1. Accreditation Program for
Public Elementary Schools
(APPES)
Julie Anne V. Vertudes
MA Educational
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2. What is APPES?
• The Accreditation Program for
Public Elementary Schools
(APPES) is an evaluation
system to identify and improve
school effectiveness and foster
excellence in the school,
division, region and national
levels of the educational
system.
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3. Aims of APPES
APPES aims to:
• Provide performance standards for pupils, teachers
and staff;
• Develop a standards-guided system to assess the
public elementary schools
• Establish an incentive system for accredited
schools
• Encourage self and peer monitoring and evaluation
in public elementary schools
• Promote advocacy and social mobilization to
strengthen partnership with stakeholders
• Empower school heads to lead their leaders and
students through reforms which lead to higher
learning outcomes
• Bring resources to the control of the school to spur
change
• Integrate school management and instructional
reforms to make the school effective
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4. Seven Components
of APPES
• School Head
• Learner
• Teacher
• Curriculum and Instruction
• School Assessment Program
• School Plant, Facilities and
Services
• Community Stakeholders
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5. The APPES Conceptual
Framework
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7. Steps in the Accreditation
Process
1. The Division Superintendent designates a
Division Supervisor as APPES coordinator.
2. The Division issues a memorandum on
potential schools qualified for accreditation.
3. The Division furnishes the identified schools
with APPES materials to include the self-
survey and support materials.
4. Each potential school organizes a School
Self-Survey Team (SST), headed by the
school head and a component head for each
component of the APPES that will oversee
the conduct of the school self-evaluation.
5. The identified school conducts the school
self-survey within 4 to 6 months. After which,
the school informs the Division for
preliminary survey.
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8. Steps in the Accreditation
Process
6. The Division conducts preliminary survey
and provides technical assistance for areas
that need improvements to the schools that
are not yet ready.
7. If the school is ready, the Division
recommends the school for a formal survey
to the Region.
8. The Region schedules and conducts formal
school self-survey within 2 months of
notification from the Division.
9. If the school qualifies for level 1
accreditation, the Division and Region
encourage the school for Level 2
accreditation after 2 years.
10. The same process shall be followed for
levels 2 and 3 accreditation.
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9. Steps during the Self-Survey
Process
1. Deciding to seek accreditation.
2. Organizing the School Self-Survey
Team.
3. Conducting the Self-Survey
4. Preparing the exhibits
5. Profiling the school based on the
self-survey results
6. Preparing the School Self-Survey
Report
7. Seeking technical assistance from
Division and Regional Staff
8. Submitting for Preliminary Survey
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10. Categories of Incentives and
Benefits
Level I (2 years) – Division Level
• Up to 50,000 funds that can be accessed
through project proposals that will improve
pupil performance.
• Plaque of recognition for the principal (2
points in performance appraisal)
• Bronze marker with the listing of principal
and teachers involved.
• Certificate of commendation for teachers (1
point in performance appraisal)
• Priority in scholarship grants for principal and
teachers.
• Provision of instructional materials or
equipment
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11. Categories of Incentives and
Benefits
Level II (4 years) – Regional Level
• Up to 75,000 funds that can be accessed through
project proposals that will improve pupil
performance.
• Plaque of recognition for the principal (2 points in
performance appraisal)
• Silver marker with the listing of principal and
teachers involved.
• Certificate of commendation for teachers (2 point
in performance appraisal)
• Priority in scholarship grants for principal and
teachers.
• Provision of instructional materials or equipment
• Priority in the allocation of supplementary books
and instructional materials
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12. Categories of Incentives and
Benefits
Level III (6 years) – National Level
• Up to 100,000 funds that can be
accessed through project proposals
that will improve pupil performance.
• Plaque of recognition for the
principal (3 points in performance
appraisal)
• Silver marker with the listing of
principal and teachers involved.
• Certificate of commendation for
teachers (3 point in performance
appraisal)
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13. Basic Requirements for
Accreditation
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