Aspiring school heads
Guides for aspiring school heads that link DepEd’s public data to the Philippine Professional Standards for School Heads (PPSSH), the National Assessment for School Heads (NASH) and the EDCOM II Final Report.
Series on this topic: The EDCOM II reports (18); Teacher workload (10); Career progression (12); Supreme Court cases (12); Administrative cases and grievances (11); NASH results 2025 (9); PPSSH domain by domain (5).
What EDCOM II Achieved, 2023-2025: Laws, Budgets, Policies
The laws, budgets and agency policies EDCOM II lists as collective accomplishments, 2023-2025, with page cites, and what was still pending.
EDCOM II's Three Reports: How the Key Numbers Changed
Sixteen EDCOM II headline numbers traced through the 2024, 2025 and 2026 reports: which changed, which were reused, and why the reports disagree.
Mass Promotion and Lost Instructional Time: EDCOM II
What EDCOM II found on mass promotion and lost class days, what it recommends, what DO 015 and DO 009, s. 2026 now require, and what school heads should do.
100 Years After the Monroe Report: Education Commissions
The 1925 Monroe Survey, the commissions that followed, the problems EDCOM II still finds a century later, and what it says must change this time.
Is the Philippines Spending Enough on Education?
EDCOM II's answer: education's share of GDP, real growth, per-learner spending, where DepEd's money goes, and the NatPlan's PHP 2.66 trillion cost.
SIP Communication Plan: Structure, Style and a Sample
How to write a communication plan for the School Improvement Plan: its parts, plain writing style, DepEd's media and privacy rules, and a full sample plan.
Stakeholder Analysis for DepEd School Heads: A Guide
How DepEd school heads do a stakeholder analysis: who the school's stakeholders are, how to map power and interest, DO 40, s. 2015 tools, and engagement.
Child-Friendly School Survey and the CFSS in DepEd
What the Child-Friendly School System means in DepEd, how to answer and score the Child-Friendly School Survey in DO 44, s. 2015, and how to act on it.
Leadership Styles of School Heads: What the Evidence Says
Leadership styles of school heads compared: instructional, transformational, distributed, servant, spiritual and situational, with the evidence for each.
Instructional Leadership for DepEd School Heads
What instructional leadership means for DepEd school heads: PPSSH Domain 3, DO 016, s. 2026, the research evidence, and an instructional leader's week.
Transformational Leadership for DepEd School Heads
Transformational leadership in schools for DepEd school heads: Bass's four I's, Leithwood's model, what the evidence shows, and a 90-day plan.
Distributed Leadership in DepEd: Head and Master Teachers
Distributed leadership in DepEd: what research finds, how DO 016, s. 2026 and DO 024, s. 2025 share leadership with head and master teachers, and its limits.
Principal, Head Teacher or Teacher-in-Charge in DepEd
A teacher-in-charge in DepEd runs a school by designation, not by position. Who counts as school head, what a TIC may sign, pay rules, and NASH practice.
DepEd Action Research Guide: From Topic to Report
A step-by-step guide to DepEd action research: 33 guides in order, from DepEd's research rules and choosing a topic to analysis, writing and sharing results.
Action Research Dissemination and Utilization in DepEd
How DepEd action research results are shared and used: LAC sessions, research forums, E-Saliksik under DO 14, s. 2022, research bulletins, and the SIP and AIP.
Action Research vs Basic Research vs Thesis: Differences
What action research is under DepEd's DO 16, s. 2017, how it differs from basic and applied research and a graduate thesis, and the five-stage framework.
Action Research in LAC Sessions: A School Head's Guide
How a school head can run action research through LAC sessions: the toolkit's 21 scripted sessions, a yearly plan that meets the BERF call, and NASH items.
DepEd Action Research Ethics: Consent, Assent and Privacy
Research ethics for DepEd teachers: the five protocols, parent consent and learner assent, data privacy, child protection, IP communities and AI rules.
DepEd Action Research Report Format, With a Sample
The DepEd action research report format under DO 16, s. 2017: each part, the toolkit's writing rules, submission and E-Saliksik archiving, and a sample report.
DepEd Action Research Proposal Format, With a Sample
The DepEd action research proposal format under DO 16, s. 2017: each part, the 100-point scoring guide, writing rules and a sample proposal on Grade 1 reading.
Studying by topic
Turn a topic into practice
Practice sets span the five PPSSH domains and their strands. Your results show where you stand in each, so you know which topics to read and practice next.
What you practice with
- Timed situational items, two minutes each
- Items aligned with the five PPSSH domains and the SOLO taxonomy
- Partial credit and an explanation for every choice
- Premium: every practice set and a NASH-style mock exam
- 34 practice sets
- ₱1,000 for 30 days
- ₱3,000 once