Posts by Shekinah Benitez

To equip ALS implementers with action research skills and be able to develop instructional materials for ALS, the SUGPAT Program of Ateneo de Zamboanga University launched “GoALS Capacity Development Program for ALS teachers on Instructional Materials Development and Action Research” last March 17, 2021.  “GoALS is one of innovations SUGPAT does as Covid-19 pandemic opened…

The Educational Leadership and Management Course (ELMC) is set to roll out its second cycle this 2021, as part of the Power for Youth Project of ING and UNICEF Philippines, implemented by Ateneo de Zamboanga University’s SUGPAT Program and AdZU School of Education, and in partnership with Department of Education’s Alternative Learning System. ELMC is…

The Zamboanga del Norte Youth Development Alliance (ZNYDA) is on its third and final phase in its strategic planning. Followed by the setting of the direction and assessing its capabilities, the alliance commences its action planning which will take place this March 2021. The action planning sets the activities and targets of ZNYDA for the…

Answering the need to create a program to equip teachers with action research skills and be able to develop instructional materials, Ateneo de Zamboanga University’s (AdZU) SUGPAT Program opens GoALS Capacity Development Program for ALS teachers on Instructional Materials Development and Action Research. The GoALS Program is a 7-month capacity development program to train select…

Following its success in officially establishing a youth development alliance in Zamboanga del Norte, Ateneo de Zamboanga University’s SUGPAT Program is tapped once again to assist a province in establishing a youth development alliance. This time, the goal to establish a youth development alliance is set in the province of Northern Samar. An inception meeting…

The Zamboanga del Norte Youth Development Alliance (ZNYDA) conducted a series of consultation meetings with its members to analyze its capacity, and to identify core problems of the youth in Zamboanga del Norte. In the virtual conventions on October and November, the members of ZNYDA, consultants James Ceasar Ventura and associate Riolyn Manibog, together with…

ALS implementers from Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga City gathered in online spaces for a three-part mentoring and coaching session under the Power for Youth Project. After the UPSKILL Training done on September, Ateneo de Zamboanga University’s SUGPAT Program conducted mentoring sessions as a follow-on intervention to provide assistance to ALS implementers on tracking teachers’…

Ateneo de Zamboanga University’s SUGPAT Program co-organizes #BagoTayo Webisode on December 16, 2020. The 9th webisode entitled “Youth Innovation in Strengthening the Alternative Learning System in the New Normal,” featured the innovations of the SUGPAT program to address some gaps in the education sector, particularly in the alternative learning system, and the youth development alliance…