Curricularist – a professional who is a curriculum specialist

The Roles of Teacher as a Curricularist

1. Planner – makes yearly, monthly, daily plan of the curriculum. This will serve as a guide in
the implementation of the curriculum

➢ Some factors to consider in planning a curriculum:

Content, time, learner, learning material, learning objectives,context of the learners
2. Writer – takes record of knowledge concepts, subject matter and content
3. Knower – has mastered what are included in the curriculum
4. Initiator – implementation of a new curriculum requires the open mindedness of the
teacher and full belief that the curriculum will enhance learning
5. Innovator – makes out-of-the-box changes in the curriculum
6. Implementer – gives life to the curriculum plan
7. Evaluator – determines if desired learning objectives have been achieved

CURRICULUM PROCESSES

• Planning – refers to the preliminary phase of creating a curriculum

– a process whereby the advance arrangement of learning opportunities for a particular

population of learners is created.

• Organizing – process of selecting curriculum elements from the subject, the current social
life and the students experience then designing the selected curriculum elements
appropriately so they can form the curriculum structure and type.

• Implementing – putting into practice the written curriculum that has been designed in the
syllabi, course of study, curricular guides and subjects.

• Evaluating – assessment of achievement of the specified curriculum objectives

• Monitoring – determines how the curriculum is working and if it is still relevant and effective

– provides basis for decision on what aspects of the curriculum have to be retained,
improved and modified.

• Change/Improvement – process of making revisions and improving an existing curriculum

• Dimensions of Curriculum Development (BASICS)

➢ Balance – gives appropriate weight to each aspect of design so that distortions do not occur
➢ Articulation – refers to the vertical and horizontal interrelatedness
Vertical articulation – contents are arranged from level to level or grade to grade so that
lower level is connected to the next level
Horizontal articulation – happens at the same time like social studies in grade six is related to
science in grade six
➢ Scope – breadth and depth of curriculum content
➢ Integration – refers to linking of all types of knowledge and experiences contained within
the curriculum plan
➢ Continuity – vertical repetition and appearances of the content
➢ Sequence – content and experiences are arranged hierarchical manner
– a particular order in which related events, movements or things follow each other.

THE K to 12 PROGRAM
The K to 12 Program covers Kindergarten and 12 years of basic education in order to
provide sufficient time for mastery of concepts and skills , develop life-long learners and
prepare graduates for tertiary education, middle-level skills management and
entrepreneurship.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10533, Otherwise known as “Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013”

Administration
- With the “trifocalization” of the educational system, three agencies, DepEd, CHED and TESDA
collaborated and handle their respective levels.
• DepEd – Basic Education level - sets the overall standards and mandates standardized
tests for the K to 12.
• CHED – supervises and regulates colleges and universities
• TESDA – regulates and accredits technical and vocational programs and institutions

Timeline / Phases
• 2013 RA10533
• SY 2012-2013 Kindergarten (RA 10157)
• SY 2016-2017 Grade 11
• SY 2017-2018 Grade 12
• 2018 1st Batch of Graduates

Structure:
 • 1 year – Kindergarten Education
• 6 years – Elementary Education
• 6 years – Secondary Education (2 years –SHS; 4 years – JHS)

Tracks and Strands

TRACKS STRANDS
ACADEMIC ABM, GAS, HUMMS, STEM
SPORT
ART AND DESIGN
TVL ( Technical, Vocational & Livelihood) Agri-Fishery Arts, H.E., Industrial Arts & ICT

REASONS for implementing the K to 12:

General Reason: To enhance the quality of the basic education in the Philippines
Specific Reasons:
• The 10-year program is congested and other countries see this as program as inadequate.
• The graduates are below 18 years of age and hence, they are not ready for employment
• The Kindergarten education is optional.
• The actual application of the students’ learning is not enough.

GRADING SYSTEM

General Concept:
The minimum grade(initial grade) to pass a specific learning is 60 which is being
transmuted to 75 in the report card.

CHARACTERISTICS

• Strengthening Early Childhood Education

• Making the Curriculum Relevant to Learners
• Building Skills (through the use of Mother tongue and second language)
• Ensuring Unified and Seamless Learning
• Gearing Up for the Future
• Nurturing the Fully Developed Filipino

TRENDS
PPST
What is Dept. Order No. 42, s. 2017?
 Dep Ed Order No. 42, s. 2017 stipulates the national adoption and implementation of
thePhilippine Professional Standards for Teachers(PPST). The order was signed on
August 11,2017 by the then DepEd Secretary Leonor Magtolis-Briones. The PPST shall
be used as the basis for all learning and development programs for teachers to ensure
that teachers are properly equipped to effectively implement the K to 12 Program. The
government believes that “teachers are vital to increasing the academic performance of
students”, hence its establishments.

PQF(Philippine Qualifications Framework)

• Republic Act 10968, January 18, 2018, “An Act Institutionalizing the Philippine Qualifications
Framework(PQF), establishing the PQF-National Coordinating Council(NCCC), and
Appropriating Funds therefor”. This act shall be known as “PQF Act”.
• The implementation of the PQF shall enhance worker’s employability by ensuring that
their qualifications are relevant to perceived social and economic needs. It will address the
so-called jobs mismatch. Why is this so? If you have noticed, there are a lot of job fairs
being offered by both the public and private organizations. There are thousands of
applicants but only few hundred are hired.

AQRF (ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework:

- The ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework is a common reference framework that

enables comparisons of education qualifications across participating ASEAN Member
States(AMS). Therefore, if you have been teaching here in the Philippines and you wanted to
apply as a teacher in Thailand, then they will compare their own qualifications framework
from ours. And if they are the same, then you can be hired and vice versa.

MOOC (Massive Open Online Course)

- MOOCs are the natural evolution of OpenCourseWare, first created Massachusetts Institute
of Technology(MIT) in 2001. The term MOOC was coined during the course “Connectivism and
Connective Knowledge”, by Dave Cormier, from the University of Prince Edward
Island(Canada).

- MOOC is a free, Web-based distance learning designed for big number of learners. Other
features of the MOOC are:

1. No tuition fees
2. Free online courses
3. Has syllabus and learning materials same as that in colleges and universities.
4. Can be accessed anywhere as long as you are connected to the internet.

SULONG EDUKALIDAD(KITE)
- Sulong EduKalidad focuses on four aggressive reforms(core components) in basic education.
These are:

1. K to 12 Curriculum Review and Update.

- It is about breaking apart a problem or an issue or a challenge, and using foundational
and specialized knowledge and skills, especially in Science, Technology, Engineering and
Math(STEM), to find solutions and innovations.
2. Improving the learning environment
- The second pillar will be to sustain the improvements in our learning environment, in
terms of physical facilities, learning resources, and safe and nurturing schools.
3. Teachers’ Upskilling and reskilling
- Teachers requires continuous innovation. Teachers must be up-skilled for their in-
service professional development, and provide the proper incentives through career
progression and promotion opportunities as they develop their teaching proficiency.
4. Engagement of stakeholders for Support and Collaboration
- We need to deepen our engagement to consultation, collaborative research and
analysis, and high level advice to strategic policy, planning and programming for quality.