Summary
Between April 21 and May 12, 2026, Project TALAAN moved from planning into pre-pilot execution. The team oriented the school leaders of its three Las Piñas pilot schools and ran a series of Teacher Ideation Workshops to gather field-level input from the teachers and administrators who identify and support students at risk of dropping out. TALAAN is an AI-powered analytics platform that turns learner-level data into actionable insights for classroom and school-level decisions.
Pre-Pilot Implementation: School Leaders Orientation
Building on the April 16 orientation with DepEd NCR and SDO Las Piñas, the team held an online orientation with the school leaders of the three pilot schools on April 21, 2026, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM: Las Piñas National High School, Las Piñas East National High School, and Golden Acres National High School.
The session secured leadership buy-in, established direct coordination with school heads and teacher-coordinators, and surfaced early input on what teachers and administrators expect to see in the platform. An afternoon debrief consolidated those insights and finalized preparations for the Teacher Ideation Workshops.
Teacher Ideation Workshops
The Teacher Ideation Workshop series gathered structured input from teachers and school personnel who work directly with students at risk of dropping out.
The first workshop ran on May 5, 2026, from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM at Las Piñas National High School. The second and third workshops were consolidated into a single field day on May 12, 2026, with sessions at Golden Acres National High School from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM and Las Piñas East National High School from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. The schedule was compressed from the original three-week sequence to fit school calendars and limit disruption to ongoing activities.
Three insights stood out across the workshops. Teachers consistently pointed to attendance as a common indicator of dropout risk, even if not strictly causal, and this signal will be considered for version 1 of the platform. The Schools Division Office recommended piloting with Grade 7 learners rather than Grade 10, citing the transition from childhood to adolescence as a critical window for intervention. Teachers and administrators also gave concrete input on what the platform should surface, how risk signals should be framed, and which supporting actions are most useful at the classroom level.
The team has documented the full set of workshop insights and will use them to refine the TALAAN development plan.