The Secretary of Education shall be assisted by not more than _____ undersecretaries and not more than ____ assistant secretaries whose assignments, duties and responsibilities shall be governed by the law. There shall be at least ____ undersecretary and ____ assistant secretary who shall ____ chosen from among the staff of the Department.

There shall be as many regional offices as may be provided by law. Each regional office shall have a director, an assistant director, and an office staff for program promotion and support, ____, administrative and ____.

Consistent with the national educational policies, plans, and standards, the regional director shall have authority, accountability, and responsibility for the following, EXCEPT:

(1) Defining a regional educational policy framework which reflects the values, needs, and expectations of the communities they serve;

(2) Developing a regional basic education plan;

(3) Developing regional educational standards with a view towards benchmarking for international competitiveness;

(4) Monitoring, evaluating and assessing regional learning outcomes;

(5) Undertaking research project and developing region wide projects which may be funded through official development assistance and/or other funding agencies;

(6) Ensuring strict compliance with prescribed national criteria for the recruitment, selection, and training of all staff in the region and divisions;

(7) Formulating, in coordination with the regional development council, the budget to support the regional educational plan which shall take into account the educational plans of the divisions and districts;

(8)Determining the organization component of the divisions and districts and approving proposed staffing pattern of all employees in the divisions and districts;

(9) Hiring, placing, evaluating all employees in the regional office, except for the position of assistant director;

(10) Evaluating all schools division superintendents and assistant schools division superintendents in the region;

(11) Planning and managing the effective and efficient use of all personnel, physical and fiscal resources of the regional office, including professional staff development;

(12) Managing the database and management information system of the region;

(13) Approving the establishment of public and private elementary and high schools and learning centers; and

(14) Performing such other functions as may be assigned by proper authorities.

Consistent with the national educational policies, plans and standards the schools division superintendents shall have the authority, accountability and responsibility for the following, EXCEPT:

(1) Developing and implementing division education development plans;

(2) Planning and managing the effective and efficient use of all personnel, physical and fiscal resources of the division, including professional staff development;

(3) Hiring, placing and evaluating all division supervisors and schools district supervisors as well as all employees in the division, both teaching and non-teaching personnel, including school heads, except for the assistant division superintendent;

(4) Monitoring and utilization of funds provided by the national government and the local government units to the schools and learning centers;

(5) Ensuring compliance of quality standards for basic education programs and for this purpose strengthening the role of division supervisors as subject area specialists;

(6) Promoting awareness of and adherence by all schools and learning centers to accreditation standards prescribed by the Secretary of Education;

(7) Supervising the operations of all public and private elementary, secondary and integrated schools and learning centers; and

(8) Performing such other functions as may be assigned by proper authorities.

The schools district supervisor shall be responsible for:

(1) Providing professional and instructional advice and support to the school heads and teachers/facilitators of schools and learning centers in the district or cluster thereof;

(2) Monitoring the utilization of funds provided by the national government and the local government units to the schools and learning centers;

(3) Curricula Supervision; and

(4) Performing such other functions as may be assigned by proper authorities.

The school head, who may be assisted by an assistant school head, shall be both an instructional leader and ____. The school head shall form a team with the school teachers/learning facilitators for delivery of ____, project and services. A core of nonteaching staff shall handle the school's administrative, ____ and auxiliary services.

Consistent with the national educational policies, plans and standards, the school heads shall have authority, accountability and responsibility for the following EXCEPT:

(1) Setting the mission, vision, goals and objectives of the school;

(2) Creating an environment within the school that is conducive to teaching and learning;

(3) Implementing the school curriculum and being accountable for higher learning outcomes;

(4) Developing the school education program and school improvement plan;

(5) Offering educational programs, projects and services which provides equitable opportunities for all learners in the community;

(6) Introducing new and innovative modes of instruction to achieve higher learning outcomes;

(7) Administering and managing all personnel, physical and fiscal resources of the school;

(8) Recommending the staffing complement of the school based on its needs;

(9) Encouraging staff development;

(10) Establishing school and community networks and encouraging the active participation of teachers' organizations, non-academic personnel of public schools, and parents-teachers-community association;

(11) Accepting donations, gifts, bequests and grants for the purpose of upgrading teachers' learning facilitators' competence, improving and expanding school facilities and providing instructional materials and equipment. Such donations or grants must be reported to the appropriate district supervisors and division superintendents; and

(12) Performing such other functions as may be assigned by proper authorities.

The Secretary of the Department of Education shall ensure that resources appropriated for the field offices are adequate and that resources for school personnel, school desks and textbooks and other instructional materials intended are allocated directly and released immediately by the Department of Budget and Management to said offices.

The Secretary of the Department of Education, subject to civil service laws and regulations, shall issue appropriate personnel policy rules and regulations that will best meet the requirements of the teaching profession taking into consideration the uniqueness of the working conditions of the teaching service.

The Commission on Audit, in the issuance of audit rules and regulations that will govern the utilization of all resources as well as the liquidation, recording and reporting thereof, shall take into account the different characteristics and distinct features of the department's field offices, its organizational set up as well as the nature of the operations of schools and learning centers.

How do we prioritize problems?

Which of the following are NOT considered rights of a Public School Teacher?

The marketing officer of a private Higher Educational Institute (HEIs) offers to give a brand-new laptop to the Principal of Bakawan High School in exchange of a favor. The deal was to encourage 50 students to enroll in that school. Is it legal?

The father of Kristel Mallari already accepts the fact that his daughter was not the class Valedictorian. During the interview with the media, it shows that her father wants to access the grades of the declared valedictorian for comparison. Is it right to write a letter asking the teachers to agree to show the computation of the grades?

Mr. Ponce is a regular client of MTMAS for the last 15 years. He always pays his dues on time until one day, Mr. Ponce work abroad as migrant worker. Because of negligence, he forgot to pay his remaining dues amounting to 75,000 pesos. His four (4) co-makers were deducted payment from their salaries causing them to file complain to MTMAS. Is the basis of the lending company to deduct amortization to its co-worker valid?

What exactly is the Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda or BESRA?

Which of the following are the five key reform thrusts of the BESRA policy action?

(1) Strengthened School Based Management

(2) Improved teaching effectiveness and teacher development

(3) Strengthen reforms are based on previous interventions that worked

(4) Enhanced quality assurance through standards and assessment

(5) Improved access and learning outcomes through alternative learning, etc.

(6) Institutionalized culture change in the DepEd.

The positive qualities of BESRA are, EXCEPT:

(1) BESRA focuses on the improving student learning process and outcome.

(2) It affirms the need to employ diverse approaches to facilitating learning in the classroom.

(3) It locates the reform interventions at the level of the school and the classroom.

(4) Locating the reform initiatives at the school level also created stronger accountabilities to the community and allows for more responsive and more relevant school programs.

(5) Recognizes the important role of teachers and teacher development in improving student learning outcomes.

(6) Builds on community-school relationships and aims to strengthen such relationships by looking at the community as a resource for improving schools, and by ensuring that school are accountable to the community.

(7) Its reforms are based on previous interventions that worked. Derived from pilot projects such as the Third Elementary Education Project (TEEP), the Basic Education Assistance for Mindanao (BEAM) and the Strengthening Implementation of Visayas Education (STRIVE) and other reform initiatives.

(8) It shifts the reforms initiatives of the DepEd from project approach to a more organic approach.

(9) Its reforms are truly positive because BESRA is DepEd's reform initiative. It is not imposed by an external agency, or some foreign - assisted project. In developing the specific components of BESRA, the DepEd offices responsible undertook a most extensive consultation with a wide range of stakeholders within the DepEd and among the various stakeholders of the Philippine Basic Education Sector.

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20. The DepEd Order 001 s. 2021, January 4, 2001 - Guidelines on the Evaluation of Self-Learning Modules for Quarter 3 and 4 for SY 2020-2021 on Learning Continuity Plan in DepEd System is __________.

Statement 1 Provide learners the essential knowledge and skills with the use of online platforms i.e., Google Meet, Zoom and hangouts applications.

Statement 2 The Curriculum for Special Needs Education shall be based on the curriculum prescribed for the regular schools by the Department and designed to respond to the special needs of the following learners.

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21. The following scheme applied in Learning Continuity Plan in Modular Distance Learning.___________

Statement 1 Read the individual's job description. Think about the goals and objectives the person needs to achieve in the upcoming appraisal period.

Statement 2 Distance Learning Modality involves individualized instruction that allows learners to use self-learning modules (SLMs) in print or digital format/electronic copy, whichever is applicable in the context of the learner, and other learning resources like Learner's Materials, textbooks, activity sheets, study guides and other study materials.

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22. Domain 5 in PPSSH is Building Connections of the 4th strands composed of________.

Statement 1 Human Resource Management and Professional Development.

Statement 2 School Management and Operations