E-Sip Deped School Improvement Plan
E-Sip Deped School Improvement Plan
E-Sip Deped School Improvement Plan
Graduate School
In 2015, the Department of education provided the minimum standard for the preparation of school
improvement plan through DepEd Order No. 44, s. 2015. Under the current policy, the enhanced SIP
has a three-year cycle which commenced in 2016-2017.
The School Improvement Plan (SIP) is a roadmap that lays down specific interventions that a school,
with the help of the community and other stakeholders, will undertake within a period of three
consecutive school years.
The implementation of development activities integral to it are in the school such as projects under
the Continuous Improvement Program (CIP), the creation and mobilization of Learning Action Cell
(LACs), and the preparation of the School Report Card (SRC). SIP seeks to provide those involved in
school planning an evidence-based, systematic approach with the point of view of the learner as the
starting point. Ultimately, it is envisioned to help schools reach the goal of providing access to quality
education.
Formulated in collaboration with the community, the SIP is a roadmap that lays down the school’s
specific solutions to corresponding identified Priority Improvement Areas (PIAs) covering a period of
three years. It aims to improve the three key result areas in basic education: access, quality, and
governance. It is evidence-based, results based, and child or learner-centered. The SIP is the basis
for the school’s Annual Implementation Plan (AIP) and other specific plans such as tire Child
Protection Plan, Disaster Risk Reduction Management (DRRM) plan, and Learning Action Cell (LAC)
action plan, among others.
The enhancements made on the SIP build on the strengths of the existing planning process. The
guiding principles are the same: learner-centered, standard-based, evidence-based, with a systems
thinking approach. However, the planning process has become more responsive using the tools in
the Continuous Improvement process. The CI process was initially applied to target schools that,
upon undergoing the process, were able to accurately determine and subsequently address the root
cause of their problems. As a result, school and learning outcomes were seen to have improved.
Most of the steps in CI are not new to schools but there is more emphasis on analyzing qualitative
and quantitative data by listening to the voice of the learners and other stakeholders, re-examining
the school processes and doing the root cause analysis.
THE ENHANCED SIP CYCLE
The enhanced planning process is made to be more systematic. Thus, it is best to follow steps
sequentially. However, some steps especially in the Assess phase can be repeated to validate data
and information (e.g. Listening to the voice of the learner can be done at various stages of the
process).
The enhanced SIP development and implementation cycle follow three phases: Assess, Plan, and
Act. The AIP, which is year-by-year plan likewise undergoes three phases with each year’s
implementation being checked for its progress to ensure continuous improvement.
The ASSESS phase is where the identification of the PIAs is done and the general objectives of the
SIP are set. This phase includes listening to the voice of the learners and other stakeholders and
analyzing the school data and processes to determine the root cause of each PIA.
The PLAN phase involves the preparation and writing of the SIP and AIP. It is when the formulation of
solutions and development of projects designs are done.
The ACT phase involves small-scale testing then implementation of the solutions. Constant checking
of the implementation progress is done in this phase as well.