“Kahit walang nananalaytay na dugong Mangyan sa aking mga ugat, may pusong Mangyan ako na tapat, handang magmahal at dumamay sa mga taong nangangailangan,” Roderick Labay, Head Teacher I of Apnagan Elementary School, declared. The choice to start his teaching career at the Dyangdang Primary School in an isolated indigenous peoples’ (IP) community in Bansud, continue reading : Dangal ng Bayan Roderick Labay: Compassion in teaching, commitment to serve the Mangyans
By: Vanessa Vicente, ALS Mobile Teacher of Mahinog District, and Bazil Sabacajan, Education Program Supervisor for ALS (Camiguin Division, Region X) Jonathan V. Bacong, the Alternative Learning System (ALS) Coordinator of Guinsiliban District, Division of Camiguin, personifies the spirit of volunteerism. Prior to gaining regular employment as a public school teacher in 2007, he served continue reading : Teacher Jonathan’s story: Above and beyond the call of duty
By: Romel B. Costales, Education Program Supervisor (Region 2) A multigrade classroom, wherein learners of various ages and grade levels are combined especially in geographically challenged areas and where enrollment rates are low, is not exactly the ideal nor familiar set-up of learning and teaching among many. But for 40-year-old Reycel R. Jugo, multigrade teaching continue reading : Teacher Reycel: The tale of a multigrade educator
By: Ray Butch D. Mahinay, Master Teacher II for Senior High School, and Division Coordinator for Alternative Learning System (Cagayan De Oro City, Region X) Ms. Rubeneth V. Salazar is no ordinary teacher. She fulfills her sworn duty as an educator day-in and day-out, inside and outside the classroom. As an Alternative Learning System (ALS) continue reading : Teacher Ruby: Of hopes, dreams, and redemptions
By: Allan M. Delos Reyes, Master Teacher II/District ALS Coordinator (Minalin, Pampanga) It has been said time and again that teaching is more than just a profession. To many, it is a calling, a vocation, and a mission, as it equates to honing, nurturing, and enriching the lives of children entrusted upon the teacher’s care. continue reading : Teacher Eds and the many faces of Alternative Learning System
Panulat ni: Marie Paz Diomino Delfin, Teacher II/District ALS Coordinator (Division of Zambales) “Sakaling madapa, huwag bumangon kung saan nadapa; bagkus, gumapang patungo sa lugar kung saan maaaring bumangon nang hindi na muling madapa.” Ito ang prinsipyong pinanghahawakan ng isang dalagang minsang nadapa ngunit gumapang, bumangon, muling nagsimula, at napagtagumpayan ang mga hamon sa kanyang continue reading : Teacher Mina: Isang kwento ng pagbangon
By: Ednalyn E. Fajardo, Master Teacher II/District ALS Coordinator (Pulungmasle Elementary School, Guagua, Pampanga) Allan M. Delos Reyes, a District Alternative Learning System (ALS) Coordinator in Minalin, Pampanga, has lots of stories to tell. Years before he reaped his roster of accolades – Most Outstanding District ALS Coordinator of Pampanga 2010; Most Outstanding Informal Education continue reading : Former gasoline boy now fuels hopes, dreams of out-of-school youth, adults
Panulat ni: Fe “Epang” Domulot Balbin, tribal chieftain/Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices (IKSP) Facilitator (Zambales, Region III) Nakahimlay kami sa paanan ng bundok ng Villar sa Botolan, Zambales kung saan dumadaloy ang malaking ilog. Kami ang Lubos na Alyansa ng mga Katutubong Ayta, ang grupo ng mga katutubong lumisan sa aming kinalakhang tahanan nang pumutok continue reading : TABEG: Kampeon ng mga katutubo
By: Carol Bolo Pagaran, Teacher III (Don Vicente Rama Memorial Elementary School, Division of Cebu City) “Amidst the roughness in the many facets of life, it is always a blessing to continue enjoying the beauty of God’s wonders, and have a prayerful patience to adhere to God’s plan and purpose of our existence. So, be continue reading : Grace in brokenness: The story of Teacher Nicole
PASIG CITY, August 23, 2018 – Judge Feliciano Belmonte Sr. High School (JFBSHS) in Quezon City believes that in creating a safe and positive education environment for all learners and teachers, helping both the bullied and the bully is equally important. In the first National Child Protection Summit on August 23 and 24 at the continue reading : Bullying prevention: Creating an inclusive and accepting school environment