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ALS Teacher Program (ATP)

INTRODUCTION

The Mobile Teachers are the key players in the delivery of Alternative Learning System

programs in the Philippines.

At present, there are 664 of them deployed in various parts of the country with the main

task of reaching the out-of-school youth and adults to provide them with basic literacy

and continuing education and assist them to become functional and responsible membersof the society.

RATIONALE

The Bureau of Alternative Learning System recognizes the multiple and challenging

tasks of a mobile teacher. Unlike an ordinary teacher in the formal school, a mobile

teacher operates in the community and does more than mere teaching. A Mobile Teachergoes through a whole cycle of tasks that starts from literacy mapping and recruitment of

learners until their completion rites. Central to these responsibilities include house-to-

house visitations, determining literacy levels of learners, conduct of actual learning

interventions, materials development, counseling, tutorials, networking, research,

reporting and many others.

For the past three years, the Bureau of Alternative Learning System has subsidized the

annual basic and enhancement training of the mobile teachers. The national training

program was focused on the delivery strategies distinct to the alternative learning system.

However, a 5-day once a year training is not sufficient to address the numerous and

multifaceted training and development needs of the mobile teachers.


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What is the ALS Teacher Program?

It is a wholistic support package for ALS teachers designed to enable them to perform

their task more efficiently and effectively. It consists of programs for their personal

welfare, professional advancement and well-being.

What is the ALS Teacher Program?

It is a delivery mode of ALS programs where specialized teachers called the ALS

Mobile Teachers live among the people in remote barangays of the country to conduct

intensive community-based training for illiterate out-of-school youth and adults who are

willing to learn basic literacy skills.

What are the objectives of the Program?

The objectives of the program are as follows:

Make education accessible in remote areas;

Raise the level of literacy in the target areas; and

Improve the quality of life of individuals and families in remote and underserved

Communities

The Department of Education desires to make education makes education accessible to

out-of-school youth and adults in the remote, deprived, depressed and underserved

(DDU) difficult to reach communities of the country.

It is in this context that the Alternative Learning System (ALS) Teacher Program was

originally conceptualized as the ALS Mobile Teacher Program in line with the concept of

bringing education where the learners are.


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The generic term Mobile Teacher is used to suggest the movement of the teacher from

one area to another to serve different communities of learners.

Who is an ALS Teacher?

There are different types of ALS Teachers:

The ALS Mobile Teachers are bachelor degree holders in education and are duly

licensed professional teachers. They perform various duties and responsibilities to

develop functional literacy and other related skills of learners in community learning

centers. They are DepEd employees and civil servants.

The District ALS Coordinators refers to the formal school teachers who are

locally designated as ALS implementers. They are also DepEd employees and civil

servants.

Literacy Volunteers are private individuals who handle ALS programs within

their community. Minimal allowance is provided by DepEd for their service.

Instructional Managers and Literacy Facilitators are private individuals who

handle ALS programs under contract with DepEd.

Who will benefit from the ALS Teacher Program?

The target sites and communities for this Program are those with high illiteracy rate, big

number of out-of-school youth and adults and identified Strong Republic Schools (SRS)

barangays. The ALS Mobile Teachers help improve the quality of their lives and help

them become useful members of their communities by helping them read, write and

compute


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Basic Literacy Program(B L P)

3 Major Programs of ALS

BLP (Basic Literacy Program) A & E (Accreditation and Equivalency Test) Indigenous People education (IP)

What is the Basic Literacy Program (BLP)?

The Basic Literacy Program (BLP) is a program aimed at eradicating illiteracyamong out-of-school children (OSC), out of school youth (OSY) and adults who

cannot read and write.

GOALS of the BLP:

Reduce basic illiteracy and increase functional literacy Increase the economic productivity of beneficiaries; and Improve beneficiaries participation in the community where they live.

THE MOBILE LITERACY PROGRAM

an educational intervention program for out-of-school youth and adults who livein remote barangays of the country

it is in line with the concept of bringing education to where the learners are


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Who are the target learners?

The TARGET LEARNERS are the illiterate out-of-school children, youth andadults.

15 years old and above from the poorest segments of society to learn basicliteracy skills.

Three Levels of Literacy

Basic Literacy Illiterate Level

Elementary Level Semi Literate Level (Transition to Self Learning Level)

Secondary Level Self Learning Level Capability

How are the BLP learners categorized?

Basic reader - Basic reading skills include language, concentration, visualprocessing skills, auditory processing, memory and reasoning. Each of these skills

needs to be practiced and applied in order for a person to become a proficient

reader.

Neo-literate reader - is an individual who has completed a basic literacy trainingprogram and has demonstrated the ability and willingnessto continue to learn on

his or her own using the skills and knowledge attained without the direct guidance

of a literacy teacher.

Post literate reader - is a concept used in continuing education and Adulteducation programs aimed at recently illiterate or "neo-literate" adults and
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communities. Post literacy programs provide skills which might otherwise be

provided inPrimary educationsettings.[1]

Post literacy education aims to solidify

literacy education, provide resources and media aimed at the newly literate, and

also may create systems of non-formal education to serve communities. Projects

include providing formal continuing education, providing written materials (the

Literate environment) relevant to economic development to newly literate

members of developing societies, and leveraging radio and other non-written

media to increase access to educational material in informal settings.[2]

How do learners access BLP?

Step 1: Recruitment - the Service Provider, Literacy Facilitator and Mobile Teacher,

District ALS Coordinators will go to the target community (house-to-house) to recruit

learners.

Step 2: Screening and Placement - the recruited learners will undergo screening and

placement test using the Functional Literacy Test (FLT)

Step 3: Enrolment - learners who are qualified will be enrolled to BLP

- Learners will prepare their Individual Learning Agreement (ILA)

ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS

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What are the learning resources used by BLP learners?

The following are the available learning resources for BLP learners: 21 modules for the basic reader stage 32 modules for the neo-literate stage 15 modules for the post literate stage 33 modules are in Braille

Each learning module is accompanied by a Facilitators Guide.

Languages used are: Tagalog, Ilocano, Pangasinense, Kapampangan, Bicolano,Hiligaynon, Cebuano,Waray, Maranao, Tausug, Maguindanaoan

33 modules are inBrailleWhat is Braille? NOUN: A system of writing and printing for (people who are

blind) blind or visually impaired people, in which varied arrangements of raised

dots representing letters and numerals are identified by touch. Braille is a

technique for enabling (people who are blind) blind and visually-impaired people

to read and write.

What happens to the BLP COMPLETERS?

enroll to A&E Program mainstream to formal school enter the world of work enroll to TESDA training

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