This document provides an overview of the Three Star Approach (TSA) as an integrated quality assurance, monitoring, and recognition system for water, sanitation and hygiene (WinS) programs in schools in the Philippines. The TSA is designed to ensure quality WinS implementation, monitor performance for development purposes, and recognize performance to motivate continuous improvement. Schools conduct self-assessments against indicators to determine a star rating, which is then validated by the Schools Division Office. Schools are recognized for improved efforts or for achieving higher star ratings, and results inform school and district planning and technical assistance. The goal is to help all schools achieve national WinS standards and support children's healthy development.

1. REGION VIII – EASTERN VISAYAS
SESSION 5: THREE STAR APPROACH”
8 October 2022
Department of Education Region VIII 1
ORIENTATION-WORKSHOP ON THE IMPLEMENTING
GUIDELINES TO DO NO. 10, S. 2016

2. Session Objectives
o Appreciate the Philippines WinS
Program is an integrated mechanism
for QA – Monitoring –Recognition
o Explain the process of TSA as a QA –
Monitoring –Recognition
o Appreciate the utilization of the TSA
mechanism
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3. Discussion Points
o Three Star Approach as an integrated
QA – Monitoring – Recognition System
o Process
o Rating scheme
o Report
o Recognition
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4. DepED Order No. 10, s. 2016 – Policy and Guidelines for the
Comprehensive WinS Program stipulated that the
Office through the School Health Division of the Bureau of Learner
Support Services (BLSS) shall take the necessary strategies and
actions for the overall execution of the WinS program. Alongside
this responsibility is establishing a set of standards for incentives
and awards to recognize outstanding program implementers
It is in this context that the following guidelines and
mechanisms are enumerated to provide guide and
standards to the field in the implementation of the
WinS Policy (DepED Order No. 10, s. 2016).
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5. Three  Approach as an
Integrated System
The WinS Three-Star Approach is designed as an
integrated system to ensure the quality WASH practices
in Schools, thereby contributing largely to achieve
sustainable improvements for “healthy schools” that
support all children in their development.
It is considered a single approach to ensure:
 quality of WinS implementation,
 due diligence of monitoring for developmental
reasons; and
 performance is recognized to further motivate
continuous improvement.
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6. Three  Approach as an
Integrated System
As a QA mechanism of a regular school program, all schools shall
monitor their WinS implementation to ensure that the enablers for
learning are in place and functional.
As a Monitoring scheme, to provide the information and evidence
for relevant management systems (e.g. Quality Assurance; Planning
and Budgeting; Technical Assistance, Performance management). The
integrity of data shall be given premium, thus, the Validation of
information is a pre-requisite for awarding of Recognition. The
Monitoring reports of schools shall serve as basis for technical
assistance of the Schools Division Office. These shall form part of the
agenda for technical assistance and Schools’ Continuous Improvement
Projects As a Recognition system, the recognition puts premium to
both the improvement efforts of the school community and on the
results of the efforts themselves.
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7.  Gather School
WinS TWG
 Orient or review of
the indicators and
3 steps
Preparation:
Self-Assessment:
 Check 5 crucial WinS
indicators
 Complete the
Monitoring Form
 Review the results
SDO looks closely
at 3schools
 Documents review
 Visits and
observations
Validation:
 For Effort / improvement:
Citation of Appreciation
 Recognition for 3schools
 Seal of Excellence for 3 years
Recognition
School Level:
 Report to School Stakeholders
 SIP, AIP and APP
 Continuous Improvement Project
(CI Project)
 Plan adjustment of the WinS
Program
 Evidence for the SBM Assessment
SDO Level:
 Technical Assistance Plan of the ESs
for each school
 M&E Report of the SDO
 Evidence for the SBM Assessment
 DEDP , AIP and APP
Translating Results
into Actions
THREE STAR APPROACH FOR
WINS IMPLEMENTATION:
STEPS

8. Rating Scheme
Special Note: Five (5) of the 40 indicators are crucial
indicators for the WinS implementation / practice.
• Safe drinking water
• Gender-segregated toilets
• Group handwashing facility
• Group handwashing activities
• Access to sanitary pads
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9. Rating Scheme
1. Determine the compliance to the Five (5) Basic Crucial
Indicators.
• If the school failed to meet any of the five, then the school’s Over-all
Rating will automatically register as 0 Star, or “Beginning” regardless
of the ratings in the other indicators
2. Identify the Star level/rating of each indicator and assign
an equivalent point, where 1 Star = 1 point.
3. Compute for the Over-all Rating using averaging – i.e. total
points divided by total indicators
4. Determine the Over-all WinS Implementation Level using
the Scale provided
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10. 10
0 3
Range / Extent of implementation
Meets
ALL
required
National
Standards
.74
0 Star 3 Star
2.74
1 Star
.75
1.74
1.75 2.75
2 Star
EMERGING DEVELOPING PROFICIENT
Sample TSA
School Report
follows

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Indicators are
color coded to
indicate Star
rating
Blue – 3 Stars
Green – 2
Stars
Yellow – 1
Star
Red – 0 Star
REPORT: WINS 3-STAR MATRIX FOR SCHOOLS

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Overall
rating is
average
score of all
indicators
Click to
access 3-
Star
Reports
✓ means
the 2-star
criteria has
been met
WinS 3-Star Report for Schools
Score
based on
star rating

13. Recognition
a. Elevated the implementation to a higher level. For
improving, the school will be given a Citation of
Appreciation as signed by Schools Division
Superintendent
b. Reached the desired Advanced Level of WinS
Implementation (3 – Star Level). For being able to fully
observe national standards, the school will be given a
Recognition Award duly signed by the DepED Regional
Director
c. Successfully maintained an Advanced Level of WinS
Implementation (3 – Star Level) for 3 straight years, the
school will cited for excellence and be given the Seal of
Excellence issued by the CO as signed by the Director of
the BLSS in behalf of the Secretary.
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14. “Be not afraid to walk slow.
Be afraid if you stand still.”
-Chinese Proverb
Let us not be discouraged with what we only
have right now. At the end of the day, if we
persevere to commit ourselves with this SBM-
WinS Program, little by little we will get there.
We will become the catalyst of change not only
in our region, but also in the entire nation.

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