Project Ham-SLAC Harmonizing Learning Action Cell

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Republic Act No. 10533, or the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013, the Department of Education (Department of Education) issues the enclosed policy on The Learning Action Cell (LAC) as a K to 12 Basic Education Program School-Based Continuing Professional Development Strategy for the Improvement of Teaching and Learning.

Dep Ed ORDER No. 35, s 2016, THE LEARNING ACTION CELL AS A K TO 12 BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM SCHOOL BASED CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING. The PolicyThe statement states that Learning Action Cell aims to develop and support successful teachers by nurturing their knowledge, attitudes, competencies in terms of curriculum, instruction, and assessment in their work station, that is why School Heads are continuously implementing the School Learning Action Cell to help and develop the teachers and achieve mastery learning among learners.

METHODS

The study used the descriptive quantitative research design since the study aims to measure the quantity of performance of the teacher during their class observation (COT) and the Mastery of Learning of the learners with the use of the test results during the conduct of the quarterly test, the First and Second Quarterly Test. The researcher uses the 14 Elementary School Teachers of Taykin Elementary School in the District of Liliw during the conduct of Project Ham -SLAC (Project Harmonizing School Learning Action Cell). The researcher will use the Observation Checklist and the District Monitoring Tool for teachers and the researcher will use the Class Test Results for First and Second Quarterly test to identify the teacher and pupil performance. The researcher adopted the District Project COME-SLAC

RESULTS

The result of the Project Ham-SLAC helps the School Head to improve in giving technical assistance to teachers through LAC Session and by using LAC Monitoring Tool and LAC Session Guide. This also helps the teachers improve their skills and strategies in teaching through engaging themselves in collaborative learning session during SLAC. There is also an increase in learners Test Results with Mean Percentage of 3.53 % from First Quarter to Second Quarterly Test (76.92% to 80.45 %)

DISCUSSIONS

The impact of the implementation of Project Ham-SLAC is a great success to Taykin Elementary School based on the performance of the teachers during their Classroom Teaching. They used the strategies they have learned during the School LAC. The increase in the result of the Quarterly Test showed a positive effect of the project among learners.

Through this research, it is great to help among teachers and learners and the researcher is humbly sharing Project Ham-SLAC to the Department which may contribute to teachers and learners' performance