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).
Human Resource Management for DepEd School Heads
How DepEd school heads handle human resource management: their role in hiring, teacher induction, 70-20-10 staff development, workload, welfare and PRAISE.
DepEd Enhanced ALS, Inclusive Education and Special Programs
How DepEd school heads match learners to programs: Enhanced ALS (DO 001, s. 2026), inclusive education (RA 11650), IPEd, ALIVE, ARAL and emergencies.
DepEd PMES for Teachers: DM 089, s. 2025 for School Heads
How DepEd's PMES rates teachers under DM 089, s. 2025: the four phases, COT observations, IPCRF weights, PMES vs RPMS, and the school head as rater.
NASH Reviewer PDF (Formerly NQESH): Free Download
Download free NASH (formerly NQESH) reviewer PDFs: 100 PPSSH practice questions with answer keys and full explanations, on A4, ready to print.
DepEd Learning Action Cell (LAC) Guidelines: DO 35, s. 2016
How DepEd school heads run learning action cell (LAC) sessions under DO 35, s. 2016: who joins, roles, the LAC plan, scheduling, MOOE funding and monitoring.
DepEd Instructional Supervision: Observing and Coaching
How DepEd school heads plan instructional supervision under DO 016, s. 2026: 10- to 15-minute walkthroughs, post-observation feedback and coaching of teachers.
DepEd Contextualization, Localization and Indigenization
What DepEd contextualization, localization and indigenization mean under RA 10533 and MATATAG, with examples for four schools and the school head's role.
DepEd Grading System, DO 015, s. 2026: School Head's Role
DepEd's new classroom assessment and grading rules, DO 015, s. 2026, explained: weights, 70-to-75 transmutation, promotion, awards and what school heads check.
DepEd ILAW Lesson Plan, DO 016, s. 2026: School Head's Role
DO 016, s. 2026, DepEd's new lesson plan guidelines, explained: the ILAW framework, AI rules, the rubric, and how school heads review and coach.
Change Management in Schools: A Guide for DepEd School Heads
How DepEd school heads lead change in schools: Lewin, Bridges and Kotter, handling teacher resistance, and a step-by-step plan for the DO 016, s. 2026 shift.
Organizational Diagnosis Models in Schools: 7S, SWOT, PESTLE
How DepEd school heads use organizational diagnosis models before the School Improvement Plan: McKinsey 7S, SWOT, PESTLE, Star and Six-Box, with examples.
Root Cause Analysis for the DepEd School Improvement Plan
How a DepEd school team does root cause analysis for its School Improvement Plan: problem statements, fishbone, five whys, Pareto charts and a worked example.
DepEd School Improvement Plan (SIP): Steps, AIP and SRC
How to prepare a DepEd School Improvement Plan under DO 44, s. 2015: the planning team, all 11 ESIP steps and outputs, the AIP, the PIA rubric and the SRC.
DepEd Revised SBM: DO 007, s. 2024 and the Self-Assessment
How DepEd's revised School-Based Management (SBM) works under DO 007, s. 2024: six dimensions, 42 indicators, the self-assessment cycle and who does what.
Leadership vs Management for School Heads: Five Practices
Leadership vs management for DepEd school heads, explained with RA 9155, Kotter's six functions, 10 school scenarios and the Five Practices mapped to PPSSH.
RA 9155 Duties of DepEd School Heads: 12 Areas Explained
The 12 duties RA 9155 gives DepEd school heads, explained with school examples, PPSSH strands, common errors, a self-audit and three NASH practice items.
NASH Practice Test Set B: 50 PPSSH Items With Answer Keys
Fifty more free NASH practice items on DepEd data and the PPSSH, one indicator each, scored 3-2-1-0, written from the newer analyses, with full explanations.
DepEd Data for Aspiring School Heads: Where to Start
A reading order for the 47 posts in this DepEd data series and the 31-post EDCOM II CRLA series, with the guides to use for the NASH (formerly NQESH).
DepEd Enrollment Projection to SY 2031-2032 by Grade
Cohort-flow projection of DepEd enrollment to SY 2031-2032 under three kindergarten scenarios: 23.1 to 24.1 million learners, Grade 7 and Grade 12 falling most.
National Education Plan 2026-2035: Guide for School Heads
EDCOM II's National Education Plan 2026-2035 for NASH takers, with DepEd data: six priority areas, a 75% reading target for 2028, a principal in every school.
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