Appendix K

A. Community Outreach Program Forms of Involvement

 Appropriate forms of community involvement or partnership projects that can be credited as COP 

involvement are the following:

 1. Undertakings that promote Catholic Social Teaching of Catechism of the Catholic Church.

 2. Undertakings that have positive social, political, economic and cultural impact that utilize advanced forms of social development strategies (e.g. self reliance strategies versus dole out strategies; advocacy on social issues which may be sectoral, local, provincial, regional, national or global in scope).

 3. Undertakings that are not requirements or parts of academic courses/subjects, scholarships, projects or activities in co-curricular or extra-curricular organizations unless such undertakings have been identified or evaluated and confirmed by the CCD Director and COP Coordinator as responding to a social development-related need of a community, a social development institution, people’s organizations, a parish, or humanitarian organization.

B. Mechanics for joining the Community Outreach Program

Step 1: Basic Orientation Seminar (BOS). The basic orientation seminar will be on a first- come, firstserve basis. Attendance of the participants in the seminar shall serve as their official registration for the program. No proxy registration will be allowed. Schedules for the BOS will be announced at the Center for Community Development Office bulletin board or other social media platforms.

Step 2 (a): Outreach Activity Enlistment and Project Meeting. Enlistment for outreach activity is on a first-come, first-served basis at the Center for Community Development Office and shall be one (1) week before the scheduled outreach activity. Participants must secure a copy of the parent’s consent form.

For the project meeting, the schedule will be announced five days before the scheduled outreach activity, and attendance will serve as their confirmation of participation in the outreach activity. During the meeting, guidelines for the one-day community service or volunteer work will be discussed, including transportation, work schedules, expenses, parental consent submission, and other arrangements.

Step 2(b): Outreach Credited Involvement application. Participants may secure the necessary information and needed documents stated in Letter C: Procedure in Applying for Credited Involvement. Specified undertakings to be applied may be selected from the list found in Letter D: Undertakings equivalent to Involvement in COP Outreach Activities.

Step 3: Outreach Activity and Reflection or Processing Session. The participants are to follow the guidelines of the one-day community service or volunteer work.

A reflection session shall be held at the end of the outreach activity. Participants shall submit a one (1)-page reflection paper on his/her community outreach experience a week after participation in the reflection/procession session.

Step 4: Signing of Clearance. The schedule for signing the graduation clearance will be posted at the Center for Community Development Office. Participants who completed the COP should approach the COP Coordinator or CCD Director for the signing of clearance.

C. Procedure in Applying for Credited Involvement

 The following are the process for applying for credited involvement:

 1. The student applying for credited involvement must be a registered COP participant within the current semester of the present school year.

 2. Only current involvement can be applied for credited involvement.

 3. Application accompanied/attached with documents certifying, applying, and explaining the type of community involvement must be provided for evaluation by the COP Program Coordinator. 

4. Project documentation (hard and soft copy) must be submitted upon completion of the applied credited involvement or project within the current semester.

D. Undertakings Equivalent to Involvement in COP Outreach Activities

 The following are a list of undertakings that have already been identified as community involvement that can be credited as COP involvement. Other forms of community involvement need to be evaluated by the COP Program Coordinator. The COP Program Coordinator or the CCD Director may add requirements as deemed necessary.