This study evaluates a reintegration program for Overseas Filipino licensed teachers through Daniel Stufflebeam’s Context, Input, Process, and Product (CIPP) evaluation model. This is a reintegration initiative collaboratively implemented by the various Philippine agencies, including a Teacher Education Institution (TEI), aimed at providing returning Overseas Filipino Worker–Licensed Examination for Teachers (OFW-LET) passers with employment opportunities in public schools. The evaluation highlights the TEI’s role as the implementing institution offering a free online refresher course (ORC) to reskill returning teachers and support their reintegration into the teaching profession. Context evaluation shows that the program addresses three key goals: (1) providing gainful employment for OFW teachers, (2) mitigating the shortage of public-school teachers, and (3) reskilling returnees through an online refresher course. Input and process analyses reveal budgetary limitations, module recalibration workshops, the integration of technology, and initiatives for capacity building and sustainability. Product evaluation indicates an increasing trend in the number of completers and reintegrated teachers from 2015 to 2024. The findings affirm that the reintegration program contributes to alleviating teacher shortages and upholding the dignity of the teaching profession by enabling OFW teachers to resume teaching in the Philippines. The study recommends strengthening inter-agency collaboration, revisiting the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), empowering the learning management system for efficiency, and expanding partnerships with Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs) to ensure program sustainability and greater reintegration success.

Authors:
Lovely Airein Albania, Philippine Normal University, Philippines

About the Presenter(s)
Prof. Lovely Airein Albania is currently an Assistant Professor at the Philippine Normal University under the College of Alternative and Lifelong Learning. Her research interests include topics on mathematics education, assessment, and evaluation.

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