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integrated in the said * domains$ /urthermore, there will #e

integrated in the said * domains$ /urthermore, there will #e no more items on communicationno more items on communication skills

skills$$ $

$ Informal EducationInformal Education 0 This refers to the lifelong rocess of learning #y  0 This refers to the lifelong rocess of learning #y which e"erywhich e"ery  erson ac1uires and accumulates knowledge, skills, attitudes and insights from daily  erson ac1uires and accumulates knowledge, skills, attitudes and insights from daily

exeriences at home, at work,

exeriences at home, at work, at lay and from life itself$at lay and from life itself$ &$

&$ Integrated Schools 0 Schools that offer a comlete #asic eIntegrated Schools 0 Schools that offer a comlete #asic education in one school siteducation in one school site and has unified instructional rogram$

and has unified instructional rogram$ 2$

2$ Basic Education 0 %t co"ers early childhood education, elementary, high school,Basic Education 0 %t co"ers early childhood education, elementary, high school, alternati"e learning system and secial needs education$

alternati"e learning system and secial needs education$ 3$

3$ Operating OfficersOperating Officers 0 4eEd officials who are directly in"ol"ed in  0 4eEd officials who are directly in"ol"ed in the imlementation,the imlementation, e"aluation and monitoring lans, rograms and

e"aluation and monitoring lans, rograms and ro5ects of the deartment$ro5ects of the deartment$ $

$ dults !earners 0 These are learners who are aged & years old and a#o"e who aredults !earners 0 These are learners who are aged & years old and a#o"e who are illiterates or neoliterates who ha"e either no access to formal education or ha"e re"erted illiterates or neoliterates who ha"e either no access to formal education or ha"e re"erted to

to illiteracyilliteracy$$ 6$

6$ Schools "i#ision SuperintendentSchools "i#ision Superintendent 0 He7she can aoint only teachers, school 0 He7she can aoint only teachers, school heads7rincials and di"ision education suer"isors$

heads7rincials and di"ision education suer"isors$ *$

*$ $egional "irector$egional "irector 0 He7she can direct the  0 He7she can direct the esta#lishment of another new district uon theesta#lishment of another new district uon the recommendation of the Schools 4i"ision Suerintendent$

recommendation of the Schools 4i"ision Suerintendent$ 8$

8$ $egional "irector$egional "irector 0 He7she can exercise discilinary action  0 He7she can exercise discilinary action o"er the teaching ersonnelo"er the teaching ersonnel only$

only$ 9$

9$ $epublic ct %155 0 :n act that renamed the 4E+S into 4eEd $epublic ct %155 0 :n act that renamed the 4E+S into 4eEd a#olished the -PESSa#olished the -PESS (-ureau of Physical Education and S

(-ureau of Physical Education and School Sorts) and the transfer of the ;omisyon ngchool Sorts) and the transfer of the ;omisyon ng <ikang Piliino, national Historical %nstitute, =ecords .anagement an

<ikang Piliino, national Historical %nstitute, =ecords .anagement an d :rchi"es to thed :rchi"es to the  National +ommission for +ulture and

 National +ommission for +ulture and :rts (N++:)$:rts (N++:)$ '$

'$$epublic ct %155 0 ;nown as the $epublic ct %155 0 ;nown as the >o"ernance of Education :ct of &''>o"ernance of Education :ct of &'' $

&$ $epublic ct 10157 0 ;nown as the ;indergarten Education :ct 2$ $epublic ct &525 0 ;nown as the :dotaSchool :ct of 998

3$ $epublic ct 7&'( 0 ;nown as the Philiine Teachers Professionali?ation :ct of 993 $ $epublic ct &1%0 0 ;nown as the @ocali?ation @aw

6$ $epublic ct )(70 0 ;nown as the .agna +arta for Pu#lic School Teachers

*$ $epublic ct (71' 0 ;nown as the +ode of +onduct and Ethical Standards for Pu#lic Afficials and Emloyees

8$ $epublic ct 71(0 0 ;nown as the @ocal >o"ernment +ode of 99 9$ $epublic ct 70)1 0 ;nown as the Pu#lication @aw

&'$ $epublic ct %1&) 0 ;nown as the >o"ernment Procurement =eform :ct

&$ $epublic ct 7(10 0 ;nown as the Secial Protection of +hildren against :#use, Exloitation and 4iscrimination

&&$ $epublic ct 7&&0 0 ;nown as the /air and E1uita#le :llocation of the 4E+S -udget for +aital Autlay

&2$ $epublic ct 7&77 0 ;nown as the :ntiSexual Harassment :ct of 99 &3$ Batas *ambansa 2'2 0 ;nown as the Education :ct of 98&

&$ *residential "ecree (0' 0 ;nown as the +hild and Bouth <elfare +ode of the Philiines

&6$ +ommunit !inkages 0 %t is the learning en"ironments that resond to the asirations of  the community domain of the N+-TS$

&*$ +areer Ser#ice 0 %t is #ased on merit and fitness determined as far as ractica#le #y cometiti"e examinations as #ased on highly technical 1ualifications$

&8$ -. 1 for ' ears and - academic re/uirements 0 Qualifications to #ecome a .aster  Teacher %%$

&9$ .ransfer 0 %t is the mo"ement of the emloyee from one osition to another which is of e1ui"alent rank le"el or salary without #reak in the ser"ice$

2'$ *romotion 0 %t is the ad"ancement of the emloyee from one osition to another with an increase in duties and resonsi#ilities and usually accomanied #y an increase in salary$

2$ $einstatement 0 %t is the issuance of an aointment to a erson who has #een  re"iously aointed to a osition in a career ser"ice and who has through no

delin1uency or misconduct, #een searated therefrom exonerating him secifies restoration to his re"ious osition$

2&$ $eassignment 0 %t is the mo"ement of one emloyee from on organi?ational to another in the same deartment or agency which does not in"ol"e a reduction in rank, status or salary$

22$ Si ( months onl 0 :n additional eriod gi"en to a u#lic emloyee who is already 6 years old #ut not achie"ed  years in the ser"ice$

23$ Eight & hours and fi#e 5 3orking das 0 %t is the num#er of hours and days a teacher  should render his7her ser"ices$

2$ Si ( teaching hours and t3o 2 3orking hours 0 %t is the comlete teaching and working hours of a teacher in a day$

26$ .echnical Skill 0 This is a management skill gi"en to emloyees who are unfamiliar with their 5o# or resent assignment$

2*$ Strategic *lanning 0 %t is the rocess of setting directions for an institution to reali?e what it wants to achie"e and to go where he wants to go$

28$ 25 points in leadership and potential 0 : minimum oint re1uired to a .aster Teacher candidate in order to #e romoted$

29$ 4.he road to ecellence starts here6 0 : #attle cry of e"ery u#lic school which means excellence is management that orchestrates di"erted at the different asects of rincial oerations to achie"e the instructional goals of the school$

3'$ *ortfolio ssessment 0 : diagnostic tool which ro"ides uil!s rofile and the

emerging skills that will hel him #ecome increasingly indeendent learner and e"aluate his ossession of knowledge$

3$ ifteen 15 das 0 Num#er of days a receit of re1uest #y the school to the issuance of official school certificates, dilomas, transcrit of records, grades, transfer credentials and similar documents and records$

3&$ +i#il Ser#ice -anual 0 %t contains the #asic regulations, institution and information which guide 4eEd +entral Affice and the field ersonnel in carrying out the teacher of the deartment$

32$ "epEd Order, -emoranda and Bulletins 0 These are issued #y the 4eEd for directions and regulations for the information of or comliance # y the field$

33$ $ecruitment 0 %t refers to the rocess of searching for and identifying 5o# candidates in sufficient 1uality and 1uantity$

3$ -erit *romotion *lan 0 This ro"ides guidelines, olicies and rocedures for recruitment, selection and aointment$

36$ !earning -anagement *lan 0 %t is a document focused in learning comosed of the Professional 4e"eloment Plan of school head, rofessional de"eloment lan of teachers and student de"eloment acti"ities$

3*$ +ommunit of *ractice +O* 0 %t is a grou of rofessionals7workers #ound to one another #ased on common ro#lems and ursuit of solutions$

38$ Instructional "e#elopment 0 %t is a means of determining the extent to which the alication of a new skill7cometency learned contri#uted to imro"ing teaching and learning$

39$ 8ational Educators9 cadem of the *hilippines 8E* 0 /ormerly known as the  National Education @earning +enter (NE@+)$ %t ro"ides continuing strategic human

resource de"eloment rograms for school managers and leaders within the context of emerging legitimate demands$

'$ -entoring 0 %t is de"elomental, caring, sharing and heling relationshis where one  erson in"ests time, knowhow and effort in enhancing another erson!s growth,

knowledge and skills$

$ +ode of Ethical Standards 0 %t defines the administrati"e discilinary case as one wherein an official or emloyee of the go"ernment is rosecuted for an act or omission  unisha#le as a nonenal offense as ro"ided for in the +i"il Ser"ice @aw,

:dministrati"e @aw and other laws$

&$ :rie#ance *rocedure 0 %t is referred to as worka#le rocedure for determining or  ro"iding the #est way to remedy the secific cause or causes of the grie"ance$

2$ *ropert ccountabilit 0 %t is the o#ligation imosed #y law on an official for keeing accurate records of roerty$

3$ .he *rincipal9s :uidelines $egarding Standard Operating *rocedures for .eachers and ccounting of :o#ernment *ropert 0 This is to ena#le the rincial to grou  roerty management as alied to teachers in her articular school$

$ *erformance Indicators 0 %t refers to the se"eral key indicators that can #e comuted and utili?ed for e"aluating the educational systems erformance at "arious le"els$

6$ *articipation $ate 0 %t is the ratio #etween the enrolments in the school age range to the total oulation of that range$

*$ :ro3th Enrolment $ate 0 %t refers to the total enrolment in a gi"en le"el of education as a ercentage of a oulation which according to national regulations should #e enrolled at this le"el$ %t is the measure of the caacity of a regional elementary and secondary school$

8$ +ohort Sur#i#al $ate 0 %t is the roortion of enrollees at the #eginning grade or year who reach the final grade or year at the end of the re1uired num#er of years of study$ 9$ +ompletion $ate 0 %t is the ercentage of first year entrants in a le"el of education who

comletes7finishes the le"el of accordance with the re1uired num#er of year of study$ 6'$ "rop;out $ate 0 %t is the roortion of uils who lea"e the school during the year as

well as those who comlete the grade7year le"el #ut fail to enroll in the next grade7year following the school year to the total num#er of uils during the re"ious school year$ 6$ .ransition $ate 0 %t is the ercentage of uils who graduate from one le"el of education

and none on the higher next le"el$

6&$ chie#ement $ate 0 %t refers to the degree of erformance in different study areas in "arious le"els of education$

62$ -ean *erformance Score -*S <  %t indicates the ratio #etween the num#er of correctly answered items and the total num#er of test 1uestions or the ercentage of correctly answered item in a test$

63$ .eacher;*upil $atio <  %t is the roortion of enrolment at a certain le"el of education in a gi"en school year to the num#er of authori?ed nationallyaid ositions$

6$ -2 moderate -aturit !e#el of .eacher 0 : maturity le"el of teacher who does not need only direction and suer"ision #ut needs encouragement or suort and recognition for a 5o# done$

66$ Encouraging Stle of !eadership 0 %t is descri#ed as a com#ination of high directi"e (task) and high suorti"e #eha"ior and is most aroriate to #e used to eole who ha"e some cometence #ut lack of commitment$

6*$ "epEd Order 8o 2&, 2005 0 %t recogni?es the =ed +ross Bouth (=+B) as official co curricular organi?ation in the school and encourages e"ery elementary and secondary student to enlist as mem#ers of the Cunior =ed +ross Bouth (C=+B) and the Senior =ed +ross Bouth (S=+B)$

68$ $epublic ct &1%0 0 The law that ro"ides that teachersalicant or teacherstransferee for that matter gi"en riority if they are #onafide residents of the #arangay, municiality or ro"ince where the school reciient is located$

69$ "epEd Order 8umber 22, series 2005 0 %t includes the -SP, >SP, PN=B, and :ntiT-Education 4ri"e as "oluntary #asis of contri#ution$

*'$ *eer Super#ision 0 %t is #eing done to Teacher  and Teacher &$

*$ Intensi#e;:uided Super#ision 0 %t is #eing gi"en to new teachers in the school$ *&$ +ollaborati#e Super#ision 0 %t is gi"en to teachers who refer to work cooerati"ely

with the suer"isor in de"eloing a suer"ision form$

*2$ $egistr of =ualified pplicants 0 %t refers to the list of alicants deemed to ha"e met the 1ualifications re1uired #y law #ased on the e"aluation and selection guidelines for teacher ositions in the elementary and secondary u#lic schools$

*3$ -anagement 0 %t is a way the rincials use themsel"es to create a school climate characteri?ed #y staff roducti"ity, uil roducti"ity and creati"e thought$

*$ -anagerial cumen 0 %t is the systematic alication of an array of skills that ro"ide an orderly, efficient and effecti"e school en"ironment$

*6$ *otential 0 This takes into account the emloyee!s caa#ility not only to erform the duties and assume the resonsi#ilities of the osition to #e filled #ut also to those of higher and more resonsi#le ositions$

**$ School +limate 0 %t refers to the sum of all "alues, cultures, safety ractices and

organi?ational structures within a school that cause it to function and react in articular ways$

*8$ lternati#e !earning Sstem !S 0 %t is a arallel learning system to ro"ide a "ia#le alternati"e to the existing formal education$

*9$ =ualit Education 0 %t is an aroriateness, rele"ance and excellence of the education gi"en to meet the needs and asirations of an indi"idual in a society$

8'$ "epEd Subsidi>ed *rogram 0 %t is known as the reschool education funded #y the PT: and other organi?ations$

8$ *rinciple of Shared :o#ernance 0 %t is the rincile which recogni?es that e"ery unit in the education #ureaucracy has a articular role, task and resonsi#ility inherent in the office$

8&$ Inferring 0 %t the rocess of reading #etween the lines or drawing of imlications$ 82$ School;Based -anagement <  %t ena#les and emowers stakeholders to manage their

83$ ccountabilit -echanism 0 %t is the criteria and 1uality dimensions of the school  #ased management that includes resourcing, classroom structuring and uil7student

achie"ement$

8$ +risis -anagement 0 %t is a term generally alied to critical situation, a turning oint characteri?ed #y a sense of urgency$

86$ .hreat 0 :n element of crisis management which is a otential hindrance to some state of goal desired #y an organi?ation or indi"idual$

8*$ "ecision 0 This element of crisis management refers to time in short when the situation will #e altered in the near future after which no decision can #e made only under less fa"ora#le circumstances$

88$ Surprise 0 The element of crisis management which refers to lack of selfawareness #y those affected #y the crisis, is likely to occur, #ut is not e1uated with the lack of lanned resonse to the situation$

89$ Brainstorming 0 %t in"ol"es the sontaneous identification of alternati"es #y indi"iduals interacting in an unrestrained setting$

9'$ Snectics 0 This is a creati"ity techni1ue that in"ol"es the identification of no"el

alternati"es through the 5oining together of different and aarently irrele"ant elements$ 9$ 8ormal :rouping 0 %t is the identification of alternati"es through a highly structured

 rocedure that urosely attemts to restrict "er#al interaction$

9&$ School *lant 0 %t refers to the school facilities of the school consisting of the site,  #uildings and other structures$

92$ $epublic ct %155, Section 1) 0 %t refers to the imlementing rules and regulations known as :uthority, =esonsi#ility and :ccounta#ility (:u=:)$

93$ .echnical +ompetencies 0 This refers to the de"eloment of the curriculum and suer"ision to ensure the full imlementation of the curriculum$

9$ ?uman $esource +ompetencies 0 This refers to the role of the rincial on the

colla#orati"e method which is comlex and it in"ol"es many "aria#lesD issues deal with human factor affecting the staff, attitudes and ercetion of the staffs, climate conduci"e to roducti"e work and emhasis on interersonal issues$

96$ *olitical +ompetencies 0 %t is a role which refers to limited resources, rincials will either ha"e to use for some resourcesD the rincial de"elos ways to colla#orate and cooerate in sharing those resources$

9*$ rchitectural +ompetencies 0 This is the rocess #y which the administrators use to frame7construct roles and relationshis that will allow organi?ations to get things down$ 98$ Bank  0 %t refers to <orld -ank (<-), the lending agency for the NPS-E Pro5ect$

99$ 8ational *rogram Support to Basic Education 8*SBE 0 : &'' million S dollars  rogram suort loan secured #y the go"ernment from the <orld -ank to finance in art

of the "arious key reform thrusts outlined in the -ES=:$

''$ Support to the *hilippine Basic Education $eforms S*?E$E 0 : grant fund from the :ustralian :%4 Trust /und amounting to 3 million :uF$

'$ School Based -anagement 0 The decentrali?ation of decisionmaking authority from central, regional, and di"ision le"els to the indi"idual schools with the intent

 #ringing together the school heads, teachers, students as well as the arents, the local go"ernment units, and the community at large in #ringing imro"ed learning outcomes through effecti"e schools$

'&$ :rant 0 The funding facility authori?ed to #e used #y the schools in S-. oerations, also known as the S-. Suort and %nstallation /und or the S-. >rant$ '2$ School Impro#ement *lan 0 :n education de"eloment lan that shows the

intent and design that the schools will undertake to introduce imro"ements in learning outcomes within the context of S-. in rescri#ed eriod and at a gi"en cost$

'3$ nnual Impro#ement *lan <  %t identifies the ro#lems and o#5ecti"es for one school year and the inter"ention rograms that include strategies and learning acti"ities, time frame for imlementing the acti"ities, ersons resonsi#le, and resources needed which are aroriate to achie"e the o#5ecti"es set$

'$ =ualified $ecipient Schools 0 These are u#lic elementary and secondary schools with grant alications su#mitted to their resecti"e 4i"ision Affices and found to #e eligi#le under the terms and conditions of this set of guidelines$

'6$ Eligible cti#ities and Ependiture Items 0 These are acti"ities and exenditure items within the arameters set out in the NPS-E @oan :greement and which are

recogni?ed as reim#ursa#le #y the <orld -ank$

'*$ School :rant *roposal 0 : school rogram7or ro5ect roosal that rimarily focuses on the de"eloment of ideal or educationally maximal learning en"ironment for children #ased on the acceted7aro"ed S%P7:%P su#mitted to the 4i"ision Affice that outlines a roosed ro5ect and shows #udgetary re1uirements and re1uests monetary assistance in the form of a grant$

'8$ Implementing @nits 0 %t refers to the secondary schools that maintain searate  #ook of accounts$

'9$ 8on;implementing @nits 0 %t refers to u#lic elementary and secondary schools without searate #ook of accounts that are under the direct suer"ision of the di"ision offices$

'$ ?igh *riorit "i#isions 0 These refer to the 3' highly challenged 4eEd di"isions whose erformance indicators ha"e #een comuted as way #elow standards$ $ )*s *rogram 0 %t is a o"erty reduction measure of the Philiine go"ernment

that focuses on human caital in"estment in the oorest of the oor households in the country$

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