WELCOME MESSAGE & RATIONALE OF THE SCHOOL MAPPING EXERCISE PROJECT By Ms. Carol C. Porio Executive Director of PEAC-FAPE Secretariat

1. WELCOME MESSAGE &RATIONALE OF THE SCHOOL MAPPING EXERCISE PROJECT By Ms. Carol C. Porio Executive Director of PEAC-FAPE Secretariat

2. OUR HEARTFELT WELCOMEtoOUR PRIVATE EDUCATION STAKEHOLDERS STUDENTS LOCAL COMMUNITY PARENTS SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS PRIVATE EDUCATION STAKEHOLDERS TEACHERS DEPED OFFICIALS OTHERS

3. EFA: MAKE BASIC EDUCATION ACCESSIBLE TO AS MANY LEARNERS Education Secretary Armin Luistro, FSC “The Education for All, more than a commitment, is a guiding principle to make basic education accessible to as many learners which we can consider a solid investment for the future. We are all stakeholders of education. Education is not a sole responsibility of DepEd. At the end of the day, we are all accountable in the education of our people.”

4. IMPROVING PARTICIPATION RATE OR ENROLMENT RATIO Education Secretary Armin Luistro, FSC “As President Benigno S. Aquino III puts education as the top priority in the next six years, DepEd is set to scale up basic education performance to ensure that all school-aged children are in school by 2015.”

6. Decentralization and implementation of collaborative school governance (Anderson, 1998; Chan and Chui, 1997; Walker and Dimmock, 2000).

9. The leadership of the school principal is crucial, so it is important to empower him/her by stressing his/her role in strengthening leadership and management competencies.

11. STRATEGIC PLANNING

13. SCHOOL MAPPING EXERCISE PRIVATE EDUCATION

14. SCHOOL MAPPING EXERCISE BJECTIVES OF CONFERENCE PRIVATE EDUCATION To raise the awareness and appreciation level of key stakeholders of private education concerning the vision, value, uses and benefits of geographic information system-based school mapping exercise for decision making, strategic planning and school facilities development and improvement planning. 2. To orient school administrators and principals on the objectives, approaches, process and outputs of the pilot school mapping exercise of private schools in Davao Region.

15. SCHOOL MAPPING EXERCISE BJECTIVES OF TRAINING PRIVATE EDUCATION 3. To guide school principals and planning officers by walking them through the GIS-based school profiling templates as well as providing them with standard protocols and procedural guidelines in accomplishing the SME related tasks at the school-level for proper consolidation of basic school and geo-spatial information by school division. 4. To conduct technical training workshops through tutorial demonstration of ArcGIS software and actual school site survey activities using a Global Positioning System (GPS) device.

16. Overview of GIS and its Uses SME CONFERENCE AND TRAINING COVERAGE GIS MAPS LAYERS

18. Determine schools’ catchment areas.

20. Identifying development opportunities

21. Expanding school community support systems

23. THANK YOU FOR COMING AND FOR YOUR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION AND COOPERATION!