PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This Division Training on Advancing Basic Education in Surigao del Sur (ABC+) Project Professional Development (PD) Programs Upscaling- Instructional Leadership Training: Strengthening Learning Conditions for Early Literacy (ILT), is focused on the following areas: (1) supporting teachers in the actual application of literacy strategies, use of supplementary reading materials, and leading and facilitating LAC sessions; (2) building understanding of school’s ability to better align instructions across grade levels (Kindergarten through Grade 3) through a cohesive, developmentally appropriate instruction that is integrated across subjects; (3) establishing a school culture and climate that fully integrates SEL, fosters GESI, and promotes well-being inside and outside of the classroom; (4) fostering reflective, evidence-based practices by measuring teachers’ skills and learners’ learning outcomes using periodic, short, and quick tools such as classroom observation and formative assessment.