1. Directions for Change: The K-12 Program
Josefina M. Tabudlong, Ph.D.
College of Education, MSU-IIT

2. What is K-12 Program? K-12 Program covers: K-6-4-2 Model
1 year Kindergarten
6 years of elementary education
4 years of Junior High School
2 years of Senior High School
Source: DepEd

3. Why implement K-12 Program?
To provide sufficient time for mastery of concepts and skills, develop lifelong learners, and prepare graduates for tertiary education, middle-level skills development, employment, and entrepreneurship
Source: DepEd

4. Goal of K-12 Program
The goal of the Enhanced K+12 Basic Education Program is to create a functional basic education system that will produce productive and responsible citizens equipped with the essential competencies and skills both life-long learning and employment.

5. Phased Implementation
School Year Elementary Secondary
Kinder
Grade 1 Junior High School
Grade 7
Grade 2 Grade 8
Grade 3 Grade 9
Grade 4 Grade 10
Grade Senior HS - 11
Grade Senior HS - 12

6. Salient Features
Strengthening Early Childhood Education (Universal Kindergarten)
Making the Curriculum Relevant to the Learners (Contextualization and Enhancement)
Ensuring Integrated and Seamless learning (Spiral Progression)
Building Proficiency through Language (Mother-Tongue Based Multilingual Education)
Gearing Up for the Future (Senior High School)
Nurturing the Holistically Filipino (College and Livelihood Readiness, 21st Century Skills)
Source: DepEd

7. Career Pathways for the Secondary Students in K-12 Program
Career track based on aptitude, interests and school capacity
Core Curriculum: Humanities, Languages (English/Filipino), Math, Philosophy, Science, Social Sciences
Career Tracks: Business and Entrepreneurship, Humanities and Social Sciences, Science, Technology and Engineering, Sports, Technical-Vocational
Can include On-the Job Training, Exposure, Earn-While-You Learn, etc.
Source: DepEd

8. National Certification
After Grade 10 (TVET Track)
obtain Certificate of Competency (COC) or National Certification (NC) I
After Grade 12 (TVET Track)
obtain National Certification (NC) II after competency assessment by TESDA
Certification ensures employability of graduates.
Source: DepEd

9. Graduates of K-12 Program
Holistically developed Filipinos equipped with 21st Century Skills:
Information, media and technology skills
Learning and innovation skills
Effective communication skills
Life and career skills
Source: DepEd

10. Outcomes-Based Teaching and Learning
Quality of teaching determines the learning outcomes of learners.
To enhance teaching and learning there must be alignment of:
learning outcomes
teaching strategies and learning activities
assessment methods
Quality of teaching is evaluated by the quality of learning that takes place among the learners.

11. Secondary Curriculum Planning
Spiral Progression- seamless learning
Principles of Organizing Content
articulation of subject matter (avoid gaps, but no overlaps)
balance (fair distribution of content to the allotted time)
integration (relatedness of content, horizontal connections of content)
sequence ( logical arrangement of contents)
continuity (learners will apply concepts to continually learn)

12. Thank You!