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USAID’s EQuALLS2 project trained 33 Philippine Department of Education (DepED) Region IX officials on March 23, 2010 in Zamboanga City, deepening mentoring approaches used by both USAID and DepED.
USAID’s collaboration with DepED to strengthen teaching capacity in Mindanao was cited by three public elementary schools in Zamboanga City as having contributed to their students’ doubling scores in the National Achievement Test (2009).
DepED Region IX Director Walter Albos commended USAID’s mentoring program in the meeting, citing teachers’ improved performance and interest in professional development.
DepED announced that it is strengthening its English mentoring program and will use USAID-supported schools in Mindanao as models.
It also eagerly welcomed the expansion of USAID’s teacher mentoring program to science and math.
USAID and DepED will work together to document the best practices in EQuALLS2’s mentoring program for DepED institutionalization, for replication and sharing with other local and foreign education stakeholders, and to further improve the program.
