Baguio, Benguet cluster 2 school heads graduate in SHDP foundation course

Atotal of 320 school heads, head teachers and principal passers of Baguio and Benguet divisions graduated in the School Heads Development Program Foundation Course with the OIC – Office of the Regional Director, May B. Eclar, Ph. D. CESO IV giving message to the graduates at Prince Plaza Hotel, Sept, 5.

The 19 days SHDP Foundation Course Training started from Nov. 3 – 12, Nov 28- to Dec. 3, 2016 at Brentwood Hotel for the first and second modules respectively. The training was concluded last Dec. 6-13, 2016 at the Skyrise Hotel.

Before the trainees were allowed to graduate, they had to submit their approved concept papers last December 2016 and carry out their implementation projects within 90 days from January to March 2017.

The trainees later submitted accomplishment reports of their implementation projects to the respective division offices for perusal and approval.

Out of the 320 implementation projects, the following Implementers and their Implementation Papers, - four from Baguio and five from Benguet were adjudged as the best ones:

Remus M. Beray – Improved Technical Assistance; Remedios P. Quinio – Let’s Make Teaching – Learning Fun and Easy; Remy N. Dum-ao – Enhanced Gulayan sa Paaralan; Enriqueta A. Rabanal – Effectivity of Implementation Used for the Advancement of G10 Students at Risk in Pines City National High School; Rinan C. Bruno – Interactive Reading in School; Editha L. Laop – Failure Reduction in BCNHS Senior High School; Linda C. Tambic – Project CAYMAN; Joan B. Culbengan – Do it for the 3L/CSN ; and Lillian Pagulungan – Rizal TWIST.

Before the graduation proper, the implementers were given time to present their best projects for replication of the other districts when they go back to their work stations. The assigned class facilitators synthesized the presentation

The OIC Director’s challenged the school heads, “When you start change there are three things that you will consider – the LLE: the Leader in you; the Learner in you; and the Educator in you. When you transform and enhance yourself, you will also enhance and transform your teachers. Leave a legacy in your workplace.”

“Continue to serve with excellence when you go back to your stations and whatever you do, you have to consider the interest and full development of the child for you have great roles in helping and molding the Filipino child,” she added

The DepEd dignitaries present to inspire the school heads and the upcoming ones were: the Schools Division Superintendent of Baguio, Federico P. Martin, CESO IV; the SDS of Benguet Marie Carolyn B. Verano, CESO IV; OIC –ASDS Baguio City, Soraya Faculo; Elma Dona-al, VP of Students Affair of BCU; and Atty. Agustin Laban, the Human Resource Officer of Baguio. concerned representatives of the Baguio Water District (BAWADI), like Engr. Calpito, and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) regarding the water drilling operation that BAWADI has “suddenly” started at the Lower West portion of the Bued River without adequate prior information to Camp 7 and Loakan constituencies. The gardener farmers, in particular, were alarmed for any possible unforeseen adverse effects to their traditional means of livelihood.

Led by Brgy. Captain Constancio “Tancy” Danao, who rushed from the untimely wake of his demised cousin in Nueva Vizcaya, it was revealed that the project was not preceded by satisfactory information dissemination. “We are not against development; in fact, we are eager to help government to develop our beloved City but the plan should be well coordinated “sana” with us in the barangay so that we can appropriately inform our citizens who might really be economically affected adversely.” “No mayat, sige, ngem no adda problema, solbaren pay a coma.” Nevertheless, he welcomed and thanked everybody who sacrificed their time to attend.

Kagawad Marcelina Pucdo, for her part, bewailed the “lack of” the presentation of a clear comprehensive city development plan. “Tapno maawatan koma dagiti kakailian ket saan kami maip-ipit” she seconded Captain Danao. Kagawad Antonio presented the danger of the farming/ gardening ground getting dried because of the expected 24-hour drilling of water as what happened in Amparo and Kitma where traditional gardeners went to just sell away their lands because of lack of garden and drinking water from springs as an offshoot of continuous commercial pumping. A number of agricultural lot owners just had to sell their lands to moneyed buyers, especially foreigners. A follow-up consultation meeting was the resultant option.

The youth are indeed the hope of the fatherland. We need to see and feel more of the presence of the young generation in many vital undertakings in the country.

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