MLE Program Planning, Evaluation and Assessment

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MLE Program Planning, Evaluation and Assessment

• Dr Yolanda Quijano, Director, Bureau of
  Elementary Education, DepEd
• Greg Dekker, Language, Education and Development
  (LEAD), SIL International, Asiawww.leadimpact.org

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Successful MLE Programs

• Preliminary Research, including an accepted
  orthography
• Supportive Policy and political environment
• Advocacy
• Collaborating and engaged community
• Training of Staff
• Materials Development
• Resource Development (Funding)
• Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation

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Building a Successful Philippines MTB MLE Program
Strategic Plan

• Preliminary Research Orthographies, linguistics,
  and cultural information
• Survey language use in schools
• Survey and document current MTB MLE programs
• Appoint a TWG to assist with the development of
  orthographies

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Building a Successful Philippines MTB MLE Program
Strategic Plan (cont.)

• Supportive Policy and Political Environment
• Appointment of a National MLE Operations Manager
• Initiate MTB MLE Operations Organizational
  Structure within the Department

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MLE Operations Structure (Suggested)
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Building a Successful Philippines MTB MLE Program
Strategic Plan (cont.)

• Advocacy
• Mass communications events
• Identify partners by surveying current programs

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Building a Successful Philippines MTB MLE Program
Strategic Plan (cont.)

• Collaborating and engaged community
• Engage with local writers, artists, linguists,
  researchers
• Encourage local groups to steer MTB MLE at the
  local level and cooperate with DepEd plans and
  org. development in MTB MLE

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Building a Successful Philippines MTB MLE Program
Strategic Plan (cont.)

• Training of Staff
• Training of Trainers (2010)
• Formulate Pre-Service Teacher Education
  Integrated Curricula
• Trained Trainers Train Teachers (2011)
• Trained Teachers implement in school (Jun 2012)

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Building a Successful Philippines MTB MLE Program
Strategic Plan (cont.)

• Materials Development
• Writers Workshops
• Story Writing Workshops
• Big Books Development
• Graded Easy Readers (Small Books)

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Building a Successful Philippines MTB MLE Program
Strategic Plan (cont.)

• Resource Development (funding)
• Use of MOOE funds for MTB MLE
• Priority use of 10 of SEF funds for MTB MLE
  (DBM, DILG)
• Partnership with charitable local and intl.
  orgs. who understand benefits of MTB MLE and
  desire to partner with Funding

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Building a Successful Philippines MTB MLE Program
Strategic Plan (cont.)

• Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation
• Measures and protocols for DepEd MTB MLE to
  measure quality and achievement in Programs,
  student achievement and progress, instructional
  materials, teacher effectiveness

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Preliminary Research, including an accepted
orthography

1. What needs to be done (in this category) in my
   community or division or region, to prepare for
   MTB MLE? Or What has already been done?
2. List the 3 (three) most important items.

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Supportive Policy and political environment

1. In what ways is my community ready for MTB MLE
   with supportive policy (or) political
   support/will? (List 2 (two) items.)
2. What are the 2 (two) most important policy
   actions needed for my community/division/region?
   What can I/we do to move these forward?

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Advocacy

1. What can be done to advocate for MTB MLE in my
   community/division/region?
2. List 4 activities you will do, in descending
   order of priority.

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Collaborating and engaged community

1. What activities can I/we as advocates do to
   engage my/our community / division / region to be
   involved with MTB MLE? (List the 5 most important
   activities.)

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Training of Staff

1. In what ways do educators in my/our community /
   division / region need further equipping /
   training to be prepared to implement MTB MLE?
   (List the 3 most important)
2. How will my community/division / region train MTB
   MLE Trainers?

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Materials Development

1. What materials are most needed now in my
   school(s) for use in MTB MLE?(List 3
   categories)
2. What must be done to prepare them?
3. How will my community be trained to prepare MTB
   MLE materials?

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Resource Development (Funding)

1. Is my division / region willing to allocate MOOE
   funds for MTB MLE?
2. Is my/our DBM/LGU willing to allocate 10 of SEF
   for use in MTB MLE?
3. If no, how can these be positively influenced to
   change their minds?
4. What generous donors can be encouraged to give in
   my community/division/region?

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Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation (AME)

1. Who can my community / division / region invite
   to assist us with development of protocols for
   AME?
2. What is the current achievement rates of students
   in my/our division schools? How can these be made
   better known?
3. What difference do you think MTB MLE will make in
   the achievement of your learners?