DepEd to host workshop on positive discipline
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO--The Department of Education (DepEd) Regional Office III will conduct a seminar-workshop on positive discipline which in a bid to train teachers on the use of positive and non-violent approaches to discipline and classroom management .
The event will be held on January 15-17 at the National Educators’ Academy of the Philippines Region III,
Pulungbulu in Angeles City. Teachers will be encouraged to use the Primer on Positive Discipline in Everyday Teaching.
The said primer provides a quick reference guide for teachers who have already been trained in Positive Discipline in Everyday Teaching. It seeks to reinforce the teacher’s learning from the training and encourages her/ him to apply this in her/his classroom. It provides guidance on how to respond to common classroom situations using Positive Discipline.
“We want to orient the selected guidance counselors or teacherdesignates for guidance, school heads, and teachers from the elementary and secondary level on the core concepts of child protection and the measure to shield them from any form of abuse, violence, or bullying,” said OIC-Regional Director Nicolas Capulong.
The Department of Education launched its
Child Protection Policy on May 3, 2012, through DepEd Order No. 40, s.2012 to promote a zero-tolerance policy for any act of child abuse, exploitation, violence, discrimination, bullying, and other related offenses.
DepEd Spokesperson Undersecretary Annalyn Sevilla reiterated in an earlier statement that DepEd is a learner-centered institution which focuses to deliver a quality, accessible, relevant, and liberating education to the best interest of the child.
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO - Some P900,000 worth of livelihood assistance was awarded by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Region III (BFAR-3) to fishermen of Tarlac province recently.
BFAR-3 Director Willy Cruz personally led the turnover of equipment to fisherfolks that can be used to store and market their harvest.
These include bicycles with sidecars with vacuum-sealed storages, metal storages, hi-tech table scales, and heavy duty tables.
Cruz said the distribution of equipment, which totalled to some P900,000, is aimed at boosting the livelihood of fishermen by ensuring the quality of the products and services.
He also vowed BFAR-3's more comprehensive delivery of service to local fishermen with the recent opening of Provincial Fishery Office.
"Our opening of provincial office here will bring our programs and projects to fisherfolks here so expect more assistance from us," he said.
“Discipline as punishment is outdated and ineffective. What DepEd espouses is to implement massive training on positive discipline approach to all our teaching and non-teaching employees. We also need the cooperation and support of all stakeholders, particularly our dear parents, to understand, support and comply with our procedures and processes stipulated in the Child Protection Policy,” added Sevilla.