ADM in teaching in the 'new normal' at DepEd

Babylin D. Manuel, EdD

The advent of the “new normal” brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic has caused realignments in the modes of teaching as well as the entire strategies of the Department of Education (DepEd), calling much in the deilivery of teaching and instruction due to health and safety restrictions for both teachers and students in all levels.

One of these is the Alternative Delivery Mode or ADM, a substitute approach for the DepEd to address the challenges of formal education of special children and families in need of special protection.

ADM is an alternative modality and is being done within the confines of the formal system that allows schools to deliver education to students and those at risk of dropping out in order to help them overcome personal, social and economic constraints in schooling.

ADM subjects are based on the eight (8) learning areas: Math, Sciences, English, Filipino, Araling Panlipunan, Computer, Computer, Music and Sining Pantahanan. ADM caters to both primary and secondary education.

Three (3) accredited modes are the following: Modified In-School and Off-School Approach (MISOSA) and electronic Instructional Management by Parents, Community, and Teachers (e-IMPACT) for primary education, while Open High School Program (OHSP) for secondary education.

With ADM, the DepEd hopes that education will be sustainable even under any form of community quarantine or what the “new normal” may require from the educational system.

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The author is Principal I of Santos Ventura National High School