OVER 20 teachers from public schools nationwide will undergo an 11-month action research course that will earn them a Master of Arts degree in Instructional Design and Technology.
The program is being implemented in partnership with Learn.ph Foundation and the Philippine Business for Social Progress.
This year, Smart Communications Inc. also expanded its Smart Mentors Program to include faculty members of partner elementary public schools under the Smart Schools Jr. Program.
The Smart Schools Program now counts 150 public high school partners and 30 public elementary school partners under Smart Schools Jr.
Among those who qualified from Cebu are Edlyn Bueno of Medellin National Science and Technology School and Lorna Granada of Puertobello National High School-Poblacion extension in Tudela.
Smart has 17 partner public schools in Cebu City and the province, of which 12 are high schools and five are elementary schools.
Experience
Bueno and Granada are part of the second batch of 25 Smart Mentors who are currently undergoing the two-week, live-in, intensive face-to-face learning experience that starts the action research course.
This year’s batch includes eight faculty members from North Luzon Smart Schools Program partner schools, four from South Luzon, six from Visayas and seven from Mindanao.
The goal of the scholarship program is to equip teacher-champions with the tools necessary to empower them to mentor other teachers in the science of Instructional Design. The Smart Mentors are expected to train, guide and coach at least 15 other teachers to develop, implement and evaluate new or existing information and communications technology -enabled learning activities that, in the end, help improve student learning.
The Smart Mentors will also be the champions of various Smart Schools Program initiatives in the field of training, program development and rewards and recognition.
