Youth Development Alliance Updates: ZNYDA co-organizes MAPA Program, Northern Samar partners meet for target setting

The Zamboanga del Norte Youth Development Alliance (ZNYDA) along with other implementing partners People Systems Consultancy, ING, UNICEF Philippines, and Ateneo de Zamboanga University’s The SUGPAT Program, organizes the Maayong Pagnegosyo (MAPA) Program. The ZNYDA, through the efforts of the Department of Education Zamboanga del Norte Division, identified the ALS learners who took part in…

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ZNYDA Update: Members join forces in strategic action planning, enhancement of ZNYDA strategic plan

The Zamboanga del Norte Youth Development Alliance Strategic Planning, which was a 7-month journey for its members, finally wrapped up with an enhanced ZNYDA Action Plan.  On March 18, the ZNYDA members met for the third phase of the strategic planning. A total of 19 representatives from different government agencies, youth organizations, and non-government organizations…

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Focal persons and education program specialists for ALS undergo first 2 modules of ELMC

Aiming to assimilate concepts and principles for effective supervision that help improve the quality of teaching and learning in the Alternative Learning System (ALS), the Educational Leadership and Management Course (ELMC) launched last March 22. The course welcomed eight (8) ALS Focal Persons and 22 Education Program Specialists for ALS (EPSA) in Zamboanga Peninsula to…

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SUGPAT rolls out capacity development program for ALS teachers in R9

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…

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Cycle 2 of ELMC to roll out in 2021

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…

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ZNYDA commences action planning

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…

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SUGPAT opens GoALS Capacity Development Program for ALS teachers

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…

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SUGPAT to assist in establishing YDA in Northern Samar

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…

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ZNYDA conducts situational analysis, identifies core problems of Zambo del Norte youth

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…

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ALS implementers receive coaching and mentoring from AdZU SUGPAT

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’…

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