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STANDARDS
WHAT IS A STANDARD?
PASSION FOR EXCELLENCE HABITUAL ATTENTION TO QUALITY
WHY STANDARDS?
• • • • • Information has expanded so rapidly Education can be an isolated activity Quality Curricula is a complex task Essentials have not been identified Need to know what are essentials
WHAT IS THE USE OF STANDARDS?
• Standards guarantee excellence and equity in education • Standards define what every child should have the opportunity to learn • Standards are the principal’s best defense against public or parental complacency • Standards clarify expectations • They guide the setting of priorities • Standards provide a vision of what is possible in education
WILL HIGH STANDARDS LIFT THE QUALITY OF FILIPINO EDUCATION?
• High standards will not provide a quick cure-all to the problems in Philippine Schools • They offer the foundation for system wide educational reform • High standards should be the basis for the improvement of curriculum, instruction, classroom materials, teacher education and assessment
HOW CAN THIS BE DONE?
• Identify benchmarks of student’s success • Teachers should design engaging instructional activities • Create school climate in which learning and achievement are valued • Standard is not compliance to imposed quotas • It is to produce work that one can be proud of, it is to produce quality
HOW CAN THIS BE DONE?
• To require students to work until standards are met • Work is not done until it is done right • Intellectual excellence is conformity to all kinds of work of high standards • Standards are upheld by:
the daily, local demand for quality and consistency at the tasks deemed important
Why not the World?
FROM
• content understanding • skillscompetencies
TO
• concept understanding • processperformance
• books
• instructional support system
Why not the World?
FROM • paper and pencil tests • seminars and workshops • face to face monitoring and evaluation • LOW PERFORMANCE TO • continuum of assessment methods • telelearning and teleconferencing • online monitoring and evaluation • HIGH PERFORMANCE
WHAT IS A STANDARD?
PASSION FOR EXCELLENCE HABITUAL ATTENTION TO QUALITY
WHY STANDARDS?
• • • • • Information has expanded so rapidly Education can be an isolated activity Quality Curricula is a complex task Essentials have not been identified Need to know what are essentials
WHAT IS THE USE OF STANDARDS?
• Standards guarantee excellence and equity in education • Standards define what every child should have the opportunity to learn • Standards are the principal’s best defense against public or parental complacency • Standards clarify expectations • They guide the setting of priorities • Standards provide a vision of what is possible in education
WILL HIGH STANDARDS LIFT THE QUALITY OF FILIPINO EDUCATION?
• High standards will not provide a quick cure-all to the problems in Philippine Schools • They offer the foundation for system wide educational reform • High standards should be the basis for the improvement of curriculum, instruction, classroom materials, teacher education and assessment
HOW CAN THIS BE DONE?
• Identify benchmarks of student’s success • Teachers should design engaging instructional activities • Create school climate in which learning and achievement are valued • Standard is not compliance to imposed quotas • It is to produce work that one can be proud of, it is to produce quality
HOW CAN THIS BE DONE?
• To require students to work until standards are met • Work is not done until it is done right • Intellectual excellence is conformity to all kinds of work of high standards • Standards are upheld by:
the daily, local demand for quality and consistency at the tasks deemed important
Why not the World?
FROM
• content understanding • skillscompetencies
TO
• concept understanding • processperformance
• books
• instructional support system
Why not the World?
FROM • paper and pencil tests • seminars and workshops • face to face monitoring and evaluation • LOW PERFORMANCE TO • continuum of assessment methods • telelearning and teleconferencing • online monitoring and evaluation • HIGH PERFORMANCE
