MODULE 1: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

SESSION 1: MANDATE, VISION, MISSION, CORE VALUES

(VMV), AND STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS

PRE-TEST

You are given different courses of actions or situations. Tell whether

each statement is relating to:
a. DepEd’s Mandate
b. Vision
c. Mission
d. Core Value
e. Strategic Direction

Write the letter of your answer on the space provided before each number.
___c__ 1. Teachers facilitate learning and constantly nurture every learner.
___d__ 2. Abide by the rules of the school, community and country.
____a_ 3. Make education accessible to all.
___a__ 4. DepEd formulates, implements, and coordinates policies, plans,
programs, and projects.
____e_ 5. Modernize educational management and governance.
___b__ 6. DepEd, a learner-centered institution, continuously improves
itself to better serve its stakeholders.
___d__ 7. Engage oneself in worthwhile spiritual activities.
___e__ 8. Improve quality and relevance of education.
___c__ 9. Students learn in a child-friendly, gender-sensitive, safe, and
motivating environment.
___a__ 10. Supervise all elementary, secondary education institutions
including Alternative Learning System.

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 ACTIVITIES AND ASSESSMENT

1. In what specific ways can you contribute to the attainment of the

DepED mandate in the following areas?

Implementation of policies, plans, programs and projects in:

Formal Basic Education:

Implementing the DepEd mandate in formal basic education through providing
the learners with substantial delivery of the lessons and making sure that the
policies, plans, programs and projects will be monitored through setting goals
and objectives which are aligned with the DepEd Mission and Vision.

Alternative Learning System:

I can promote quality education and make it accessible to all. I will be fulfilling
my service to the best that I can. I will also provide a conducive environment for
ALS which does not compromise substantial instructional delivery. I have to
make sure that I am using the strategic direction of DepEd as my guide in
facilitating learning.

2. What can you do as a beginning teacher to:

Promote quality education?

As a beginning teacher, I have to be familiarized first to the Department of
Education. I have to put first in mind and heart the mandate, mission, vision, core
values, and the strategic direction of DepEd to ensure that I am promoting quality
education as the department wants me to. I will also make sure that I will be doing
the best that I could in preparing and delivering substantial lessons. I will also
create an environment which is conducive for the students to learn.

Make education accessible to all?

I will make this profession my passion so that I can serve the people with all my
heart through ensuring that I am always at reach by everyone who needs to be
educated. I can also give some of my spare time to the out of school youths to let
them experience as well the teaching and learning process. Making education
accessible to all means that I will be extending my service to the different kinds
of learners.

3. Answer the following questions based on the readings above:

As a teacher, how do you encourage your students:

To discover their full potential that may contribute for the betterment of
the society?
For the learners to discover their full potentials, they should appreciate first the
process of learning and the positive contribution it could bring, not only in their
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lives but also in the society. Therefore, teachers shall find a way to access the
learners’ affective area, which can be done by providing them activities that suit
their interests and needs.

To apply the competencies prescribed in the curriculum?

I will make sure first that they thoroughly understand what the competencies are
and why these are needed. Upon doing so, they have to put in heart and mind
that these must be met and applied not just inside the classroom, but outside. I
will be providing them well-planned instructional delivery which does not
solely give them information, but also lifelong learning skills.

To reflect and evaluate their home- and culture-based values?

I let my learners evaluate the home and cultural values of other countries through
the use of audio-visual materials; let them see the differences of each country
have. After that, they will reflect on the foundation of home and cultural values
of the Philippines to its relation to their own.

Which among your specific roles/functions as a teacher can signify

your responsibility among your students and people in the
community?
Promoting quality education and making it accessible to everyone. The
aforementioned signifies my responsibility among the students and people in the
community for these are the be-all and end-all of teaching. Delivering substantial
instruction to all kinds of learners and extending my service to everyone are
indeed my vital functions.

What plans do you have as a teacher to achieve the learner-centered philosophy?

To achieve the learner-centered philosophy, I have to make my students the heart
of my teaching and learning process. I will make sure that my classroom
discussion is suitable to all my learners by being aware of their needs, differences,
goals, wants, and aspirations in life.

What can you do to better serve the learners in relation to learner-

centered philosophy?
I can better serve the learners in relation to learner-centered philosophy by
knowing each and every one of my students deeply. I have to well-equipped them
with skills and knowledge in accordance with their needs and wants.

How can you foster partnership and extend linkages to your stakeholders?
I can you foster partnership and extend linkages to my stakeholders by
including them in the preparation of my classroom goals and objectives. I will
also involve them in the activities wherein they can contribute to the holistic
development of the students.

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4. Students learn in a child-friendly, gender sensitive, safe, and
motivating environment.

What can you contribute to ensure a child-friendly, gender-sensitive, safe,

and motivating environment?
To ensure a child-friendly, gender-sensitive, safe, and motivating environment,
I can create a learning environment which is conducive and inclusive. I have to
make sure that it is accommodating to the needs of the different kinds of
learners that I will be teaching.

How do you address the uniqueness of each learner?

To address the uniqueness of each learner, I have to adhere to Howard Gardner’s
Multiple Intelligences theory which proves that all students are different from
one another. I can also address this by giving differentiated tasks which
encompass the needs of every learner that I have.

How do you ensure an enabling and supportive environment for effective

learning to happen?
To ensure an enabling and supportive environment for effective learning to
happen, I will make my students feel that they are in the learning environment
where they can always be motivated to study and learn. I will also extend my
service even outside the classroom to ensure effective learning.

What are some ways to develop lifelong-learners?

To develop lifelong-learners, we have to make sure that the various instructional
deliveries that will be provided to them are well-planned. They have to be given
differentiated tasks wherein they can use the competencies needed for real-life
application. We do not just teach them what to learn, but how to learn.

5. My Philosophy in Teaching

State briefly your philosophy in teaching which spells your vision in entering
the teaching profession towards effective, learner-centered and meaningful
teaching experience. It must be something you believe that will drive you to
success and to being a meaningful agent of change to students and your
community.

I believe that all learners are entitled of quality education regardless of their
status in life. This is the sole reason why I want to promote quality education
and make it accessible to everyone.

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6. Vision Sharing (write your vision and share your thoughts about it to
your co-teacher)

VISION Sharing

Make a vision board based on the following question:

How do you see your learners 10 years from now?

I can see that they already graduates equipped with the skills that they
need in the real-world. Some are already starting to establish their
names in their chosen path, and some are already successful.

7. What strategies do you intend to apply a learner-centered philosophy to

ensure the attainment of your vision?
I intend to apply a learner-centered philosophy to ensure the attainment of my
vision through equipping them with the 21st century skills that K-12 curriculum
is aiming. I also have to let them realize first what they want in life before I can
help them in pursuing what they want.

8. Concept Mapping. Using the terms written inside the box, label the
following schema appropriately in order to come up with a Concept Map
showcasing the DepEd Operational Priorities.

9. Realigning of Personal Vision to DepEd’s Mandate, VMV and

Strategic Directions

Now that you have completely understood the guiding principles of DepED,
revisit and examine your stated philosophy in teaching or personal vision in

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Activity 1. Should you find your own vision inconsistent with that of DepEd’s
organizational principles, make necessary revisions, polish, and finalize it.
My personal vision in DepED Vision Re-aligned personal
Teaching with DepED vision

We dream of Filipinos
who passionately love
their country and whose
values and
competencies enable
them to realize their full Quality education for all
All learners are entitled potential and contribute which will produce
of quality education meaningfully to learners who can
regardless of their status building the nation. As contribute to nation-
in life. a learner-centered building.
public institution the
Department of
Education continuously
improves itself to better
serve its stakeholders

10.Vision Attainment

Vision Statement Quality education for all which will produce

learners who can contribute to nation-building.

Cite Strategies on Quality service with a commitment to align my

How to successfully classroom goals and objectives with the DepEd
attain your desired Vision and my vision.
Vision
How is it relevant to It is aligned with the DepEd mandate to
the DepEd Mandate, promote quality education and make it
VMV, and Strategic accessible to all. I also made sure that it is in
Directions? accordance with VMV. I will also use the
strategic directions of DepEd in attaining my
vision.

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 REFLECTION

After going through this lesson, (DepEd Mandate, Vision, Mission, Core
Values, and
Strategic Directions), answer in your journal the following questions:

1. In what concrete ways has this session helped you become a more
agentive teacher in promoting “learner-centered” teaching?

It has reminded me to make the students the heart of the teaching-

learning process. It has helped me to be motivated in knowing each and
everyone of them to know their needs and wants in life.

2. How has this session helped you clarify your vision and motive in
serving your learners better and in promoting a learner-centered
environment for them?
This session has helped me clarify my vision and motive to the learner-
centered philosophy. It has taught me to align my instructional delivery to
the needs of my learners.

3. What is the impact of the Department Mandate, VMV and Strategic

Directions in your vocation as a teacher? How can your understanding of
DepEd’s Mandate and VMV provide impact to your work as a teacher?

These have helped me realize how vital my function is in building the

nation, promoting quality education, and producing students who well-
equipped with lifelong-learning skills. Thus, it rekindled the passion
burning within me in aspiring to become a committed teacher.

4. What are your personal beliefs and values that are aligned with the
DepEd’s VMV?

I believe that everyone is entitled to have quality education and that we

should produce students who possess the core values of DepEd.

5. How can you contribute to improve quality and relevance in education?

I can contribute in improving the quality and relevance of education by

being reminded of my vision so that I can always align everything that I do
inside the class.

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 POST-TEST

Tell whether the following statements are relating to:

 DepEd’s Mandate
 Vision
 Mission
 Core Value
 Strategic Direction

Write the letter on the space provided before each number.

___d__ 1. Engage oneself in worthwhile spiritual activities.

___b__ 2. DepEd, a learner-centered institution, continuously improves itself
to better serve its stakeholders.
___e__ 3. Modernize educational management and governance.
___a__ 4. DepEd formulates, implements, and coordinates policies, plans,
programs, and projects.
___c__ 5. Teachers facilitate learning and constantly nurture every learner.
___a__ 6. Supervises all elementary, secondary education institutions
including Alternative Learning System.
____a_ 7. Make education accessible to all.
__d___ 8. Abides by the rules of the school, community and country.
___c__ 9. Students learn in a child-friendly, gender-sensitive, safe, and
motivating environment.
___e__ 10. Improve quality and relevance of education.