Globe partners with teacher training innovators for Global Filipinos Schools program
MANILA – Globe Telecom is collaborating with renowned teaching innovators in the country to kick off a series of teacher training workshops on 21st Century teaching methodologies and concepts to public school teachers in cooperation with the Department of Education (DepEd).
The three teaching innovators – “Mano Amiga,” “Habi Education Lab” and “Affordable Private Education Center ( APEC) Schools” – were chosen based on their excellent, innovative, and creative methods and approaches to learning.
Mano Amiga Academy, Inc. is a non-profit learning institution that provides low- income communities access to international quality education, sustainable livelihood and community development, while Habi Education Lab is a design and research group that works to empower schools and educators on learning through capacity-building workshops and collaborative research projects. On the other hand, Affordable Private Education Center, Inc. ( APEC Schools) seeks to transform thousands of Filipino lives by providing high- quality yet affordable education and produce graduates that are ready for college and professional employment.
The “Teacher Training Workshop on 21st Century Learning” is a key component of the Global Filipino Schools ( GFS) program which includes internet connectivity, I CT equipment, and infrastructure support. The teacher training component includes workshop son how to maximize the use of technology in the classroom, and project-based learning.
“We want t he next generation to discover lifelong learning opportunities as well as enjoy inclusive and equitable quality education as being espoused by UN Sustainable Development Goal No. 4. GFS brings us one step closer towards that goal. Altogether, all the components of GFS are vital cogs that aim to create a holistic impact to transform learning experiences of public school students and make them more aware and adept at using technology in order to learn,” said Yoly Crisanto, Globe senior vice president for corporate communications.
The objective is to transform 120 teachers from various provinces in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao and make t hem DepEd trainers and experts adept at providing 21st Century learning. They will then be responsible for cascading what they learned during the workshops to the other public schools within their own divisions. This is in consonance with the GFS program’s goal of establishing teacher training hubs on 21st Century learning through public school partnerships.
Globe Telecom continues its strong and long- term partnership with DepEd through the Global Filipino Schools ( GFS) Program in order to move forward 21st Century learning in public schools nationwide. The program provides select public schools in all DepEd divisions with support such as Internet connectivity, and mobile devices such as tablets and projectors. The program started with one pilot school in Bohol and has since expanded to 142 schools covering partnerships in 16 of the 18 regions around the country. The program is now present in 134 DepEd divisions with a commitment to be in all divisions by year 2020./