
another is better than trying to solve all problems at
the same time, besides doing such is quite
impossible. Sometimes the only cause of the
complexity of life is only because of our thoughts,
beliefs and perceptions.
When asked if anyone could become an agent of
stress debriefing, he responded that there are no
specific qualifications as long as the person has been
trained.
It is way too dangerous if a victim of trauma or
depression be counselled by an untrained personnel.
Sensibly, to help someone deal with emotional and
mental conflicts needs proper staging and processes
because abrupt and/or faulty processes could even
be a cause of a more damaging experience. No one
wishes for that.
It is insensitive to regard mental health as a social
drama. Depression exists, nervous breakdowns could
happen, and even the worst outcome of mental
illnesses could end a precious life. In this era of ‘soft
generation,’ it is not enough to be sensitive; it is also
good to be sensible.
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
As the adage goes, “Oftentimes the victims of
disasters are those unprepared.” What is even worse,
according to Engr. Oscar Tabada, former PAGASA
director of Visayas, is that “Most educational
institutions would usually post disaster risk
management lessons but only ends on the walls, not
in real life.”
Climate change create crazy weathers, as Engr.
Tabada once stated. He even noted that climate
change is real. No wonder why typhoons are getting
crazier too. The changes in the climate oftentimes
create the most unexpected disasters. However, it is
worth noting that the aftermaths of typhoons should
not just be stored in news and history books. We need
to learn not just about what and how a typhoon
destroys the hard earned houses and even lives.
Typhoons are common in the country. Filipinos are
resilient, yes, but resilience does not necessarily
require deaths and damages for us to be called
‘resilient’. We may have indomitable spirits but we
may not always have durable shelters. We need more
of just being resilient, more than being prepared,
more than knowing to evacuate—we need to learn
how to build better knowledge of how to do better
when typhoons are coming, not when it is already
around—and never on the aftermath.
Whether knowing about storms, earthquake, or
fire, signage posts could always be around while drills
are also practiced. Signage posts and drills are
helpful, yes, but wouldn’t it be better to not only focus
on fire and earthquake drills? Why not also have
constant drills on first aid and other emergency
responses? Oftentimes when a learner faints, the first
response of the teachers and students is to carry the
victim to the guidance office or clinic, if there is any.
The victim usually wakes up disoriented and recovers
in time. However, for cases when a learner gets a
seizure, would it be right to put a spoon on the
victim’s mouth? Would it be effective to suck out the
venom of a snake bite? Is it advisable to wrap a tight
tourniquet on a sprained arm? No.
The aforementioned emergency responses would
only create more problems. Should anyone wish to
respond to any emergency but admits s/he does not
know how to do first aid, the very first and most
effective method of all is to call for help.
Oftentimes, victims of accidents are put into
worse conditions due to assumed knowledge of first
aid treatment. The rule of thumb in emergency
responses is that, “If you do not know how tp help,
call for it from someone who can.” It is like a case of
drowning, “If you cannot swim, do not salvage a
drowning person.” Emergency responses and first aid
treatments are meant to avoid casualties, not to
create and even double them.
The best place to learn all the most important
emergency responses is at school. In school we
should learn how to be responders, not as victims.
Ruben P. Altubar Jr.
Editor in Chief/Layout Artist/Photo journalist: Ruben P. Altubar Jr.