A Strategic Planning Workshop was held last April 18 and 19, 2009 for the following schools:

Bagong Silangan ES           Payatas B Annex ES
Culiat ES                           Payatas B ES
Lupang Pangako ES           Payatas C ES
Mines ES                           Rosa L. Susano ES
Nagkaisang Nayon ES        Sauyo ES
Pasong Tamo ES                Tandang Sora ES

More than simply coming up with goals and action points, another goal of this workshop is to allow the entire school community (principal, teachers, students, parents and barangay) to come together and make the decision to work towards the improvement of their schools.

Activities during the first day of the workshop focused on identifying the roles of the different sectors and revisiting each school's mission and vision.  The participants were first grouped according to their respective sectors (i.e. school leaders, teachers, parents and barangay officials) to discuss preliminary questions given to them a week before the event.

With the guidance of their facilitators, the different sectors were able to internalize their specific roles and responsibilities within the school community.  The first day ended with the schools presenting posters they made illustrating their school's mission and vision.  The required output from the workshop's second day is a realistic and doable school development plan with clear goals and accountabilities.