Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education

CHILD PROTECTION COMMITTEE FUNCTIONALITY TOOL MATRIX

SELF RATING
INDICATORS
Work Areas and 1 2 3 4 5 Score
Indictors Not In In early stages of Documents
Planning Stage Partially functional Fully functional
place/Absent development Needed
1.Organization & Coordination
a.) Establishment • None or has • Has scheduled • Has organized and • CPC has a clear • CPC has a strategic NOTICE OF
b.) or not covered meetings with convened the CPC; organizational goal or VMG and MEETINGS,
Reorganization the CPC possible CPC chart plan (3years; and an
of the Child members; • CPC members are annual plan with MINUTES OF
Protection • Has a list of identified and their • CPC members tasking based on a MEETINGS,
Committee CPC • Has scheduled names posted in have reviewed its CP situation analysis)
c.) (CPC) members orientations for school functions; • 90-100% of planned POSTED CPC
identified CPC analyzed the CP meetings of the CPC Members
members • Turnover of reports situation in school are conducted;
and other documents Strategic plan of
to the new CPC was • CPC Holds • 80-100% of annual CPC
done monthly meetings objectives and plans
to discuss accomplished Action plans for
• New CPC members appropriate Child Protection
oriented on the interventions and • CPC has explicit
functions and work of / or responses to mechanisms for
CPC school problems ensuring protection of
on bullying and Children with
• Members have child abuse cases disabilities
identified and divided and other related
the tasks among concerns • CPC has integrated
themselves the responsibilities of
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• CPC has written CPC from DO 55

orientation 2013 (anti-bullying)
material/guideboo DO 18, 2015
k for CPC restorative justice
members; each panel (RJP re CICL)
member has a and other child
copy protection policies of
DepEd

• Has plans for

strengthening the
child protection
system in school
b.) Coordination • No • Has mapped out • Has informal or initial • Has MOA or • Has implemented Referral System,
mechanisms coordination available coordination formal collaborative work
mechanism resources in their arrangements for coordination Memorandum of
on child community for referral system with mechanism with • Coordination Agreement (IF
protection possible linkages WCPD, LSWD, LHO, the local health mechanism for applicable)
or networking for other agencies or non- office, WCPD, planning,
cases needing government LSWD, private implementation, Coordination
referrals etc. organizations practice monitoring and Meeting Memo
counselling assessments have documentation
• Has identified • Actively coordinates (Psychiatrist, been formalized and
specific areas of with the Psychologist) for functioning of this
work for District/Division office the referral mechanism is
coordination or services. reviewed and
collaboration with disseminated
other agencies or • Actively
service providers coordinates with
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the District/
Division office

2. Policies and guidelines

a) a) Child • No school- • Has identified the • Has drafted the • School has a • School has a School-based
Protection based child policy and school-based child written school- handbook/manual on Child Protection
policy and protection programs and protection policy based child its school-based child Policy
operational policy drafted program gaps (based on DO 40) protection and protection and anti- (LOCALIZED)
guidelines and challenges anti-bullying bullying policy with a
that need to be • Includes code of policy with a code code of conduct and School-based
addressed conduct for learners, of conduct a plan to ensure child Anti-Bullying
school administrators, protection and safety, Policy
• Has initiated Non-teaching • School has a which is reviewed (LOCALIZED)
meetings to personnel, Teachers, conflict resolution every 3 years
review and craft Visitors, and Off mechanism Code of
the school-based campus activities • School has a clear Conduct
child protection • There are written policy on the use of
policy and code of • Code of conduct may procedures to positive and non- Notice of
conduct have specific guide in violent discipline for meetings/
provisions to address conducting children minutes of
potential risks to disciplinary meetings for
students proceedings in • School has specific review of CPC
case of offenses guidelines that
• Conflict resolution may committed by ensure child School
be in practice pupils, students or protection for children handbook
learners with disabilities indicating the
CPP and Anti
• Integrates other Child bullying
protection policy (Localized)
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related orders in the

school-based policy.

b) 3. Capacities and resources c)

d) a) Orientation • CPC has no • CPC identified • At least one CPC • CPC has • Capacity building
and capacity annual capacity needs of member participated in received training plan is fully
building capacity its members training for CPC based on their implemented and CPC Capacity
capacity needs participate in by all
activities for the building • Initiated plans for conducted by the Building
members of the which may CPC members (Program
activities for capacity building School/District/Division include:
CPC its members needs which Office/Central Office Proper/
Child's • Trainor's training
includes: Child’s for roll out to other Rights; DepEd conducted for CPC Proposals/ other
Rights; DepEd CPC members child protection members applicable
child protection training module/s; verification such
training module/ First responder • CPC members us Narrative
s; First responder training; Training on capable of rolling out report, photo
training; Training 4Rs of VAC the training modules documentation
on 4Rs of VAC (Recognizing, among teachers,
(Recognizing, Recording, administrators and
Recording, none teaching
Reporting & personnel
Reporting Referring
&Referring VAC cases); Positive
VAC cases); Discipline;
Positive Monitoring
Discipline; &Evaluation of policy
Monitoring & and plan.
Evaluation of policy
and plan • Capacity building
plan isa partially
• Initiated plans implemented
and request for
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technical
assistance or
capacity building
activities from
DepEd, LGU, or
CSOs
e) b) Budget • There is no • Has identified • There is minimal • Budgets allocated • CPC has secured
allocation for budget budgetary allocation from the and utilized for: budget allocation for
CPC operations allocation for requirement’s school MOOE its Budget/
and its financial the CPC from • Has initiated • LGU and/or LSB Guidance counsellors Strategic and Financial plan
sustainability plans or requests allocates some are hired and trained annual plans in
the school or implementing the
for budget from amount for the for CPC work or In
department child protection
LGU planned activities of lieu of guidance
for its policy based on its
operations the CPC counsellors,
Investment
Teacher— guidance programming
(graduates of
psychology) • CPC plan and budget
included in the
• Establishment of School improvement
Room or pIan and the Annual
Infrastructure for work and financial
plan
the CPC and a
private • The school, PTA,
interview/counselli LGU and LSB are
ng room coordinating to
• Partial allocation ensure budget
for: allocation for the
• Capability strategic and annual
building investment program
of the CPC
activities
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• Information • School is able to

Dissemination generate funds from
• Operations for external sources.
service delivery
f) 4. Service Delivery g)
a) Prevention • There is no • Has conducted • CPC conflicts • CPC conducts • CPC able to roll out
h) programs information meetings to flesh orientation of learners orientation and implement the
information dissemination out the details on the school's child sessions on the capability building Accomplishment
dissemination program or and schedules or protection and school is child program on child report
some antibullying policy protection policy protection for
programs - information orientation on once during the for learners, learners, teachers,
organize on Child CPP and school-year teachers, non administrators, non- IEC Materials
activities for the protection or awareness raising teaching staff teaching staff
protection of CP policy activities • CPC organizes activity QAME
children from posted on the /ies on child protection • CPC conducts • CPC has IBC
abuse, bulletin board during children 's training among materials (Handbook,
exploitation in school month celebration teachers and Guidebook) on the
violence, nonteaching staff child protection policy
discrimination on First and disseminate d
Responder these to the learners,
and bullying or
system and teachers, rents,
peer abuse referral system for
VAC incidents • CPC monitors and
evaluates the impact
of the trainings and
awareness raising
activities
i) b) Existence of • No quick • Meetings are • In practice, • There is a written • Quick response Quick response
quick response response conducted to witnesses call on the quick response system is System (flow
system for child system develop the quick school principal or system which is implemented. chart)
protection response system guidance counsellor substantial Teachers, administrators
for immediate implemented and
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response to an • All learners are nonteaching staff, are

ongoing case oriented on the able to act as first
• All school personnel quick response responders.
are oriented on the system
quick response system
j) c) Referral • There is no • The CPC is • Informal referral in • CPC has • 100% of incidents/ Referral System
system, case referral drafting a school practice developed and is cases of bullying and
management system based referral implementing a child abuse were Monitoring
and monitoring established Meetings with other school based managed according System
and monitoring
k) and agencies or service referral and to quick response
No case system to monitoring system and referral system
documentation providers are conducted (Posted and
conference address child to address child
of cases to discuss the referral placed in the
conducted abuse and abuse and • 100% of bullying
system and case guidance office)
bullying cases. bullying cases and VAC cases are
management
• System is documented
substantial • 100% of cases/
complaints can be
implemented tracked and
• At least 50% of immediate
incidents/ cases feedbacking on
of bullying and status of case
child abuse were
managed provided to
according to concerned parties
quick response
and referral • Documents are well
system kept and 00/0
• At least 5% of violation of
bullying and VAC confidentiality
cases are
documented • Assistance provided
• At least 50% of to parents or
cases/ complaints guardians, whenever
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can be tracked necessary in

and immediate securing expert
feed backing on guidance counseling
status of case from the appropriate
offices or institutions
provided to
concerned parties
l) d) Proactive • There is no • The CPC is • Teachers, • Teachers, • 90%-100% of No. of
identification system for drafting a system administrators, administrators, unreported cases of unreported
and reporting of identifying for identifying guidance counselors guidance child abuse among cases of child
VAC cases students who students who may and non-teaching staff counselors and learners are being abuse
(Early detection) may be are trained non-teaching staff identified and identified, with
suffering from be suffering from are able to addressed or
significant significant harm recognize and referred to intervention
harm based based on identify signs of appropriate offices provided.
on physical, physical, abuse
emotional, or emotional, or • All identified cases
behavioral behavioral signs • Identified cases are provided with
signs are referred for appropriate
appropriate action intervention

m) 5. Accountability & Performance

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n) a.) Availability and • There is no • CPC finalizes • CPC fills up intake • Substantial • CPC is able to Submitted
accessibility of statistical Data or intake sheets, sheets, and other documentation document VAC Reportorial
report on cases handled Statistical other monitoring monitoring and and cases and Obligations
reports on and reporting reporting forms on implementation of responses, and
VAC cases VAC statistical presents a (Bullying,
handled by forms on VAC reporting on VAC situational analysis
Child Abuse,
the • Submits consolidated cases handled; of VAC in school
CPC/School • CPC schedules reports on bullying and always updated based on statistical CICL, CAR,
for the child abuse cases to report on VAC eases Other LRP
submission and the division office • Regularly submits handled by the CPC: Incident)
consolidation of updated Situation on VAC is
reports • Data may be consolidated discussed among Statistical
incomplete; Partial reports on teachers, guidance, Report
implementation of bullying and child administrators and submitted
statistical reporting on abuse cases to nonteaching staff
VAC cases the division office and parents of
learner’s
• Situational analysis
with statistical
report is regularly
submitted and
discussed with the
division office
• Situational analysis
is also made
available and
accessible to the
public.

o) b) Child participation in • There is no • Orientation on • Plans on how children • CPC provides • Learners actively Attendance of
CPC planning, student child participation can meaningfully regular venue for participate in the CPC Learner
implementation and participation is conducted for participate in the learners and planning, including Representativ
evaluation Solicits in CPC all CPC planning, student bodies in investment e
feedback from learners activities member’s implementation, and the CPC planning, programming,
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• There are. initial evaluation of CPC implementation implementation,

plans on how activities are finalized and evaluation monitoring and
children can evaluation of the
meaningfully • CPC provides • CPC conducts CPC plan
information to all survey among
participate in th learners about how learners on child • CPC collects
planning they can participate in protection in feedback from
implementation, the planning, school learners through the
and evaluation of implementation, and child friendly CPC
CPC activities evaluation of CPC booklet
activities • Learners start
• CPC creates safe using the CPC • CPC gives due
spaces for child booklet weight to the
participation learners' feedback

• CPC encourages
feedback from
learners on the CPC
activities informally
• CPC orients all
learners about the
child friendly CPC
functionality booklet
p) c) CPC Monitoring and • CPC does not • CPC is drafting • All CPC members are • CPC is using • 100% of learners Monitoring
evaluation monitor and the monitoring oriented on the tools the tools affected by bullying and
evaluate the and evaluation and their tasks relative CPC conducts and VAC are evaluation
implementation design and to monitoring and assessment reporting and forms
of the child tools it will use evaluation exercises availing of the (localized/
protection programs and
and/or services of the adopted)
antibullying CPC
policies • 70-100% of
objective of Child
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protection strategic
plan met

Overall Score:

Prepared by: Noted by:

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School Child Protection Focal Person Principal/School head

Validated By:

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Division Learner Rights and Protection Focal