THIS National Teachers’ Month (NTM), KCFI provides all teachers—whether they care for young children in child development centers (CDCs) as child development workers/teachers (CDW/Ts) or teach in basic education—with more opportunities to learn, grow and thrive in their profession. In line with this year’s NTM theme, “Teacher, Ikaw Naman!,” KCFI and its partners are bringing educators capacitybuilding opportunities, meaningful experiences beyond the classroom and provision of offline learning resources to support them in their everyday work.

More LearnCons
The Knowledge Channel Learning Conferences (LearnCons) series kicked off on Sept. 12 with “Building Foundational Numeracy through Multimedia-Enhanced Teaching Approaches” presented with China Bank Savings (CBS).

On Sept. 26, LearnCon will present “From Viewing to Doing: Designing Video-Based Science Learning Experiences with Gen H” (presented with AIA Healthiest Schools and Corazon S. Atayde Memorial Foundation), focusing on how teachers can best use “Gen H: Generation Healthy” video lessons.

The LearnCon series for NTM concludes on Oct. 3 with “Social and Emotional Learning in the Filipino Classroom: From Understanding ExSELLEnT to Designing Meaningful Learning Experiences” presented with City Savings Bank and ChildFund Philippines.

Turnover of KC PMLs
KCFI and Bloomberry Cultural Foundation Inc. (BCFI) turned over learning resources to 135 CDCs and 10 public elementary schools in Parañaque on Sept. 9. The packages included 299 Knowledge Channel Portable Media Libraries (KC PMLs) and 189 TVs. The KC PMLs contain video lessons coproduced with BCFI, including 215 newly produced episodes from “Musikantahan,” “Kinder Yes!” and “Ready, Set, Read!” This milestone forms part of KCFI’s commitment with BCFI to deliver 1,200 offline learning solutions to CDCs and elementary schools, with the final turnover set for Sept. 30 in Quezon City. Also on Sept. 9, two Knowledge Channel TV packages were delivered in Pililla in collaboration with the local government unit of Pililla, Rizal.

Museum expedition
KCFI will document the experiences of 30 teachers from Metro Manila schools as they explore the Ayala Museum, The Mind Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Manila on Sept. 26. The NTM Museum Expedition for Teachers is organized by the League of Corporate Foundations’ arts and culture committee.

Other KCFI news
More than 200 teachers across Zambales, Batangas and Pampanga will soon benefit from the Learning Effectively through Enhanced and Evidence-based Pedagogies program. A LearnCon on math will also be conducted for teachers nationwide, integrating CBS’s financial literacy modules. “Enna You Know” was launched in Morong, Rizal, on Sept. 1. The science curriculum-aligned series, produced with Schneider Electric Foundation, Schneider Electric Philippines and MakeSense Asia, follows a high school student and her environmental scientist brother as they explore everyday ecological challenges and discover practical solutions.

Meanwhile, KCFI’s renewed partnership with BPI Foundation (BPIF) is bringing financial literacy closer to learners through new episodes of “Estudyantipid.” Launched on Sept. 3 in Isabela City and Zamboanga City, the initiative included the turnover of five KC TV packages to underserved schools through BPIF’s “Financial Education (FinEd) Unboxed” program.

In another step toward reaching last-mile communities, KCFI and Salesforce turned over a KC PML to Rawang Elementary School in Tanay, Rizal, on Sept. 3. Support KCFI by donating through BPI acct. no. 0201- 0409-14 or GCash via QR. Please send a copy of the deposit slip to [email protected]. For more info, email Liberty Reyes at liberty.reyes@ knowledgechannel.org.

The team turns over Knowledge Channel Portable Media Libraries and TVs from Bloomberry Cultural Foundation Inc. to CDCs and public schools in Parañaque

By Rebelyn Beyong