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Ateneo Teacher Center

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The Ateneo Teacher Center (ATC) was established in 1985 in response to the country's need to provide for the retraining of teachers, especially in basic education.

The Center is a support unit of GBSEALD's Department of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment with the vision to serve the Philippine educational system by taking the lead in influencing educational policies and directions through graduate education, training programs and research.  Its mission is to empower educators through an understanding of their profession and vocation.  Specifically, it aims to upgrade the skills of teachers, guidance counselors and school administrators in basic education by conducting seminars and workshops.

The Why

To help teachers gain expertise & enthusiasm in fulfilling their changing, more complex roles, for learners to flourish

The How

Nurturing teacher identity, agency, and excellence through practice-based professional learning, within a community of education change-makers

The What

Courses and Workshops 

  • Strengthening Core Teaching Practices

  • Shifting from professional development to  professional learning 

  • Developing teacher agency by planning Personalized PD pathways, pegged to teaching standards & CPD-accredited

  • Building personal digital Action Portfolios and earning microcredentials by bridging theory and practice in their own settings

Activities to Build the ATC Teacher Community/TRIBE

Training, Research, and Consultancy

  • Core Teaching Practices

  • Practice-based Professional Learning

  • Innovations in curriculum,  pedagogy, & assessment

Strand 1

Teacher as Content Expert

Mastery of Core Content: Workshops in this strand are designed to hone teachers’ expertise in the practices and ways of thinking unique to their discipline and across disciplines. Participants will also learn about effective strategies in teaching the content and skills of the discipline.
Strand 2

Teacher as Learning Experience Designer & Coach

Transforming Teaching and Learning: In this strand, teachers explore ways that they can shift from a teacher-centered to a learner-centered approach in which students are actively engaged in their learning.
Strand 3

Teacher as Formator of Whole Person

Creating Supportive Learning Environments: Workshops in this strand help participants look into how schools can attend to the social and emotional needs of each learner and teach their students important life skills like mindfulness, self-awareness and self-management, and relationship skills.
Strand 4

Teacher as Reflective Practitioner

Reflective Teaching: In this strand, teachers explore how they can keep growing personally and professionally and how they can develop effective leadership (including teacher leadership) skills.
Strand 5

Teacher as Changemaker

Engaging the community, educating together: Workshops in this strand explore answers to questions related to best practices in curriculum development and school reform that are responsive to community and global needs and that prepare graduates to thrive in a world in flux.

Events

Turo Guro

Workshop / Seminar / Short Course

Teaching Physics for Junior High School Teachers

Mon, 13 Jun 2022

Online

This workshop covers selected topics of Grade 8 Physics: Acceleration...
University Scholarly Work Awards 2022

Ceremony

University Scholarly Work Awards 2022

Mon, 06 Jun 2022

Auditorium, Leong Hall, Ateneo de Manila University Loyola Heights campus

The Vice President for the Loyola Schools and the Vice...

KK Lecture Series 3

Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Kritika Kultura Lecture Series: Digital Humanities and Philippine Literature in Spanish

Thu, 02 Jun 2022

Ateneo de Manila University

In celebration of its 20th anniversary, Kritika Kultura, the international...
The President's Hour

Meeting / Consultation / Town hall / Forum

The President's Hour, May 2022

Fri, 27 May 2022

Online

In this session of The President's Hour, Fr Bobby will...
Pachinko Book Talk

Lecture / Talk / Discussion

Book Talk on Pachinko

Wed, 25 May 2022

Online

The Ateneo Korean Studies Program would like to invite the...
Eagle1

Meeting / Consultation / Town hall / Forum

Forum on the LS Batch 2020 and 2021 Onsite Recognition Ceremonies

Sat, 14 May 2022

Online

Announcement for Batch 2020 and 2021 The Office of the...