To support the Department of Education’s (DepED) mandate to develop a culture-sensitive, and flexible curriculum, the Division Learning Resource Management and Development Center (LRMDC) conducted a two-batch Division-wide training at the Frank Russell White Hall, DepED Tarlac Province Division Office, Tarlac City, October 19, 21 & 24, 2016, and October 25-27, 2016.

 

The said training, entitled, “Division Training cum Write-shop on Localization, Contextualization and Indigenization of K to 12 Curriculum Materials,” also aimed to address the “insufficiency of contextualized learning materials” in the Division.

 

“As the ‘Melting Pot of the Philippines,’ Tarlac is the home of diverse cultures and languages, where the local Tagalog, Ilokano, Kapampangan, Pangasinense, converge with our native Aeta brothers and sisters in the highlands, and a growing number of Muslim communities,” says Dr. Bobby P. Caoagdan, Education Program Supervisor (EPSvr) I of the Learning Resource Management and Development Center (LRMDC). “This is why we have to produce educational materials suited to the Province’s very diverse learners.”

 

Participants of the first batch included kindergarten and elementary school teachers, while the second batch involved junior high school and senior high school teachers.

 

According to EPSvr Caoagdan, the training was also steered to create a pool of curriculum writers, illustrators and lay-out artist skilled at crafting contents and instructional resources intended to match the varied learning needs in their respective schools.

 

“Let this training serve as an excellent platform where you, our dear teachers of DepED Tarlac Province, would be able to develop the ability to write contextualized, localized, and indigenized materials to cater to the needs of the learners entrusted to us,” added EPSvr Caoagdan. “Hence, we in the LRMDS team have collaborated with some of our very own curriculum experts to design this training, and to make it as interactive as possible through the workshops, presentations, and critiquing of your developed learning resources.”

 

Topics covered in the training were “LRMDS & LR Portal User’s Guide,” with Sir Joey G. Quizon, Senior Education Program Specialist (SEPS) for Planning and Research, and Officer-In-Charge Public Schools District Supervisor (PSDS); “Indigenization of K to 12 Curriculum Materials,” with Sir Delfin J. Sibal, PSDS and Division Indigenous Peoples Education (IPEd) Coordinator; “Guidelines for Big Books,” and, “Writing Strategies,” Dr. Roberto O. Santos, Jr., Master Teacher (MT) II of Sta. Rita Elementary School, Concepcion East District; “Instructional Design and Social Content Guidelines,” with Dr. Lawrence M. Santiago, Project Development Officer (PDO) II, LRMDS; “Guidelines & Standards in the Development of Modules and other Instructional Materials,” with Dr. Joel S. Guileb, EPSvr I in English; “Guidelines on the Evaluation of Learning Resources,” with Dr. Ricky C. Junio, PSDS; “Module Writing,” with Dr. Caoagdan; and, “Localization & Contextualization of Curriculum Materials,” with Dr. Nicolasa S. Camaya, PSDS and Division Multi-Grade (MG) Education Coordinator.

 

Another highlight of the training was of the demonstration of the developed kindergarten materials presented at the Regional Conference in Olongapo City, Zambales, last October12-14, 2016, by Ms. Tanilyn C. Reyes, Teacher III of Mayantoc Central Elementary School, Mayantoc District, Ms. Betty Ann L. Marcelino, Teacher I of Malacampa Elementary School, Camiling East District, and Ms. Carol A. Guileb, Teacher I of San Pedro Elementary School and Lapsing Elementary School, Moncada North District.

 

“We believe that with this training, we would be able to alleviate our problem on the supply of quality, and contextualized K to 12 materials,” ends EPSvr Caoagdan. “I hope that the participants will share what they have learned to the teachers at the school level, and together, continue to develop more K to 12 materials, that is appropriate to the needs of the Tarlaqueo learner.”