On August 2, 2007, The Bato Balani Foundation and Diwa Learning Systems introduced this year’s honorees for The Many Faces of the Teacher program. A campaign that recognizes leaders in the teaching profession as examples of true heroes, this year’s honorees come from across the country and represent over 100 years of combined teaching experience.
The honorees are Elsa Grafilo Duran, a special education teacher; Ronyla Alejo Santiago, a mobile teacher from Maguindanao who walks nine to ten kilometers to teach in the MNLF integress camp in Palayan City; Fr. Roque Angel Jamias Ferriols, a Jesuit who teaches philosophy in Filipino; and dedicated journalism professor Luis Villegas Teodoro.
These remarkable educators were selected after a search for outstanding teachers that began in January of this year. They join the ranks of past Many Faces of the Teacher honorees Batibot founder Feny delos Angeles-Bautista; Father of Filipino Philosophy Dr. Florentino Timbreza; Theology Professor Dr. Joseph Roche; Math Wiz and professor Queena Lee-Chua; explorer and teacher Dr. Josette T. Biyo, to whom Planet Biyo was named after; cool dad and man of science Dr. Caesar Saloma; mentor and esteemed teacher Dr. Onofre Pagsanghan; Loboc Children’s Choir founder and nurturing mom Alma Fernando-Taldo; World’s Fastest Reader and reading coach Dr. Maria Teresa F. Calderon; wonder worker and mathematics pillar Dr. Milagros Ibe; and man for others and mentor Fr. James Reuter.
This year’s honorees will be formally recognized by colleagues in A Tribute to Teachers to be held at the Araneta Coliseum on September 1, 2007. More than 12,000 educators are expected to attend and join in honoring the exemplary educators.
August 10, 2007 at 5:29 pm |
[...] for the record, I nominated Luis Teodoro to be an honoree at The Many Faces of the Teacher 2007 program organized by the Bato Balani Foundation and Diwa Learning Systems, [...]