Training and Mentoring Program

"Inward, Outward, Onwards: A Course on Whole Person Education Leadership"

February to June 2024

From February 28 to June 14, 2024, educational leaders from the Philippines and Asia participated in Inward, Outward, Onwards: A Course on Whole Person Educational Leadership (WPEL). This certificate course aims to deepen the person of the leader, transform schools toward sustainability, and push boundaries of education through creativity and innovation.

The online modules were facilitated by featured experts in their respective fields:

• Fr Johnny C Go, SJ for Reflective, Listening, Discerning, and Missioning Leadership 

• Dr Ma Assunta C Cuyegkeng for Missioning Leadership, Ecological Conversion, and Creativity & Innovation

• Dr Kendra Gotangco Gonzales for Systems Thinking

• Ms Abigail Marie T Favis for Sustainability & Integral Ecology

• Mr Galvin Radley L Ngo for Adaptive Design for Learning and Educational Technologies

• Dr Anne Lan K Candelaria for Developing Systems for Quality 

• Dr Regina M Hechanova Alampay for Building an Institutional Culture

• Dr Antonette Palma Angeles for Partnerships for Learning & Growth

The course culminated in a 3-day leadership retreat held from June 12 to 14, 2024 at the JJ Atencio Lighthouse for New Learning in Areté. The highlight of the retreat is the capstone project where the participants crafted and improved their WPEL roadmaps based on what they learned throughout the course, the context of their respective institutions, and from feedback from their peers. 

Throughout the program, the participants were guided by their mentors, Dr Emily Ann I Lombos, Dr Marie Joy Salita, Ms Lillian S Vergara, and Dr Cuyegkeng, who facilitated their respective leadership circles throughout the course and the retreat. The leadership circles served as a way for the educational leaders to share insights  with their peers and to converse with leaders from different contexts.